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Latest Politics, Sokoto, State News, Women Politics
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, along with Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, had a fruitful one hour discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari on matters surrounding the nomination of Ms. Aisha Abubakar as a ministerial nominee from Sokoto State. At the moment, all issues are being resolved, according to a statement by Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal`s spokesman. (Source: […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, National Politics
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The hope of routing Boko Haram by end of December seems remote as the military told President Muhammadu Buhari how the current weather conditions in parts of the country and some logistics issue have been hampering the terror war. The service chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Senator Shehu Sani sensationally listed 13 factors responsible for the growth of Boko Haram in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria. Sani, who represents Kaduna Central in the Eighth Senate, said this when he received a delegation of Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) in his Kaduna office yesterday. “I have been able to identify 13 […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Top Stories
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
(ABUJA) The immediate past minister of the Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, was grilled yesterday October 19, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in the April 2014 Immigration recruitment incident that claimed over 20 lives. Spokesman of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Moro’s interrogation by operatives of the anti-graft […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
(ABUJA) The Federal Government is to set up a crisis communication centre that will provide information to counter violent extremist ideology especially in the North-East. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the disclosure when he met with the US Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism Communication, Rashad Hussain, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Osinbajo, the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Pistorius freed from jail, but under 4-year house arrest Oscar Pistorius was released from prison in South Africa Monday and placed under house arrest, Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said. The former Olympic athlete had been in prison since October last year, when a judge sentenced him to five years for culpable homicide in the […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta
Saturday, October 17th, 2015
The concluding part of the interview with Hon. Kingsley Kuku, immediate past Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, in which he talks about his Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) story By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Read first part one here When I therefore became […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, October 17th, 2015
GIRLS in a remote Caribbean village are becoming boys when they hit puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. One in 90 children born in Salinas in the Dominican Republic grow a penis in a natural transformation from female to male. Known as the guevedoces, which translates as penis at 12, these youngsters are referred to […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, October 16th, 2015
The United States will conduct surveillance and intelligence operations against Boko Haram inside Nigeria, sources familiar with the plan told AFP Friday, a significant escalation of Washington’s role in combatting the Islamist group. The operations will be carried out as part of the recently announced deployment of up to 300 US military personnel to […]
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Headlines
Friday, October 16th, 2015
Suspected kidnappers of Chief Falae with their leader Abubakar Auta holding N823,900 of the ransom in Akure advertisement TOP HEADLINES Ministerial Appointment: Why Senate shifted Amaechi, Shittu’s screening Falae identifies his kidnappers (PICTURED), 5 docked Photo: Cousin takes selfie with dying DSP Alamieyeseigha in his last moments in the hospital Coup against […]
