A combined team of local hunters, civilian JTF and the Nigerian soldiers on Wednesday night launched a fierce battle against Boko Haram insurgents and recaptured Mubi and its environ, which had earlier fell into the hands of the sect. Reports from Mubi also indicated that five Nigerian Armoured Personnel Carriers, seized by the dreaded Islamists […]
Members of the Senate Committee on Defence grilled the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday over the increasing rate of insurgency in the North-East. Trouble started when the senators asked the Army chief to tell them the stage of the ongoing Boko Haram war but Minimah refused, insisting that he would […]
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party have faulted the alleged agreement made by President Goodluck Jonathan with members of the PDP in the Senate to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. At a meeting at […]
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By Madubuko Hart | Lagos, Nigeria | Nov. 9, 2014 – A critical look at the government of Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State spells one thing: There must be something positive about him and his government that critics of his government do not want the world to know, so they are doing everything within their […]
The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, released 125 persons arrested for allegedly having links with the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram. This latest release followed an earlier release of 42 persons who were investigated and found to have no link with the fundamentalist group. The 42 persons were released on Thursday to Governor Kashim Shettima of […]
A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has again lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party’s-led Federal Government for bringing untold hardship on Nigerians through its ineffective policies. The presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, who reviewed the parlous state of the economy and insecurity in the nation, said Nigeria was sick under PDP. He spoke […]
No fewer than 32 people were feared dead on Sunday evening when gunmen suspected to Fulani insurgents gunned down some Eggon villagers in an ambush at Arikya-Soni in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State at about 3pm. It was gathered that the villager were returning from from their farm when the suspected Fulani gunmen, […]
Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, has said it will be unfair to deny President Goodluck Jonathan the right to seek re-election on account of the insecurity in the north east. Alkali said this in an interview with newsmen, in Abuja, on Sunday. He spoke at an event to mark […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday revealed that the Super Eagles would on May 29 next year host the Brazil senior national team in a friendly at the newly commissioned stadium in Uyo. May 29 is generally marked as Democracy Day in Nigeria for the swearing-in of newly elected governors and president. It […]
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