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		<title>General Ibrahim Babangida And The ‘Doctrine Of Settled Issues’</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/general-ibrahim-babangida-and-the-doctrine-of-settled-issues-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Jonathan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71&#8230;Some people are saying that should anything happen to President Jonathan, forget about Nigeria and<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/02/06/general-ibrahim-babangida-and-the-doctrine-of-settled-issues-2/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>The Subsidy Debate: Matters Arising</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/30/the-subsidy-debate-matters-arising/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/30/the-subsidy-debate-matters-arising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subsidy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Yemisi Shyllon The weeklong protest by Nigerians over the removal of the so-called subsidy on fuel consumption may have receded into the past. But the issues the protests raised<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/30/the-subsidy-debate-matters-arising/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Face Of Africa</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/30/the-changing-face-of-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Guardian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are seeing a noticeable shift in the way the continent is perceived from the outside. At the beginning of the year, the London Guardian published an editorial: “A fresh<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/30/the-changing-face-of-africa/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenge Of Boko Haram</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-boko-haram/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-boko-haram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boko Haram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boko Haram has dragged Nigeria into the turbulence of the mainstream of human history. It has also extended historic antagonisms into Nigerian domestic relations. It was not inevitable, but the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/the-challenge-of-boko-haram/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>From Ojota With Messages From The Crowd</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/from-ojota-with-messages-from-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/from-ojota-with-messages-from-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gani Fawehnimi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kerosene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For many, our trips every morning, sometimes on foot, to the Gani Fawehnimi Freedom Park at Ojota, on the outskirts of Mainland Lagos, for those number of days, were for<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/23/from-ojota-with-messages-from-the-crowd/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan’s Post-Subsidy Paradise —Ogaga Ifowodo</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathans-post-subsidy-paradise-ogaga-ifowodo/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathans-post-subsidy-paradise-ogaga-ifowodo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now the whole world has heard of the paradise that President Goodluck Jonathan swears awaits every Nigerian the moment oil “subsidy” is withdrawn. The charm and splendour of this<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathans-post-subsidy-paradise-ogaga-ifowodo/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Is A Caring Leader —Reuben Abati</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathan-is-a-caring-leader-reuben-abati/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathan-is-a-caring-leader-reuben-abati/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The portrayal of President Goodluck Jonathan as a “callous President” in the last edition of your magazine is wrong, untrue and disingenuous. That edition of your magazine was devoted<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/jonathan-is-a-caring-leader-reuben-abati/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Government-Approved Highway Robbers —David Odey</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/government-approved-highway-robbers-david-odey/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/government-approved-highway-robbers-david-odey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since editors and seniors managers were allocated official cars by the management of Independent Communications Network Limited, publishers of TheNEWS, P.M.NEWS and A.M.Sports, the company’s Administrative Manager, Mr. Rafiu Salau,<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/government-approved-highway-robbers-david-odey/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Removal Of Oil Subsidy: President Jonathan Breaks Social Contract With The People</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/removal-of-oil-subsidy-president-jonathan-breaks-social-contract-with-the-people/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/removal-of-oil-subsidy-president-jonathan-breaks-social-contract-with-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Nigerians gathered with family and friends to celebrate the New Year, the federal government was baking a national cake wrapped in the scheme that would instantly make the New<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/17/removal-of-oil-subsidy-president-jonathan-breaks-social-contract-with-the-people/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>President Jonathan Rides On Tiger’s Back</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/10/president-jonathan-rides-on-tigers-back/</link>
		<comments>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/10/president-jonathan-rides-on-tigers-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petrol price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria must have made his portraiture go back to the canvas. Portrayed often as a meek and weak leader, a wimp incapable of taking macho decisions,<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/10/president-jonathan-rides-on-tigers-back/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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