Insecurity: Senators, Reps consider state police Revenue allocation: Governors lay ambush for Jonathan Page
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‘We joined car-snatching gang because we could not resist the N25,000 its leader paid us weekly’ Page
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Expect gains of deregulation mid next year Page 2 -Jonathan
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ACP, MOPOL chief killed in fresh Boko Haram attack Page
12 sect members shot dead 2 Police: we took the battle to them Nigeria has no business being where it is today Page 63
- Sanusi ‘My life as a practising Christian married to a Muslim’ -Page
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The Bomber... Our person of the year
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Although The Bomber has been at work long before 2011, this year has been a particularly busy one for him. Since January, towns and cities across Nigeria have reverberated to the thunderous sounds of explosions which have destroyed buildings, turned vehicles into smoking wrecks, and shattered lives. From ultra-modern Abuja through liberal Kaduna to rustic Damaturu, The Bomber has shown his capacity to wreak ruins and kill people.