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		<title>A Sorrowful Farewell</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/a-sorrowful-farewell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumour of the arrest of Abu Qaqa, spokesperson for Boko Haram, brings smiles momentarily to families and friends of victims of the Madalla suicide bombing Many people who were present<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/a-sorrowful-farewell/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Going Tougher On Boko Haram Suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[INEC. Justice Bilkisu Aliyu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[killings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Angered by setbacks experienced in the trials of Boko Haram members and sponsors, the federal government moves to frustrate bails granted Boko Haram suspects The federal government is unhappy with<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/going-tougher-on-boko-haram-suspects/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Breather For Bankole, Nafada</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/breather-for-bankole-nafada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dimeji Bankole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic and Financial Crimes Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usman Nafada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Nafada get reprieve in their corruption trial, but the EFCC insists they have a case to answer<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/breather-for-bankole-nafada/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Bayelsa’s Unending Drama</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/bayelsas-unending-drama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chief Timipre Sylva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDP governorship ticket]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political rollercoaster in Bayelsa is sent into dizzying speed by a Supreme Court ruling that kicked Chief Timipre Sylva out of office as governor, but the dispute over the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/bayelsas-unending-drama/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Mustapha: Awaiting The Hangman</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/awaiting-the-hangman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamza al-Mustapha]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lateef Shofolahan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Major Hamza al-Mustapha and his co-accused in the Kudirat Abiola murder, Lateef Shofolahan wait on death row after a judge condemns them to death in a landmark judgment Nemesis, they<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/awaiting-the-hangman/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>The Political Class Is Ruining Nigerian Democracy</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/the-political-class-is-ruining-nigerias-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Cross River State, Mr Mike Igini, speaks to DAVID ODEY in Calabar about the challenges he is facing on his job and how the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/the-political-class-is-ruining-nigerias-democracy/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>University Teachers End Strike</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/university-teachers-end-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABUJA: Nigeria’s beleaguered public universities will begin to come alive as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, a group made up of university teachers, called off its two months<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/university-teachers-end-strike/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Boko Haram Spokesperson arrested, dialogue begins</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/01/boko-haram-spokesperson-arrested-dialogue-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nigeria bombs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[President Jonathan Goodluck]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigeria&#8217;s central government may have begun dialogue with a faction of the insurgent group, Boko Haram. Agency reports said Wednesday that Envoys of Nigeria&#8217;s president are in negotiations with elements of<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/01/boko-haram-spokesperson-arrested-dialogue-begins/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s university teachers end strike</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/01/nigerias-university-teachers-end-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s beleaguered public universities are set to come alive as the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, a group made up of university teachers called off its two<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/01/nigerias-university-teachers-end-strike/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s Ex-speaker, deputy off the hook</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/31/nigerias-ex-speaker-deputy-off-the-hook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nnamdi Felix / Abuja An Abuja High Court presided by Justice Suleiman Belgore on Tuesday absolved the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole and his erstwhile<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/31/nigerias-ex-speaker-deputy-off-the-hook/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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