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”I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71…Some people are saying that should anything happen to President Jonathan, forget about Nigeria and so on.
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A security analyst says Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration have failed to implement an effective strategy to combat the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Hussaini Mongunu called on the administration to focus more on gathering actionable intelligence on the group so it can be defeated. “Boko Haram doesn’t wear a uniform. They don’t [...]

For instance the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) (petrol) is N147.40 per litre but the same commodity has a N65 pump price, with an N82 subsidy.

Thirty Six years after, “Cement Amada” now has found another partner in “Oil Cabal’ Like its forebearer, the later is a fallout of the involvement of middlemen in the distribution and marketing of petroleum products in Nigeria.
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We support the aims and objectives of the peaceful nationwide action of civil disobedience led by organized labour and several civil society organizations.

The enthusiasm with which CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS, ITN, SKYNEWS and other television producers portray Africa as poor and least developed is nothing like the way they report on the role played by the Western banking and other institutions.
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What then is the way forward? I will make a few suggestions to our leaders. President Goodluck Jonathan can heal the wounds by bringing every Nigerian together. The impression that a particular region is now in charge and can do whatever it likes must be jettisoned. No matter what you may have against President Olusegun Obasanjo, he was able to give a semblance of neutrality.
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According to a study by Dr Stephen Burgess, a Zimbabwean-born associate professor at the US Air War College, Washington may have to enlist the services of the Department of Defence, the National Security Agency and the Africa Command (AFRICOM) to secure Southern Africa’s resources.
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Has anyone noticed the virtual silence on Libya among western news agencies? If Libya was today quiet, and without any conflict
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So, if the West, the East and the South conclude that the North has gone beyond redemption, why not grant the North its request? Why not draw a real, physical border with the North and allow it to rule its people like it wishes?
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