Rasmussen: NATO Ready to Welcome Putin’s Peace Plan for Ukraine if It Is Genuine

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed his readiness to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin’s peace plan for Ukraine in case it is genuine. “If recent statements from President Putin represent a genuine effort to find a political solution, I would welcome it, because that is exactly what we need, a constructive political process,” Rasmussen said during joint press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the course of NATO summit in Wales.

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Nigeria Spends U.S.$13 Billion On Peacekeeping - Ex-Polish Envoy

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Abuja — FORMER Polish Ambassador to Nigeria, Grezgorz Walinski has said that Nigeria has spent about $13 billion on peacekeeping operations since 1960 and has also sent over 250,000 members of the Nigerian armed forces to the United Nation's sponsored missions worldwide.

Ambassador Walinski disclosed this at the stakeholders' dinner reception for the Nigeria Security Exhibition and Conference, 2014, organised by First Security Guards Limited in Abuja.

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US Senator Pleads for Peace Meeting with Nigerians over Controversial ‘419’ Joke.

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US Senator Ted Cruz has asked for a peace meeting with Nigerian-Americans who have demanded that he retracts his controversial  joke last week which many of them considered insulting. In a letter from the Senator to leaders of the Nigerian community in Houston, Texas, where the controversial
comments were made, the Senator said he “regrets any misunderstanding.”

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No peace in Nigeria’s 53yrs of Hausa, Igbo rulership — Gen. Alabi-Isiama -

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A former Principal General Staff Officer (PGSO) of the Nigerian Army and Chief of Staff of 3 Marine Commando Division (3MCDO) during the 1967-70 Nigeria-Biafra war, Brigadier-General Godwin Alabi-Isama, is a reporter’s delight anytime. He canvasses his views with passion and emotion, not minding whose ox is gored. He was at his best, literally shooting from the hips, during a visit to the corporate headquarters of Vanguard in Apapa, Lagos. 

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PDP crisis: Tragedy as OBJ's peace move fails

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The peace move by elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo aimed at restoring peace in the troubled party may have failed.

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PDP crisis: Tragedy as OBJ's peace move fails

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Obasanjo and other senior members of the party met with its two factions at Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Friday to discuss how to settle the differences among the warring factions. But both parties insisted that their conditions for peace must be satisfied before the party could move forward.

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Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians, Peace Talk Canceled.

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Peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators expected on Monday have been shelved after Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank, a Palestinian official said.  "The meeting that was to take place in Jericho...today was cancelled because of the Israeli crime committed in Qalandiya today," said the official, referring to the refugee camp where the clashes erupted before dawn.

We can no longer guarantee peace in the East – Ohanaeze

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The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation,  Ohanaeze Ndigbo,  has said that it can no longer guarantee peace in the East in the face of the  continued killing  of the Igbo in some states in the North.

The group  said that stopping its youths from carrying out reprisal  over the years, even in the face of extreme anger, had  been an onerous job.

It added that it was not sure if it would continue to restrain them from doing so, especially in the South-East.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary General, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu,   said this on Wednesday while reacting to last Monday’s bombings in Kano State in which  many Igbo   were killed.

FG Working Hard To Restore Peace – Vice President, Sambo

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The Federal Government will continue to work tirelessly to ensure safety of lives and property in all parts of the country, Vice President Namadi Sambo made the promise on Sunday when he paid a visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.

The Emir recently returned to the country after a medical sojourn abroad following an attack on his convoy by gunmen in Kano.

Sambo’s promise came barely 24 hours after members of an Islamic sect, Ansaru, reportedly killed the seven foreigners they had earlier taken hostage from a construction site in Bauchi Stage.

Land Dispute: Battle Of The First Ladies Continue As Peace Talks Collapse

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The dispute between First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan and wife of late President Umar Musa Yar’adua, Turai, over a piece of land in the nation’s capital, is far from over as the out of court settlement on the matter has broken down. The land, 1.84 hectares, located at plot no. 1347 Cadastral Zone AOO, Central Business District, Abuja, FCT, was initially allocated to Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEF) when Turai was the First Lady. 

