Why Mike Okiro Is Unsuitable To Head the Police Service Commission
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- Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:13
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Why Mike Okiro, A Retired Inspector-General Of Police Is Unsuitable To Head External Civilian Oversight Of The Nigeria Police Force As Chairman Of Police Service Commission (PSC). This report issued by the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) details why Mr. Mike Okiro, former Inspector-General of Police, is unfit and unsuitable to
Tackling Insecurity In Nigeria: Beyond The Declaration Of A State Of Emergency And Granting Of Amnesty
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:42
- Written by Jaye Gaskia
Let me start by stating that my original intention this week had been to write on the quest for genuine, broad based, socially inclusive national transformation; and why the Nigeria ruling class cannot and are not suited to lead this process. But this was before being ‘rudely’ but also pleasantly interrupted by the National Broadcast of
Declaration of State of Emergency: a Preliminary Assessment
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:43
- Written by Yusuf Shamsudeen Adio
Press release by Centre For Democracy And Development - Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He explained that he was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks and other security challenges that have recently plagued Nigeria, The declaration is in
Illegal and Unconstitutional to suspend an elected governor in a State of Emergency
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 21:33
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Illegality and Unconstitutionality of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Declaration of Emergency and Suspension of the Governor and Parliament of Plateau State by Chief FRA Williams- The major topic upon which I intend to address is the unconstitutionality and illegality of suspending the office of the Governor of a State
Full Text Of President Jonathan's National Broadcast May 14, 2013
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 18:34
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Address By President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR On The Declaration Of A State Of Emergency In Borno, Yobe And Adamawa States In Order To Restore Public Order, Public Safety And Security In The Affected States Of The Federation May 14, 2013
Boko haram staging bolder, deadlier comeback - Reuters analysis
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- Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 12:17
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(Reuters) - After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria's northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Using porous borders with Chad, Niger and Cameroon in the desolate scrubland around
IGP Abubakar petitioned over lopsided promotions and death of 2500 Igbos under his command
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- Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 10:39
- Written by Emeka Umeagbalasi
Open letter by Intersociety Nigeria to IG Poilce, on 'Hausanisation & Islamisation Policy In The Nigeria Police Force: Igbo-Southeast As Endangered Species With The Loss Of Over 2,500 Souls Under Your Excellency’s Administration - Part Two' - Quote: "for the promoters of hausanisation, islamisation and mediocrity policy in the
Speech By General Muhammadu Buhari at CPC Convention
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- Published on Saturday, 11 May 2013 15:20
- Written by General Muhammdu Buhari
Speech By General Muhammadu Buhari, Gcfr, Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees Of The Congress For Progressive Change, CPC, At The Party’s National Convention In Abuja, May 11, 2013
The King’s Bickering Horsemen
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- Published on Saturday, 11 May 2013 14:50
- Written by Felix Oti
First it was Olusegun Aganga, many months ago, lecturing Charles Soludo on the principles of financial economics, and the right path to Nigeria’s ever elusive economic prosperity. Then there was Oby Ezekwesili, also a former Minister of many things, raising alarm over fast-dwindling foreign reserves. As if that was not enough to set Nigerian
Boko haram: what really happened in Baga - eye witness reports
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 17:37
- Written by Elombah.com
Monica Mark is the first western newspaper reporter to reach the village of Baga, a smouldering wreck where the deaths of up to 185 civilians threatens to fuel the conflict. Last month the village of Baga, Borno State was the scene of one of Nigeria's most deadly incidents since the Boko haram insurgency began in 2009, with locals saying
Photo: JTF Goes on rampage, shoots Unimaid Doctor
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 22:21
- Written by Elombah.com
