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NEC upheld decision to prosecute subsidy indictees

The National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday, commended the Federal Government for taking a stand to prosecute and recover monies claimed by oil marketers as subsidy on petroleum products never delivered.This is even as the council urged Nigerians to support the government's effort to prosecute some of those indicted in the subsidy report. With the case in court, the Federal Government has suspended further subsidy payments, and the affected marketers have allegedly instigated a withdrawal…
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Jonathan sign performance pact with federal ministers

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, signed performance agreements with all the ministers in his cabinet.This is even as he assured them that this was not meant to witch-hunt anyone but to enhance performance, transparency and accountability in governance. The President gave the assurance in his remark at a short contract signing ceremony which took place at the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.The…
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More Boko Haram bomb factories raided in Kogi state

Nigerian police said they found two bomb factories and arrested five suspected militants on Wednesday in the central state of Kogi where Islamist gunmen opened a new front in their insurrection this month. Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed hundreds of security forces and civilians this year, most of them in the largely Muslim north of the country. Suspected members of the group opened fire on the Deeper Life Bible centre in the Kogi town…
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Police intercept car loaded with explosives in Maiduguri

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO), on Tuesday, intercepted a bomb-laden vehicle in Maiduguri, a statement issued by the JTF spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, revealed. Musa disclosed that the arrest took place on Monday at about 6 p.m. "The JTF, based on information obtained from an arrested Boko Haram terrorist and moles in the Boko Haram Camp, intercepted a Toyota Camry 2001 model car heavily loaded with Improvised Explosive Device,"…
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Police kill four kidnappers in Edo State as hostage escapes

BENIN, Nigeria - Nigerian police said on Tuesday they killed four kidnappers in southern Edo state following a car chase where the hostage escaped, in the latest abduction in a region home to Africa's biggest oil industry. Criminal gangs kidnapping for ransom have blighted Africa's second largest economy for years, with the vast majority of people abducted Nigerians, although foreign oil workers have also been targets.Violence and crime in the oil-producing Niger Delta pushes up…
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Suspected Boko Haram botched Sallah day bomber arrested in Kano

The Kano State police command, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of one of the suspects who escaped after an attack on a checkpoint in Kundila area of Kano on Sunday.  Addressing journalists in Kano, Ibrahim Idris, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said security agents had intensified efforts to track down the other fleeing suspects who also escaped with bullets wounds during the encounter between them and security operatives. “My men have arrested one of…
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3 more bodies recovered in Lagos Ocean surge, 12 missing

THREE more bodies have been recovered at the Kuramo Beach, Lagos, where ocean surge swept away 16 residents on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported.General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Femi Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to NAN on Sunday, said that divers and other rescuers were still searching for the remaining bodies. Osanyintola had, on Saturday, told NAN that a body was recovered, while 15 others were missing. The…
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Boko Haram kill community leader in Maiduguri

LAGOS, Nigeria - An official says a radical Islamist group is suspected in the killing of a prominent community leader in a northeast Nigerian city scarred by sectarian violence. Zanna Kaselama was shot dead at a mosque in the city of Maiduguri late Thursday. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said Friday that members of the Boko Haram sect are believed to be behind the killing, which comes as Muslims observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan.…
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Nigeria arrest vessel with 300 metric tonnes of diesel

ABUJA - Nigerian authorities have seized a ship carrying 300 tonnes of illegally refined diesel and arrested 11 people on it, they said on Thursday, as part of efforts to curb oil theft that officials estimate siphons off up to a fifth of the country's output. Oil theft from Africa's top producer is a major cause of complaint from oil companies and the finance ministry, both of which lose revenue from thieves hacking into pipelines…
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Boko bomb explodes on the way killing 2 sect members in Kaduna

Two suspected members of Boko Haram were killed by their own bomb in Kaduna on Tuesday afternoon, before they reach their target.  Sources in Kaduna alleged that a renowned Islamic Scholar and medical doctor, Ahmed Gumi, may have been targeted in the botched attackA witness who prefer not to be named said “though the explosion may have been accidental, the Sheikh is clearly the target because the incident occurred just when he was about to…
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