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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>
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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>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>
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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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Bayero Nafada]]></category>
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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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		<title>Kano Bombings a Jihad Against Igbos</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/21/kano-bombings-a-jihad-against-igbos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Full statement of Chief Tobias Michael Idika, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Kano State Chapter. on Friday&#8217;s multiple bombings in the trading city of Kano. &#160; &#8220;In about a month ago, the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/21/kano-bombings-a-jihad-against-igbos/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Ikem Gets The Axe</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/10/ikem-gets-the-axe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheNEWS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ For assaulting a man in public, Venatius Ikem, Cross River State Works Commissioner, is sacked by Governor Liyel Imoke &#160; Unlike his predecessor Mr. Donald Duke, who had the inclination<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/10/ikem-gets-the-axe/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>All Clear for Governor Ajimobi</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/05/all-clear-for-governor-ajimobi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Appeal court confirm Ajimobi’s victory   GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN   Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan &#160; The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, in Nigeria&#8217;s Western part,  has upheld the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/05/all-clear-for-governor-ajimobi/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Subsidy Protests: Lawyers back Nigeria&#8217;s unions</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/05/subsidy-protests-lawyers-back-nigerias-unions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to reverse the withdrawal of subsidies from premium motor spirit,PMS, otherwise known as<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2012/01/05/subsidy-protests-lawyers-back-nigerias-unions/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Sylva’s Unending Troubles</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/11/07/sylva%e2%80%99s-unending-troubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The cloud surrounding Governor Timipre Sylva’s re-election bid shows no sign that it has any silver lining behind it &#160; Will he? Won’t he? These were the questions on the<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/11/07/sylva%e2%80%99s-unending-troubles/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Battle For Bayelsa</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/10/24/battle-for-bayelsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The path of Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Timipre Sylva, to another term in office is laden with obstacles allegedly erected by President Goodluck Jonathan &#160; Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/10/24/battle-for-bayelsa/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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		<title>Victory For Suswam</title>
		<link>http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/10/24/victory-for-suswam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MAKURDI: The candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the April 2011 gubernatorial election in Benue State, Professor Steve Ugbah, on Tuesday 18 October 2011 suffered yet another defeat<br /><br /><a href="http://thenewsafrica.com/2011/10/24/victory-for-suswam/">Continue Reading </a> &#187;]]></description>
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