Below photo: A doctor shot at University of Maiduguri, UNIMaid, teaching hospital by the Joint Task Fore, JTF, of the Nigeria Security Services in Borno State, because there was no space at the mortuary for dead soldiers brought to the pathology department. Another example of the military's heavy-handed tactics. The military’s harsh tactics,
Between the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and Governor Rotimi Amaechi
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 12:15
- Written by Abdul Mahmud, ESQ
Press statement - Recall that on the 27th day of April, 2013, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) purportedly acting pursuant to the powers granted to it by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Act, 2004, as the regulator of Nigerian aviation, grounded the private jet of the Governor of Rivers state at the Akure airport. The reasons
ATROCITY! Body count soar as Nigeria military hunts down and kill Boko haram Islamists
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 11:48
- Written by Adam Nossiter, New York Times
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A fresh load of battered corpses arrived, 29 of them in a routine delivery by the Nigerian military to the hospital morgue here. Unexpectedly, three bodies started moving. “They were not properly shot,” recalled a security official here. “I had to call the J.T.F.” — the military’s joint task force — “and they gunned them
Boko haram's defiant challenge
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 22:30
- Written by Will Ross
BBC News, Lagos - In late 2012 you could have argued that the military operation against the Islamist militants had diminished the threat. But not any more. Coming on the back of other deadly attacks, this is probably the most significant strike against the state apparatus since the Kano bombings in January 2012. The army says it was
More than meet the EYES: Yoruba may determine who wins 2015 presidency
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 15:18
- Written by Maazi Onumonu-Uzoaru
“The voting pattern of the South-East, South-South and North-Central may not change much if Jonathan contests in 2015. He may not garner as many votes as he did in 2011, depending on his performance and perception between now and 2015. If he is perceived as “improved” in his performance between now and 2015,
CD calls on South East governors to conduct LGA elections in the area
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- Published on Monday, 06 May 2013 22:25
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Campaign For Democracy (CD) South East Region Calls For Immediate Conduct Of Local Council Election In Five South-East States Of Abia, Anambra, Enugu,Ebonyi And Imo State Respectively - South eastern states; we are filled with a mixture of sorrow and joy: sorrow because of the re-introduction of camouflaged
Hausanisation & Islamisation Policy In The Nigeria Police Force
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- Published on Monday, 06 May 2013 09:37
- Written by Emeka Umeagbalasi
Hausanisation & Islamisation Policy In The Nigeria Police Force: Our Case Against The Police Leadership Under IGP M.D. Abubakar - Intersociety
(Onitsha Nigeria, 6th day of May, 2013)- The composition of the Government of the Federation
Trilogy on Biafra, Nzeogwu & Igbo coup: Damola Awoyokun, Too Small To Be A Hercules
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 13:55
- Written by Mazi Chike Chidolue
When I read your trilogy on Biafra, published in The NEWS Magazine of 25, February, 4 and 11 March 2013, based on 21,000 pages of American Secret Files, as you claimed,
Question for Awolowo: All Is Fair In War And Love?
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- Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 13:26
- Written by Mazi Chike Chidolue
Chief Obafemi Awolowo during the Biafra-Nigeria war orchestrated an old maxim- All Is Fair In War And Love - adding the hardy Awolowo blend - Starvation is a legitimate weapon of warfare! What Chief Awolowo meant was that in war, no weapon is considered dangerous. The title of this article and what follows immediately have been
Chris Okotie-Apostolic Incursion into Nigerian Politics
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 23:07
- Written by Obinna Akukwe
Pastor Series 2: Chris Okotie is the first cerebral pastor in Nigeria to make an apostolic incursion into Nigeria's dirty presidential politics . In 2003 he contested under Justice Party, placing 8th out of 29 candidates with 119,547 votes. Okotie formed FRESH Democratic Party and used the FRESH platform to vie for the presidency of Nigeria in 2007,
Amaechi’s Aircraft Ineligible for N-Registration & Why the Pilot Did Not Tender the Manifest
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013 15:39
- Written by Ross Alabo-George
The whole aircraft registration scandal is just unfortunate yet intriguing. The Rivers State Government fell prey to poor advice and this is the simple truth. I feel sorry for the governor who has been super mired in the minutiae of this brouhaha and must have been taken aback by the emerging facts and the damning implications. The truth is
