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Northern governors may form new party ahead of 2015

by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that governors from the north and other senior politicians in the region, may form a new political party, new reports suggests. On Friday, a source speaking to the Punch said the creation of a new political party was part of the three options considered by northern political leaders as... Read More

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Opinion: Zaria – My encounter with depression

by Gimba Kakanda I compared that young and ambitious Maitama Sule to the defeated old and blind philosopher I saw in Zaria. And that was when, with tears in my heart, I muttered: May God save us from us! Last weekend was not only the date of the setting out of a political firework that... Read More

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State of the Nation: New party may emerge from PDP

Top stakeholders across the country spent the greater part of last week networking North to South on how to save the country, in the light of security and political challenges besetting the nation. It was gathered that arrowheads of the initiative were reaching out to former presidents and heads of state, prominent retired military chiefs,... Read More

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Terrorism: Northern elders kick against ban on Boko Haram, Ansaru

by Akan Ido Not minding the support expressed by the National Assembly for the proscription of two Islamic militant groups, Boko Haram and Ansaru by the Federal Government, prominent Northern leaders have faulted the ban saying it has disrupted their efforts at stopping the orgy of violence fomented by these groups. According to reports, the... Read More

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Opinion: It’s time to talk, this silence is killing us

by Mark Amaza If we want to build a Nigerian nation that is going to be stronger than our individual religious, ethnic and regional sentiments, we have to start by having a frank and honest discussion on religion, ethnicity and regionalism This evening, I had a very frank debate with a fellow indigene of Borno... Read More

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Opinion: We are about to finally lose the North…

by ‘Dayo Olaide Without implementing the recommendations and bringing perpetrators of violence and killings to justice, there cannot be forgiveness and healing. Northern Nigeria needs help. Decades of bad governance has continued to traumatize the region. In the period, successive administration and political leaders have failed to educate the region’s poor; pursuing instead conscious policies to... Read More

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APC merger: The Yorubas are committing political suicide – Asari Dokubo

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujadid Asari Dokubo, has declared that the emerging merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a faction of the All Peoples Grand Alliance (APGA) will spell doom for Yoruba people. According... Read More

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Opinion: Education in Nigeria – The Northern (dis)advantage

by Femi Owolabi In Nigeria, I think we see more scholastic achievements in the study of Islamic religion than any other. I beg to say that the problem is perhaps rooted in their cultures. There are non-Muslim northerners who are equally lacking in basic education. Till date, the lack of basic literacy skills in the... Read More

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Opinion: Zoning amnesty to (the North) Boko Haram

by Godson Ogheneochuko Despite all this, we must learn to forgive those who have hurt us and our loved ones. If we continue on the path of revenge, we will all be victims one way or the other. Nigerians have an unusual obsession with certain words and phrases – some of which are coined or... Read More

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November 24, 2012

Temie Giwa: The Nigerian political opposition’s poison (YNaija FrontPage)

The opposition’s strategy is to steal the Sout-West and the North from PDP by presenting a northern favorite through CPC and a South-Western winner through the ACN. The plan seems foolproof and might work in the end but there are a few holes in this strategy. The fight for the presidency has begun with the... Read More

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October 4, 2012

TICKER: Nothern Muslims demand N105bn from FG as compensation for failing to protect them

Muslims members of Southern Kaduna community in Kaduna State has asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay them the sum of N105bn as compensation for failing to protect them from an alleged ethno-religious cleansing carried out by indigenous members of the community after the April 2011... Read More

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September 17, 2012

Report: Boko Haram spokesman, Abu Qaqa, killed in Kano

by Isi Esene There are strong indications that Abu Qaqa, the spokesman of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram is in the custody of Nigerian security agencies. Sources say Abu Qaqa and other top commanders were arrested when the Kano State Joint Task Force (JTF) on Sunday carried out a sweeping raid on the sect’s... Read More

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September 9, 2012

Hello NITEL? Telecoms operators threaten to leave North

by Stanley Azuakola There are fears that the telecommunications sector in Nigeria, especially in Northern Nigeria will be set back a notch if the recent threat of telecoms operators is followed through. The operators whose facilities were recently attacked by terrorist group, Boko Haram, have warned that they would cut off services in the crises-prone... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Fear: Bishop laments marked drop in church attendance

by Mayowa Salami Church leaders are beginning to voice out their discontent over the shortfall in attendance in church services attributed to the challenges of insecurity faced in the country. The Diocesan Bishop, Most Rev. Josiah Fearon, expressed this much at the First Session of the 19th Synod of the Anglican Communion Friday in Kaduna.... Read More

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At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to re-post ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to Punch, it has directed the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe. “A statement by the Director-General... Read More

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At last: NYSC bows to Reps, to repost ‘corpers’ sent to troubled states

by Hauwa Gambo The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given in and and will now be re-posting those 14, 850 corps members sent to volatile Northern states. According to Punch, it has directed the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe. “A statement by the Director-General... Read More

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Opinion: The conversion of a Jonathan critic

by Ikeogu Oke Following the publication of my article titled “Jonathan as Nero: a Misplaced Analogy,” on page 66 of Saturday Sun of June 23, 2012, I received six reader’s responses by text message. Four of the responses commended the article while two condemned it. The article was my response to the barrage of attacks... Read More

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Opinion: Why every church in the North needs to be closed now

by Gbenga Osinaike These are trying times for the Christian community in the country. For those of us in Southern Nigeria, it may be difficult to comprehend the onslaught on Christians in the North because we are not directly involved. While our brothers and sisters are frequently murdered we are busy praying for prosperity and... Read More

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Food shortage hits rural northern Nigeria hard

by Tolu Orekoya The beginning of the rainy season usually hits subsistence farmers hardest: Their crops from the previous year are usually close to running out or are finished altogether, and their new crops will not be ready for months. In the meantime, many are too poor to buy enough food to feed their families, malnutrition is... Read More

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How about that? Nigeria denies visas to 31,556 foreigners

by Stanley Azuakola Very often, the kind of news Nigerians hear is of one foreign country or another deporting Nigerians or denying them visas. It’s not every day one hears the reverse. But that’s exactly the report which was given by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Joachim Olumba. Mr. Olumba said that... Read More

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Boko Haram is not responsible for all the bombings, says Niger State governor Aliyu

by Tolu Orekoya The economic impact of the unceasing wave of attacks occurring in the North is devastating the economy and exacerbating the already precarious economic situation in the region. The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger State, released a statement on Monday saying that the economic impact of the... Read More

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Doctors without Borders: Nigeria government ignores lead poisoning that killed 400 children in Zamfara

by Seyi Lawal Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has criticised the Nigeria’s government for lack of action to tackle a lead poisoning epidemic that has killed 400 children and poisoned ten times as many near a gold mine in Zamfara State. The MSN said the ministers of mines, environment and health were scheduled to attend a... Read More

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North loses N25 billion daily due to Boko Haram

by Lekan Olanrewaju Chairman of the Conference of Northern States Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has stated that the Northern region of Nigeria loses about N25 billion daily to the activities of Boko Haram. Alhaji Ahmad Rabiu, who is also the president of the Kano Chamber of Commerce, while speaking in Abuja, stated that business activities which... Read More

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Elnathan John: Beyond Boko Haram: Working for a more tolerant North

by Elnathan John The heat of the Sunday sun is sweltering. I have wound down all four of my glasses but I feel trapped in this boiling box that is my car. I am driving slowly between Makera and Kakuri in Kaduna looking for a cybercafé to send an email to a friend. As I... Read More

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