Boko Haram: Proposed Peace Talks Will Not Work – Soyinka

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Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate and literary icon, Professor Wole Soyinka,  Thursday, said that the proposed peace talks between the Federal Government and extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, will not be successful. The Daily Post newspaper reports that Prof. Soyinka in a keynote address at the 2012 Annual Conference of a non-governmental organisation in Lagos, said that Boko Haram only believe in laying waste to the nation, adding that it is impossible to dialogue with a sect like that.

Mark urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria

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Senate President David Mark has called on Muslim faithful to use the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir to pray for peace and stability in Nigeria.
This was contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, in Abuja on Thursday.

Mark, in a goodwill message on the occasion, implored religious leaders to teach their followers on the right thing to do so that they would not deviate or depart from the truth, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Jets hit town, Syria envoy flies in on truce bid

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Syrian jets hammered a rebel town on Friday, the second day of an assault in which the regime is accused of using cluster bombs, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi landed in Damascus to press for a truce.

Brahimi is bidding to secure a ceasefire during the four-day Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday from October 26, hoping it will bring a longer cessation in the 19-month conflict that has already killed more than 34,000 people.

“We will have discussions here with the government, the political parties and civil society about the situation in Syria,” Brahimi said at Damascus airport.

No frontrunners for Peace, Literature prizes as Nobel panel to announce winners next week

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The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are to be announced next week, with no clear frontrunners yet seen for the much-talked about Peace and Literature prizes and suspense and speculation mount.

Betting sites have become a popular feature of the Nobel guessing game in recent years, with gamers sometimes surprisingly accurate, even suspiciously so.

Chinese author Mo Yan and Japan’s Haruki Murakami share the top spots on two Swedish betting sites a week ahead of the expected announcement of the Nobel Literature Prize, while Coptic Christian Maggie Gobran of Egypt who helps the poor in Cairo’s slums tops the one Swedish site taking bets for the Peace Prize.

Here are the dates for this year’s prize announcements:

- Monday, October 8, 0930 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Medicine Prize

- Tuesday, October 9, 0945 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Physics Prize

- Wednesday, October 10, 0945 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Chemistry Prize

- Thursday, October 11: Possible date for the Nobel Literature Prize. The Swedish Academy only announces the date of the announcement a few days in advance, but it is traditionally on a Thursday at 1100 GMT.

- Friday, October 12, 0900 GMT: Nobel Peace Prize

- Monday, October 15, 1100 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Economics Prize.

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No frontrunners for Peace, Literature prizes as Nobel panel to announce winners next week

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The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are to be announced next week, with no clear frontrunners yet seen for the much-talked about Peace and Literature prizes and suspense and speculation mount.

Betting sites have become a popular feature of the Nobel guessing game in recent years, with gamers sometimes surprisingly accurate, even suspiciously so.

Chinese author Mo Yan and Japan’s Haruki Murakami share the top spots on two Swedish betting sites a week ahead of the expected announcement of the Nobel Literature Prize, while Coptic Christian Maggie Gobran of Egypt who helps the poor in Cairo’s slums tops the one Swedish site taking bets for the Peace Prize.

Here are the dates for this year’s prize announcements:

- Monday, October 8, 0930 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Medicine Prize

- Tuesday, October 9, 0945 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Physics Prize

- Wednesday, October 10, 0945 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Chemistry Prize

- Thursday, October 11: Possible date for the Nobel Literature Prize. The Swedish Academy only announces the date of the announcement a few days in advance, but it is traditionally on a Thursday at 1100 GMT.

- Friday, October 12, 0900 GMT: Nobel Peace Prize

- Monday, October 15, 1100 GMT at the earliest: Nobel Economics Prize.

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