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Jonathan Clears Obstacles for Inec, Signs Amended Electoral Act

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:13

Jonathan Clears Obstacles for Inec, Signs Amended Electoral Act - President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday signed the amended electoral act that is expected to clear hurdles that would hinder the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to finalize the timetable for presidential and parliamentary polls. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Police Abuses Rife Despite Anti-Corruption Efforts

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:13

Police Abuses Rife Despite Anti-Corruption Efforts - Successive governments have sought to reform the police and set up anti-corruption commissions, but members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) continue to extort and embezzle money from citizens, and commit arbitrary arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings, says Human Rights Watch (HRW). [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Shell Threatens to Invoke Force Majeure

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:12

Shell Threatens to Invoke Force Majeure - The Shell Petroleum Company has reiterated its intention to invoke force majeure in the Niger Delta region as a result of the recent destruction of two of its pipelines in Cawthorne Channel, Rivers State. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

2011 - Inec Two Weeks Late - No Funds, No Laws Yet, Jega

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:12

2011 - Inec Two Weeks Late - No Funds, No Laws Yet, Jega - Uncertainty over the legal framework and non-provision of critical funds for the compilation of a voters' register are beginning to threaten the conduct of elections in January, INEC chairman Professor Attahiru Jega said yesterday. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Court Orders Arrest of Army General

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:12

Court Orders Arrest of Army General - A Kaduna Chief Magistrate's Court has ordered the arrest of the Commandant of the Nigerian Army Central Workshop, Kaduna , Brigadier General A. C. Ani, for refusing to appear before the court. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Reps Call for Probe Over Killing of Citizens in S/Africa

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 22 August, 2010 - 23:11

Reps Call for Probe Over Killing of Citizens in S/Africa - The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has called on the Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa Muhammad Buba Marwa to ensure that investigations were instituted into the circumstances leading to the incessant killing of Nigerians in the republic of South Africa. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

Tears as 40 People Burn to Death in Multiple Auto Crash

Submitted by AA Nigeria on 17 August, 2010 - 00:45

Tears as 40 People Burn to Death in Multiple Auto Crash - It was a black Sunday for several families in Lagos, yesterday, as no fewer than 40 persons allegedly perished in a multiple auto crash that occurred at a police check point near Otedola Housing Estate, a few metres away from Berger area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. [Nigeria News : All Africa]

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