BY HENRY UMORU STRONG indications emerged yesterday that smooth considerations of reports of the 20 Committees may be affected following threats by some personal aides attached to delegates to disrupt proceedings over issues relating to their welfare. The aides which mostly comprise of drivers, security details and other ad-hoc staff were alleged not to be […]
This report by JIDE AJANI will show that whereas members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, may have started out as a rag-tag group of Islamic evangelists who came in handy for political domination, it became a veritable tool of distraction to President Jonathan’s government in the build-up to […]
Cooperation between nations will strengthen our hands’ By Jide Ajani In this interview, Information Minister, Labaran Maku, explains the intricacies in the fight against terror and admonishes Nigerians to assist the Federal Government. He also says the war on terror is winnable. Excerpts: The meeting in France: what can Nigerians expect to come out of […]
Nigerian director of defence information Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade speaks We don’t have funds to fight insecurity, says Army Posted by: Tony Akowe, Kaduna in News 22 hours ago The Nigerian Army has said it lacks the financial capacity to tackle Boko Haram’s insurgency and other security challenges facing the country. The Chief of Accounts […]
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Thursday hit back at the Federal Government over allegation that governors from the region were not doing enough to fight terrorism, describing the statement as “uncharitable and unfortunate.” Reacting to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku’s allegation that the 19 governors in the North are not doing enough at curbing […]
Katie Couric: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is Nigeria’s Finance Minister named recently as one of Time’s most influential people. I know that Abuja as we are talking is hosting the World Economic Forum on Africa right now, are you concerned about how the image of Nigeria is being projected all around the world at a […]
Osama bin Laden Over three years after the international terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, was killed by the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Central Intelligence Agency, the US has still not declassified letters linking the terrorist to Nigeria’s Boko Haram, a US-based newspaper report has indicated. The newspaper, The Daily Beast, quoted some […]
Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi The Federal Government is to spend extra N1.454bn on the delegates attending the National Conference due to the four-week extension it granted the confab on Thursday. There are 492 delegates at the conference and six principal officials. The Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, announced the extension […]
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: File copy The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have filed a fresh suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to restrain the National Assembly from probing her over the alleged N10bn chartered jet scandal. Through the […]
United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall The United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall, has said that corruption is hindering Nigeria’s efforts at ending insurgency in the North-East. Sewall, who appeared before a hearing of the House Foreign […]
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