Tunde Thompson One of the two journalists jailed under the Decree 4 of 1984, Mr. Tunde Thompson, tells FRIDAY OLOKOR the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment and his relationship with the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) What were the circumstances that led to your imprisonment under the Decree 4 of 1984 during the military […]
Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana(SAN) | credits: File copy Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Saturday, said 12 soldiers, who were sentenced to death for mutiny in September 2014, have been starved and held underground by the military. Falana in an interview with Sahara TV, which was monitored by our correspondent, said […]
Buhari and Tinubu A gigantic test of wills is rocking the All Progressives Congress just 12 days to the inauguration of President-elect Mohammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s substantive President. Impeccable sources within the party told SUNDAY PUNCH over the weekend that some ex-governors, Buhari’s associates and mutinous party members from the South-West are trying […]
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: twitter.com [UPDATED] The Nigerian Army on Friday temporarily relaxed the curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State. It is believed that this is done in order to allow the Muslim faithful in the town to attend the Friday Islamic congregational prayer. Though the […]
Tinubu, Soyinka The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday in Lagos said the 2013 Nigeria Governors’ Forum crisis paved the way for the end of the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party. They made the observation during the public presentation of ‘Dynamics […]
Former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon A former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says the leader of the defunct Biafra, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, underestimated him by thinking that he (Gowon) would never go to war. Gowon, who led Nigerian forces to defeat Ojukwu’s army during the Nigerian civil war from […]
RECENT successes recorded by the Nigerian Army in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency are not unconnected with the clandestine strides of a group of South African bush warfare experts, hired in secrecy by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government, it has been revealed. The group, known as Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP), led […]
From AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja Professor of Virology, Tam David-West, has said he would not reject an offer of a ministerial appointment as Minister of Petroleum from the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. David-West, who was recently mentioned as the man the president-elect is interested in handling the petroleum portfolio, told Daily Sun in a telephone interview […]
The incoming government of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to address the issue of poor power supply in the country. At the recently held Lagos Business School’s Centre for Infrastructure, Policy, Regulation and Advancement and the Heinrich Boll Foundation’s forum on Nigeria’s energy future, various experts said much needed to be done […]
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