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Widespread corruption in the Nigeria Police Force is fueling abuses against ordinary citizens and severely undermining the rule of law in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called on Nigerian authorities to take immediate steps to improve budgetary transparency in the police force and to investigate and bring to justice police officers at all levels implicated in corrupt practices.
                                       
Human Rights Watch Reports (Lagos, August 17, 2010)

Nigeria: Corruption Fueling Police Abuses Government Should Rein In Extortion, Embezzlement, and Related Abuses

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Mimiko is the one in charge. He recently traveled to Poland to change the design...
- We failed to meet the July deadline for completion because we want to provide the best dome in Africa.
- Dome consultant Dream Media Network Limited has experience only in event planning and public relations
                                       
Tokunbo Adewole , Liberty News, Akure

How Gov. Mimiko Awarded N1.5billion "Dome Project" To An Event Planning Company-Liberty News

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Let me state upfront that I admire Ibrahim Badamaci Babangida in some ways, especially his studied silence after his inglorious exit from power in 1993. I am quite aware of the scornful remarks this admiration will earn me irrespective of the fact that the constitution of Nigeria and the universal declaration of human rights grant me the right to hold such private opinion.

By Chike Orjiako                   

2011: Babangida Should Stop Insulting The Igbos

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is considering not standing in elections due next January but will make his intentions known by the end of the month, a presidency source told Reuters on Tuesday.
                                       
By Felix Onuah

Jonathan May Not Contest 2011 Polls: Source-Reuters

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Afenifere Renewal Group is using the occasion of the birthday of former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida to sound it clear to him that contrary to the false impression the political renegades of Yorubaland are giving to him, the southwest geo-political zone is going to be his political waterloo in 2011 as against the swing zone he is claiming.
                                       
By Yinka Odumakin

Birthday Message To IBB: Southwest Is Your Waterloo!-Afenifere Renewal Group

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Goodluck Jonathan today denied he is considering not running for the job next year.  But he did not confirm that he will run, either. 
                                       
SaharaReporters, New York                   

Presidency: Jonathan Denies He Won't...But Doesn't Say He Will...Run

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said the Federal Government will put all machinery in motion to ensure that Nigerians in diaspora can vote during elections that follow the 2011 general elections. The President has also assured that more distinguished Nigerians in the diaspora will be considered subsequently for inclusion in the National Honours list.

President Jonathan Promises More Recognition For Nigerians In Diaspora

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Officials with Nigeria's security services say they've intercepted 52 Kalashnikov rifles and tens of thousands of ammunition rounds heading for an area that has been the scene of religious violence.
                                                                                                
Associated Press                   

Nigeria: Assault Rifles, Ammunition Headed For Jos Intercepted-(AP)

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Chronicle Of Recent Activities Of NARD: The agitations for a better training and conditions of service for resident doctors in Nigeria dated as far as the last 15 years. However the intensity of the latest struggles increased because of the increasing disconnect between the leaders and the led in Nigeria.

National Association Of Resident Doctors (NARD)/ Federal Government: The Story So Far

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What sort of hanky-panky is going on at the official website of the Federal Republic of Nigeria paid for by the hard-working Nigerian Tax Payers?  www.nigeria.gov.ng
                                       
Citizen Report By Olumide Joseph

The "Hack Team" Behind Goodluck Jonathan's Facebook And Campaign Games