by Perry Brimah Why does Boko Haram exterminate and eliminate the farmers it lives near and that are its only source of food and sustenance? 1. Which of the PDP presidential candidate hopefuls is implicated as late NSA Andrew Azazi inferred, that after being deprived in the PDP primaries, went on to upgrade Boko Haram... Read More

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Don’t bring calamity on our land – Azazi’s kinsmen warn Gov. Dickson, insist he must be buried at Peretorugbene

Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of the state. Azazi died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 15 alongside Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and four others, on his way from... Read More

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December 19, 2012

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Why should we not speak ill of the dead? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yesterday, the President took to the podium to ask us as a people to shun preachers of religious and ethnic division. “Whatever may be our differences; religious, ethnic or personal, Nigeria is more important. We must be united in rising above our differences and promoting values that bind us together,” the Prez... Read More

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December 17, 2012

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“Bodies were burnt beyond recognition” – Eye-witnesses recount the last moments of crashed helicopter

Naval pilots – Commander Murtala Daba and Lt. Adeyemi Sowole – tried in vain to land the helicopter which crashed on Saturday at Okoroba community in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Patrick Yakowa; the former National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi, and two of their aides died alongside the... Read More

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December 17, 2012

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I regret not praying with my husband before his trip – Yakowa’s wife

Widow of the late Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, Amina, said in Kaduna on Sunday that her worst regret was not praying with her husband before he embarked on his last journey to Bayelsa State on Saturday. Amid sobs, Amina narrated how her husband left the house on Saturday without the usual ‘prayer of... Read More

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December 16, 2012

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Tsoho, Daba (who leaves behind a one-year-old daughter), Sowole: Presidency issues full list of crash victims

by Chi Ibe The presidency in its statement released late yesterday to mourn the victims of the helicopter crash, also gave name of its other four victims. Attention had hitherto focused on the Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa and the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi. Others who were on the ill-fated plane include Yakowa’s... Read More

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December 15, 2012

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Report: Yakowa aide confirms death in crash

by Hauwa Gambo An unnamed aide to Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa, has just confirmed his death in a helicopter crash early this evening to international news agency, Reuters. According to the agency, “the governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, was killed on Saturday when his helicopter crashed in the southerly oil-producing Bayelsa state,... Read More

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May 7, 2012

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The PDP says: ‘Trust us!’

by Lekan Olanrewaju The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that contrary to certain opinions, it is not responsible for any destabilisation in the country. The National Security Adviser, General Owoye Azazi had previously accused the PDP of being responsible for the recent spate of violence in the country but the PDP has once again... Read More

Azazi, PDP

May 5, 2012

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Dele Momodu: When Danjuma speaks, we must listen

by Dele Momodu Everything continues in its state of rest or uniform motion Except an external force acts on it” – Isaac Newton, First Law of Motion Fellow Nigerians, it must be miserably obvious to everyone by now, except the incurable optimists, that Armageddon is here. You don’t have to be a prophet of... Read More

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May 1, 2012

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Azazi must go – Abubakar Tsav, Balarabe Musa call for resignation

by Lekan Olanrewaju It’s near-impossible to have missed the recent stir caused by General Andrew Azazi. Azazi, who is Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, at the Second South South Economic Summit in Asaba, Delta State, on Friday, blamed the PDP for the activities of the Boko Haram sect, stating that it was a result of the... Read More

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Perry Brimah: 20 questions we must ask about the Boko Haram insurgence

Don’t bring calamity on our land – Azazi’s kinsmen warn Gov. Dickson, insist he must be buried at Peretorugbene

Why should we not speak ill of the dead? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

“Bodies were burnt beyond recognition” – Eye-witnesses recount the last moments of crashed helicopter

I regret not praying with my husband before his trip – Yakowa’s wife

Tsoho, Daba (who leaves behind a one-year-old daughter), Sowole: Presidency issues full list of crash victims

Report: Yakowa aide confirms death in crash

The PDP says: ‘Trust us!’

Dele Momodu: When Danjuma speaks, we must listen

Azazi must go – Abubakar Tsav, Balarabe Musa call for resignation

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