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Military moves to liberate Bama

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

The Nigerian Army has launched a major operation to liberate the strategic town of Bama, Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents. Investigation revealed on Tuesday that deployment of ground forces and equipment was preceded by days of targeted aerial operations in Bama and its environs. An intelligence source, who made this known, said that the […]

INEC poorly prepared for elections –PDP govs

Posted by admin Election 2015, Elections, Governors, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

L-R: Governors Sule Lamido, Jigawa State; Babangida Aliyu, Niger; Godswill Akpabio, Akwa Ibom/Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum; Jonah Jang, Plateau; and Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, during the PDP Governors’ Forum interactive session with the media and Civil Society Organisations, in Lagos…on Tuesday. | credits: Saheed Olugbon The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use […]

Kaduna denies Buhari access to rally venue – APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Kaduna, Latest Politics, Party Politics Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: igbofocus.co.uk The All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State on Tuesday said the Kaduna State government denied the party’s presidential candidate, Maj. Gen Muhammmadu Buhari (retd.), access to the Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna, for his North-West zonal rally ahead of the rescheduled March 28 and April 11 general elections. Our […]

Don’t let Jonathan deceive you again —Buhari

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) | credits: nairaland.com The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday urged Nigerians, especially those in the South, not to be deceived by President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari spoke through the Director of Media of the APC Campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja. He […]

Multiple blasts kill 55, as Army recovers two more local gov’ts

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 7th, 2015

COORDINATED multiple bomb blasts, separately detonated by three suspected female Boko Haram suicide bombers, Saturday, rocked the Maiduguri Monday Market (MMM), Borno Express Terminus motor park and Baga road fish market, killing 55 people and injuring 86 others within an hour. This came as the Nigerian Army through a signed statement announced the recovery of two […]

No surprise in security circles over ex-CJN’s son joining ISIS

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Written by Madu Onuorah, Abuja advertisement SECURITY and intelligence circles in Abuja are not surprised about the news that one of the sons of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) (names withheld) has allegedly joined the Islamic terrorist group of the Islamic State of Iraq and […]

Anti-Buhari protesters at Chatham House were paid —Graham

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Rose Graham Nigerian freelance journalist in the United Kingdom, Mrs. Rose Graham, whose footage of anti-Muhammadu Buhari protesters at Chatham House two weeks ago has now gone viral, tells TOBI AWORINDE that she was not paid by the All Progressives Congress for her support What happened at Chatham House on March 26, the day of […]

PDP lays fresh ambush against election

Posted by admin Election 2015, Elections, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday, March 7th, 2015

National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu There are indications that the national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party might have perfected a fresh strategy aimed at stalling the March 28 presidential election. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday and Friday showed that the ruling party was actually the […]

Picture: I still want to get married –Moji Olaiya

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Moji Olaiya | credits: File copy A popular cliché says life begins at 40 and for actress Moji Olaiya who clocked 40 earlier in the week, her life just began. Granted Moji, in a chat with Saturday Beats, said she is grateful to reach this milestone, the actress believes that she still has a lot […]

Boko Haram prepares for battle in Gwoza

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Boko Haram fighters are preparing in mass at their headquarters in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza, Maiduguri, Borno State for a showdown with Multinational Joint Task Force, residents and an intelligence officer told The Associated Press. A woman, who was trapped in the town since it was seized in July, 2014 told her daughter […]