Reuters
Detained Herdsmen Talk About Sectarian Killings in Nigeria
New York Times
JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. The man, Dahiru Adamu, 25, was crouching on the ...
Murder charges likely over Nigerian massacreABC Online
Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashesReuters
The Violence in Nigeria: What's Behind the Conflict?TIME
BBC News -Times Online -Montreal Gazette
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Daily Nation
Nigeria Protesters Ratchet Up Pressure
Wall Street Journal
ABUJA, Nigeria—Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday in this country's capital, piling political pressure on a government that is already reeling from a leadership shakeup and deadly violence in a nearby city. ...
Nigeria security chief sacked in presidential tussleFinancial Times
Nigeria protesters demand to see ailing presidentThe Associated Press
Nigerians demand an end to "invisible presidency"Swissinfo
The Punch -Africasia -NEXT
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Efenji: Police parade suspects, one still at large
The Punch
By AGENCY REPORTER, Published: Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 The Police in Abuja on Wednesday said it won't relent in its investigation until the last suspect in the gruesome murder of ex-AIT Senate correspondent, late Efenji Efenji, is apprehended. ...
Police arrest killers of journalist – Daily TrustNigerian Bulletin

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Court remands four for terrorism
NEXT
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded four men for acts of terrorism. They are Uchenna Okafor, 35,; Mohammed Alahamdu, 35,; Uchenna Imoh, 21, and Nuhu Audu, 18. The accused had on Feb. 4 pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge brought against ...

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RTT News
Freed S.African journalist returns home from Nigeria: official
Africasia
South African sound engineer Nick Greyling, from a television sports crew kidnapped in Nigeria last week, returned home on Wednesday morning, the foreign ministry said. "Nick Greyling returned to South Africa this morning," foreign ministry spokeswoman ...
Gunmen free S'African sports journalistThe Punch
South Africa: Kidnap Victim On Way From NigeriaAllAfrica.com
'I'm free! I'm free!,' yells freed SA hostageIndependent Online
Reuters -BBC News -BusinessWeek
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Labour praises removal of security adviser
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The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday commended Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, for firing the National Security Adviser in the light of Sunday's massacre in Jos. The NLC, through a statement signed by its president, ...
NLC, TUC express concern over killingsThe Punch

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Daily Sun
Lawmaker seeks suspension of Plateau from NYSC scheme
NEXT
The Minority Leader of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Ifedayo Akinsoyinu has faulted the continued posting of youth corps members to Jos, the capital of Plateau State. The Lawmaker, who spoke with reporters at the assembly ...
Before the next mayhem in JosThe Punch
Jang Indicts Army over Jos MassacreTHISDAY
NIPSS alumni condemn Plateau crisis, plan special sessionVanguard
The Guardian - Nigeria -The Punch -NEXT
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Times of Nigeria
Governor blames military for Jos killings
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The leadership of the Nigerian Army in Plateau State should be blamed for last Sunday's massacre of hundreds of villagers in Jos, the Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, said yesterday in Abuja. Mr. Jang, a retired Air Force ...
Before the next mayhem in JosThe Punch
Plateau Governor Indicts Army Over Jos MassacreTimes of Nigeria
Jang moans, Senate, Reps want action on Jos – The GuardianNigerian Bulletin
THISDAY -The Punch
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Agric ministry tops government rating
NEXT
The federal government has finally concluded the assessment of the overall performance of the 2009 budget as implemented by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, with a conclusion that the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Agric ministry leads in budget performance -- RumaThe Punch
2009 budget: FG scores agric, police affairs highBusinessDay

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Daily Nation
Jonathan seeks Senate's approval to appoint advisers
The Punch
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has requested for Senate's approval to enable him to appoint five special advisers. Jonathan's request, which came in the form of a ...
Goodluck Jonathan: So far, So goodBusinessDay
Gusau replaces Mukhtar as National Security AdviserNEXT
New security adviser bolsters Nigeria's acting leaderReuters South Africa
THISDAY -LeadershipNigeria -Nigerian Bulletin
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The Punch
Rally: IG assures Soyinka, others of security
The Punch
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, on Tuesday assured Prof. Wole Soyinka and other members of the Save Nigeria Group, Future Nigeria Group and Jamatul ...
'We have foiled several attack plots'NEXT
Police ill-equipped to fight robbery — OnovoVanguard
Police arrest 92 suspects – The NationNigerian Bulletin

