BY WILLY EYA Tony Uranta is a former member of the National Dialogue Committee and Secretary of the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy. In this interview, he examined the ongoing war against Boko Haram, alleging US conspiracy to make Nigeria a failed state. Excerpts: What is your reaction to the continuous […]
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh The face-off between Nigeria and the United States over the commitment and sincerity of the US military in assisting Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency worsened within the week. This followed an allegation by a top Nigerian intelligence source that US trainers incited Nigerian soldiers […]
By Jean Herskovits GOVERNMENTS and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to “Boko Haram” — a shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria. Indeed, since the May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the […]
By Funmi Ajumobi To clear the bitterness against United States of America for not being able to help stop insurgency/ terrorism in Nigeria, Mrs Maria E. Brewer, Deputy Missioner, US. Embassy,Abuja, says his country has come to work with Nigeria and not for Nigeria.Brewer spoke while responding to audience question at the Hubert H.Humphrey 2014 […]
President Goodluck Jonathan The United States has announced the cancellation of the training of a battalion of the Nigeria Army, at the request of the Federal Government. It said that the first two phases of the training were conducted between April and August, 2014, noting that it had provided untrained civilian personnel with basic […]
John Eluwa, Nigerian born U His office sits at the ninth floor of an upscale high rise building located in the middle of an emerging mega metropolis of Carolina. Here, Attorney John Eluwa, a once Biafra child soldier, heads one of the most successful law firms in the States. His story is an inspirational […]
The United States has condemned the statement credited to Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, in which he likened his political opponents to cockroaches that should be crushed. The governor’s rhetoric appeared in a two-minute video clip, which was posted on the Internet on November 12, 2014 and had gone viral. The US said it […]
The United States has defended its refusal to sell cobra helicopters to Nigeria, saying the Federal Government is free to buy fighter jets from any other country. “Nigeria has purchased helicopters that originated in countries other than the US and nothing in our decision prevents Nigeria from obtaining weapons and equipment from other sources,” its […]
Another United States (US) school has banned a Nigerian student from attending classes because of an apparent ignorance on the country’s status on the Ebola virus, in violation of the United Nations (UN) advisory, Empowered Newswire reports. Local media reports in Milford, Connecticut State, stated that a Nigerian-American girl, who just returned from a visit […]
By Jonah Nwokpoku The United States of America’s envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador James Entwistle, has denied reports that the US has refused to sell arms to Nigeria on account of human rights violation in the fight against insurgency in the country. US President Barack Obamar) talks with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria before their bilateral […]
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