By HAROON BALOGUN As an avid social media user, I have been following the tweets and anger of social media users against Islam and Muslims especially when the terrorist group, Boko Haram strikes. The anger heightened again when the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, in their ungodly activity posted a video online recently showing […]
Russia said on Thursday that unilateral US airstrikes on jihadists in Syria would be a crude violation of international law. “In the absence of an appropriate decision of the UN Security Council, such a step would become an act of aggression, a crude violation of the norms of international law,” said Alexander Lukashevich, a spokesman […]
By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO – Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said the widely celebrated defection of the former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu has earned the status of a laughing stock among PDP stakeholders in Adamawa state. Mr. Kwankwaso made the remark while receiving merit award from two distinct Non Governmental Oraganization at the Government House, […]
Cameroon’s claims this week that two Tuareg fighters were among the dead when troops bombarded Boko Haram positions have sparked fresh interest in the group’s links to the wider jihadi network. Communication minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary did not elaborate on the nationality of the foreigners, who were among the more than 100 killed during an […]
BY AMAKA ABAYOMI, LAJU ARENYEKA, TARE YOUDEOWEI & PAUL IKUFORIJI Since the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, came into Nigeria, it has had an adverse effect on every sector in the nation. This is not just a health issue; its effects on business, transportation, religion and even education are unfathomable. Ebola’s fingerprints, especially on education, can […]
By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA —SXTY-FIVE days after an Islamic cleric, Abdul Ganiyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at their residence, they were found at the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS in Ogun State. The couple, who were residing at 27, Fagbemi Street, Ijoko, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area […]
By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama The Defence headquarters declared yesterday that the troops were in full control of Mubi, the second largest city in Adamawa State, even as no fewer than 70 insurgents were said to have been killed by local hunters and vigilante groups. A Defence Headquarters, DHQ tweet yesterday read, “Mubi […]
(JOS) Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was being transported to the hospital at the time of this report. Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer, was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd Division in Jos, […]
(FREETOWN, Sierra Leone) Britain will send military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up a medical treatment centre to care for victims of the Ebola outbreak there, the British High Commission said on its Twitter feed on Monday. The epidemic in West Africa – the worst in the disease’s history – has killed […]
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has listed commitment to nation building, promotion of genuine democratic ethos, youth development, and the desire to give back to the society as the building blocks of his aspiration for the office of president. Abubakar, who will formally declare for the plum seat on Wednesday, September 24, told Sunday […]
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