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		<title>Gusau: 70 guns for the general</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdulaziz Abdulalziz </dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, one of Nigeria’s finest military officers, intelligence guru and astute politician, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, clocked 70 years. Here, ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ takes a look at the life of General Gusau both as an accomplished soldier, politician and elder statesman He is central to many security cum political decision taken by successive administrations in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges of ensuring internal security</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/05/challenges-of-ensuring-internal-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdulrahman Abdulrauf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, speaks to a group of journalists on how it keys in to the Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda amidst varying challenges. ABDULRAHMAN A. ABDULRAUF captures the session Transformation agenda, Like any other programme, the transformation agenda of Goodluck Jonathan administration, from inception, was greeted with mixed feelings by all sections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Textile sector on the verge of revival –Igomu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Agba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ibrahim Igomu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ibrahim Igomu is the national chairman of the National Textiles Manufacturers Association (NTMA) and also Nigerian Textiles and Garments and Tailoring Employers Association (NTGTEA). In this interview with DAVID AGBA, he spoke on several issues including federal government’s interventions in the textile sector through the Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) fund and the Export Expansion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SURE-P: A tripod fight against unemployment</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/05/sure-p-a-tripod-fight-against-unemployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Agba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SURE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One very huge impediment that has over the years put pressure on both the federal, states and local governments of Nigeria as well as parents and guardians especially, of graduates of tertiary institutions is the daunting task of guaranteed employment after completing their studies. It is a truism that this problem cannot be solved over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobilising for successful amnesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Musa Simon Reef</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MUSA SIMON REEF writes on issues that need to be resolved before realising the objectives of amnesty for members of Boko Haram Explicit hope was expressed by no few Nigerians when the federal government announced its plan to inaugurate a committee to investigate the desirability or otherwise, of granting amnesty to members of Boko Haram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When crops and cows cause fight</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/05/when-crops-and-cows-cause-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kula Tersoo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benue State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fulani]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KULAS TERSOO writes on the incessant clash between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv people that led to loss of lives and property in Benue state It is now a common knowledge that what was hitherto often reported as a &#8220;clash&#8221; between Fulani herdsmen and the Tiv farmers in Benue state has turned into a killing spree. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Governance Tour of Zamfara as eye opener</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/05/good-governance-tour-of-zamfara-as-eye-opener/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Umaru Maradun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UMARU MARADUN writes on the recent visit of the National Good Governance Tour (NGGT) to Zamfara state and the participants impressions of the state For the second time under the present democratic dispensation, the federal government is organising a visitation to various states of the federation and FCT Abuja with scores of journalists, radio and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bauchi, China committed to training of technicians – Wundi</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/05/bauchi-china-committed-to-training-of-technicians-wundi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sani Muh’d Sani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bauchi State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahiru Maiwada Wundi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Goodluck Jonathan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bauchi state Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Alhaji Mahiru Maiwada Wundi, recently  spoke on the Great Green Wall programme, an initiative of President Goodluck Jonathan, under the leadership of Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo on tree planting and the Bauchi state government, in collaboration with the China, on the training of Bauchi citizens on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can amnesty committee resolve insurgency in North?</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/04/can-amnesty-committee-resolve-insurgency-in-north/</link>
		<comments>http://blueprintng.com/2013/04/can-amnesty-committee-resolve-insurgency-in-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Musa Simon Reef</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the controversy that has trailed the planned offer of amnesty to Boko Haram, MUSA SIMON REEF writes on the possibility of a truce to end ceaseless bloodbath in the North The plan to grant amnesty to Boko Haram and other violent sects in the North has elicited various commentaries on the need to ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to end Boko Haram crisis, by Ahmad Salkida</title>
		<link>http://blueprintng.com/2013/04/how-to-end-boko-haram-crisis-by-ahmad-salkida/</link>
		<comments>http://blueprintng.com/2013/04/how-to-end-boko-haram-crisis-by-ahmad-salkida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A freelance journalist, Malam Ahmad Salkida, who has extensively covered Boko Haram, talks about his relationship with the sect, ties with its late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and how the sect has been more consistent with its message than the federal government. Salkida, a former Blueprint correspondent in Maiduguri, who is on exile in Dubai, was [...]]]></description>
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