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Suicide Bomber Hits Army Barracks in Kaduna

[Leadership] Kaduna was yesterday thrown into confusion and panic when multiple bomb blasts rocked military formations and the flyover bridge at Kawo, leaving the bomber and two others dead. Scores were injured.

Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates

[IPS] Yaounde - Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as "zoa-zoa", because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.

Boko Haram Plans to Kill Me, Says Nobel Laureate

[Leadership] Following a threat by the Boko Haram sect that Professor Wole Soyinka would be their next target for attack, the Nobel laureate has raised the alarm, urging security agencies to take action immediately or risk possible disintegration of the country should the sect carry out its threats.

Boko Haram Names Negotiators, As Multiple Blasts Rock Kaduna

[This Day] Boko Haram has indicated its preparedness to enter into dialogue with the Federal Government, and has named Sheik Abubakar Gero, Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno and former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Ibrahim, to hold negotiations on its behalf.

Boko Haram Attack Two Police Stations in Kano

[This Day] Kano State police command has confirmed that suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamic group on Monday evening launched a bomb and gun attack on Sharada Police station.

Three Killed in Maiduguri Blasts

[Daily Trust] Maiduguri - Three people are feared killed in Maiduguri yesterday as a result of multiple blasts that rocked parts of the Gamboru Market and a nearby pharmaceutical store.

Eight Ex-Militants Held Over Hotel Bombing in Delta

[The Moment] THE Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta has arrested eight ex-militants who allegedly bombed the Lawconfab Hotel, which served as their temporary home.

Poisoning Epidemic Affects Thousands of Children, Says Rights Group

[HRW] Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic in modern history, Human Rights Watch said today while releasing a video on the issue. Four hundred children have died, according to official estimates, yet environmental cleanup efforts have not even begun in numerous affected villages.

Ex-Militants Bomb Hotel in Delta

[Vanguard] Warri - EX-MILITANTS undergoing training under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Monday, bombed a hotel, (name withheld) , Osubi in Okpe local government area of Delta State, which served as their temporal home since last year.

Explosions Hit Army Base, Airforce Barrack and Kawo Bridge in Kaduna

[Leadership] Multiple explosions on Tuesday rocked Kaduna military formations.

Agip Attack - JTF Launches Manhunt for Masterminds

[Vanguard] Yenagoa - Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has launched a manhunt for the alleged masterminds of weekend attack on the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, facility in the mangrove swamp of Brass in Bayelsa East senatorial district. Already, the names of the suspects, it was gathered, are with the security forces.

NNPC Has Fuel for 33 Days

[Vanguard] Abuja - Presidency, yesterday, said there was no reason for Nigerians to embark on panic-buying of petrol as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had adequate stock to serve the country for 33 days.

Bayelsa's Five-Star Hotel

[Vanguard] President Goodluck Jonathan remains a surprise. He was not different on Friday when he broke his long silence on the disputation between him and Bayelsa State Governor Chief Timipre Sylva. It was all about a hotel, an un-built hotel.

Legacies and the Failed North

[Leadership] A few years ago, when things were not nearly as bad as they are now - a young man in the context of a conversation whose details have evaporated like the heat from a plate of food, said quite arrogantly that the North had a legacy.

Visa Racketeers Siphon N3.6 Billion From the Country

[Vanguard] VISA processing and issuance procedures have become a major source of capital flight as Nigeria loses N3.6 billion through a web of criminal conspiracy between officials of government, embassy staff and consular officers of some embassies on one hand; desperate intending travellers and agents, their agents and proxies, making the West African country the most lucrative consular operating centre in the world.

Boko Haram Targets Me for Assassination - Soyinka

[Vanguard] Lagos - Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the hit list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination.

Qaqa - Boko Haram Is Under Duress, Divided

[This Day] Arrested Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, has told his interrogators that prior to his capture last week, the sect was already under severe duress and divided along ethnic lines.

Sanusi - Unemployment Rate Doubled Over Past Five Years

[This Day] Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that while the Nigerian economy grew at the rate of seven per cent for the past five years, unemployment has actually doubled at same period.

Total Gets Ultra Deepwater Drillship for Egina Field

[This Day] French oil major, Total has engaged ultra-deepwater drillship, Pacific Scirocco on a one-year drilling contract for Egina Deepwater field, located 150kilometres offshore Nigeria, at the rate of $470,000 per day.

Subsidy Probe - Searching for 'Brief Case' Marketers

[This Day] To identify genuine marketers from those who 'played games' with petrol subsidy, Ejiofor Alike writes that the House of Representatives' Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the management of the fund should adopt the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer of Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu, that any player who claimed to have imported petrol into the country should be made to provide the bills of lading; certificates of discharge and letters of credit of the imported cargoes

Can Capitalism Ever Be a 'Settled' Issue?

[Daily Trust] "The idea of the absolute power of the markets that should not be constrained by any rule, by any political intervention, was a mad idea" .-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Toulon, September 2009

Threat to Aid Cut is on Human Rights - William Hague

[Daily Trust] London - British Foreign Secretary, Mr William Hague, has said that UK's threat to cut aid to anti-gay countries was to make such countries respect human rights.

Police Arrest Suspect in Gang-Rape

[Leadership] The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier attempt to net him.

Ambassador Matthew Taiwo Mbu Dies, Aged 82

[Vanguard] ELDER STATESMAN, Dr. Matthew Tawo Mbu, CFR, is dead. He died, yesterday, in a London hospital at the age of 82. The family in a statement announcing the death of the erstwhile minister, diplomat and businessman, said: "It is with the deepest regret, but also with total submission to God's will, that the family of Ambassador (Dr.) M. T. Mbu regret to announce the passing of their patriarch in London at the age of 82."

NNPC Has Enough Fuel to Last 33 Days - Presidency

[Vanguard] Abuja - The uncertainties surrounding the fuel subsidy regime could be blamed for the incessant return of queue to the filling station across the country, it was learnt, yesterday.

Borno Creates Jobs to Fight Boko Haram

[Vanguard] Maiduguri - To overcome Boko Haram insurgency and insecurity of lives and property in Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima is to embark on a massive job creation through infrastructural development in agricultural and education sectors.

It's Exciting to Be Back, Says Ibenegbu, Anubi

[Leadership] It was back-slapping, smiles and shouts of pet names among players as the national team camp bubbled to life yesterday in Abuja .

25 Eagles Hit Camp

[Vanguard] Super Eagles camp at Bolton White Apartment in Zone 7, Abuja came alive Monday afternoon with atleast 21 players in camp as at 5pm , all other nine players were expected before the close of the day, team coordinator, Emmanuel Atta revealed.

Corruption, Greatest Act of Terrorism - Cleric

[Leadership] Rev. George Adeboye, the founder of Rhema Chapel International Church, Ilorin, has identified corruption as the greatest act of terrorism confronting the nation.