BY JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·NATIONAL President Goodluck Jonathan has said the late Prof. Dora Akunyili, will be difficult to forget because of her sterling achievements, especially as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The president, who said he would have been extremely sad if he had missed the requiem […]
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Cameroon confirms disarming Nigerian soldiers The Cameroonian military authorities have confirmed the disarming of Nigerian soldiers in the country.This is coming on the heels of reports that about 480 Nigerian soldiers yesterday fled into Cameroon, following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants. The Defence Headquarters, has however, explained how Nigerians soldiers crossed into […]
Leader of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Comments: Inneh: I still insist that the best way to nip in the bud the activities of the Boko Haram elements is by allowing every state to provide security to […]
Former Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has explained why he abandoned his presidential ambition to contest the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State.Ribadu, who spoke with journalists after he submitted his nomination form at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Monday, […]
The Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court, on Monday, gave an order restraining the Federal Government and his agents from serving the about 16,000 suspended resident doctors with sack letters. The president of the court, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, ordered all the Chief Medical Directors of the 37 medical institutions across the nation to hold […]
Germany has won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup for a record-equalling third time after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Nigeria at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, Canada. Lena Petermann scored the title-winning goal eight minutes into extra time to settle a match that, like the semi-final against France, had seen the Germans outplayed for long stretches. […]
LEADER of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Shekau announced the declaration that Gwoza had become an Islamic caliphate in a video obtained by the Agence France-Press on Sunday. The terrorist also vowed that his group would […]
he Presidency on Sunday said there was no truth in media reports (The PUNCH not included) that President Goodluck Jonathan was flown to Germany on Friday for medical attention. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent from Germany, where the President had […]
Cameroonian officials have confirmed that at least 480 Nigerian soldiers are now in the protective custody of the neighboring country’s gendarmes after they crossed into Cameroon earlier today to escape from Boko Haram insurgents who have launched a massive offensive. Cameroonian gendarmes had disarmed the Nigerian soldiers, officials from the West African nation told a correspondent of […]
HOW did ousted governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Hammanyero Nyako, escape from Nigeria a few hours before his impeachment despite the presence of eagle-eyed security agents waiting to arrest him to answer for his actions? – See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/nyako-beat-security-escaped-britain/#sthash.J65nm9N7.dpuf This is a question that has continued to prop up within the security establishment […]
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