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Vanguard
Agro-investment in Africa requires N2.22tr
NEXT
If agriculture is to be the mainstay to stimulate economic growth, then investments in the sector should go beyond improvements in on-farm productivity to also cover agribusiness and agro industrial development. Geoffrey Mrema, Director ...
200m Africans Need $620bn For FoodAccra Daily Mail
Call for common African food marketafrol News
Agric Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund Hits N5bLeadershipNigeria
The Punch -African Press Agency (subscription) -UN News Centre
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Daily Nation
Security chief fired in Nigeria power fight
Financial Times
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's acting president, has landed a significant blow in the struggle for control of the world's 10th biggest oil exporter by sacking a security chief and reinstating a wily spymaster. ...
Jonathan to appoint five new advisersNEXT
Jonathan sacks NSAThe Punch
New security adviser bolsters Nigeria's acting leaderReuters South Africa
Voice of America -The Guardian - Nigeria -Vanguard
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Daily Nation
Hold Jonathan responsible for successes, failures- Soyinka
The Punch
By Agency Reporter, Published: Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday asked Nigerians to hold Acting President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for the successes and failures of the present administration. ...
Jonathan to appoint five new advisersNEXT
New security adviser bolsters Nigeria's acting leaderReuters South Africa
Gusau regains seat from Mukhtar as National Security AdviserThe Guardian - Nigeria
Nigerian Bulletin -THISDAY -BusinessDay
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Reuters South Africa
Hold Jonathan responsible for successes, failures- Soyinka
The Punch
By Agency Reporter, Published: Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010 Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday asked Nigerians to hold Acting President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for the successes and failures of the present administration. ...
Jonathan to appoint five new advisersNEXT
New security adviser bolsters Nigeria's acting leaderReuters South Africa
In a Major Game-Changer, Jonathan Fires MukhtarTHISDAY
Nigerian Bulletin -BusinessDay -Reuters AlertNet
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CNN International
Amnesty International urges governments to address gaps in women's right issues
Ghana News Agency
Accra, March 8, GNA - Amnesty International (AI), a human rights organization, on Monday urged governments to respond to the critical gaps in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Beijing Declaration and Platform ...
Obama bemoans hardship in Women's Day speechAFP
Clinton marks International Women's DayThe Hindu
Observer awarded for coverage of gender issuesJamaica Observer
Xinhua -Voice of America -postzambia.com
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Daily Nation
New security adviser bolsters Nigeria's acting leader
Reuters South Africa
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan sacked the country's national security adviser (NSA) on Monday, in a further sign he is asserting his authority after the return of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua. ...
Gusau replaces Mukhtar as National Security AdviserNEXT
Jonathan sacks NSAThe Punch
Gen Gusau bounces back as NSA – Daily TrustNigerian Bulletin
THISDAY -BusinessDay -AllAfrica.com
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Vanguard
Mark, Oshiomhole, Daniel Lament Macebuh's Death
THISDAY
Senate President, David Mark; Edo and Ogun States Governors, Adams Osiomhole and Gbenga Daniel respectively have lamented the demise of icon of Nigerian journalism, Stanley Macebuh, who passed on Sunday in Abuja at the age of 67. ...
Macebuh: An Iroko tree has fallenThe Guardian - Nigeria
Stanley Macebuh dies at 67NEXT
Senate Mourns MacebuhLeadershipNigeria
Nigerian Bulletin -Vanguard -Daily Sun
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Herald de Paris
Jonathan, Queen Elizabeth task C'wealth on poverty, growth
The Guardian - Nigeria
N IGERIA yesterday joined the rest of the Commonwealth countries in celebrating the 2010 Commonwealth Day with a charge to the countries in the body to tackle poverty and under-development. To achieve that, Nigeria stressed the need for the ...
Commonwealth leader asks nations to promote innovationsNEXT
Nigeria Marks Commonwealth DayTHISDAY
PM's message for Commonwealth Day10 Downing Street
SKNVibes.com -Bru Direct -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Vanguard
Youth protest in Jos leads to more tension
NEXT
Security officers, on Monday, prevented an early morning protest by some Berom youth from escalating into another crisis in Jos, Plateau State. The youth, apparently protesting the massacre of their folk last Sunday morning by ...
Jos: 416 victims get mass burialThe Punch
Tension reigns in Jos, offices, shops shutThe Guardian - Nigeria
Jos Massacre: 387 Bodies Given Mass BurialTHISDAY
Nigerian Bulletin -AfricaNews -Vanguard
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