April 2012

Police to Withdraw Assault Rifles, Introduce Rubber Bullets

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 27 April, 2012 - 05:14

[Vanguard]
Calabar -
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has said that the regular assault riffles being used by the force will soon be replaced with rubber bullets to fight crime.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204270009.html

Jonathan Condemns Bomb Blasts At Newspaper Houses

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 21:11

[Nigeria First]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has condemned the bomb blasts which occurred earlier today, Thursday, April 26 at newspaper houses in Abuja and Kaduna.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204261392.html

Doctors' Strike - We Are Ready for Dialogue - Lagos Govt

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 16:21

[Vanguard]

The Lagos State government yesterday said it is ever willing to dialogue with the striking medical doctors in the state.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204261138.html

Doctors' Strike - Ore Falomo Lambasts Lagos Doctors

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 15:25

[Vanguard]

Chairman, Elders' Forum of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), and grand patron of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN), Lagos chapter, Dr Ore Falomo, has lambasted the the leadership of Lagos chapter of the NMA over the incessant doctors' strike in the state.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204261009.html

Suicide Bomber Attacks This Day Newpaper

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 15:20

[Daily Trust]

A suicide bomber, at approximately 11:07 this morning drove a bomb laden vehicle into the head offices of This Day Newspapers in Jabi, Abuja.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204261007.html

I Won't Spare Any Culprit - Jonathan

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 14:26

[Vanguard]
Abuja -
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that those indicted in the report of the House of Representatives Committee that investigated the implementation of the subsidy regime in Nigeria will be punished. He vowed that no one will be spared.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204260887.html

NDLEA Seizes N160 Million Drug At Lagos Airport

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 14:26

[Vanguard]
Lagos -
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, made a major seizure of 16 kilogrammes of high grade heroin worth about N160 million by a suspected drug syndicate at the National Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, shed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204260875.html

Subsidy Report - We Won't Spare Culprits - Jonathan

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 12:31

[Leadership]

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday threw his weight behind the report of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee which probed the management of subsidy funds, assuring that any proven culprit would not be spared.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204260446.html

As PDP Fights Harder, 10 Parties Endorse Aregbesola

Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 26 April, 2012 - 12:30

[Leadership]

Osun State, known for its peaceful atmosphere, has been engulfed in a battle of supremacy between the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sefiu Ayanbimpe analyses how the high wire politics in the state has taken a new dimension as PDP allege that the governor has rejected buses meant for the people of his state.

Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204260438.html