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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, May 17th, 2014

Photo: Présidence de la République – P. Segrette President Francois Hollande of France welcomes Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to the Elysee Palace for Saturday’s talks on Boko Haram. The Islamist extremist sect Boko Haram is the focus of an anti-terror summit set to get under way in Paris. Nigeria’s President Jonathan is on hand with […]
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Arewa House, First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan
Saturday, May 17th, 2014
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the response of the Federal Government, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to the abduction of over 200 students by the Boko Haram from Chibok, was disappointing. ACF, in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Colonel John Ubah (retd) and made available to newsmen in […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Seyi Gesinde Friday, May 16, 2014 Ad Info advertisement <a href=’http://adsvids.com/ck.php?n=a1e0967b’ target=’_blank’><img src=’http://adsvids.com/avw.php?zoneid=8581&n=a1e0967b’ border=’0′ alt=” /></a> PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his planned visit to Chibok, Borno State, where over 230 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram members over a month ago. The visit earlier schduled for today, was cancelled amid apparent […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Ayo Balogun President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his much anticipated visit to Chibok, Bornu, Northeastern Nigeria where over 200 girls were abducted by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram a month ago. Jonathan was supposed to have visited the area this morning, but presidential source said the president has cancelled the visit without appreciable reasons for the […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
troops accuse him of sabotage The last may not have been heard of the crisis rocking military operations in the north central part of the country as the presidency and military authorities are bent on getting to the root of the matter. Already, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7, Division of the Nigerian Army in […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
The Presidency has ruled out the possibility of engaging in what it called “trade by barter” in securing the release of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14. It said that in asymmetrical warfare, dialogue could also be difficult because the enemies […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Suspected masterminds of the El-Rufai Motor Park bomb explosion in Nyanya, Ahmad Rufai Abubakar; Muhammadu Sani Ishaq; Ya’u Saidu; Adamu Yusuf; and Anas Isah, after being paraded at the Dss headquarters in Abuja… on Monday. (Inset: The arrested fleeing member of the the gang) The National Information Centre on Wednesday announced the arrest in Sudan […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Some civilian JTF A vigilante group made up of residents of Kalabalge, a town in the north of Borno State, on Wednesday mounted a fierce resistance to a siege by members of Boko Haram, inflicting severe casualties on militants from the fringe Islamist sect. “We killed many of them (Boko Haram members) today (Wednesday),” one […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

Some of the girls in the video The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has said it will not free the over 200 girls it abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State unless the Federal Government releases its detained members. The group’s leader, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, in a 27-minute video made public […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, May 9th, 2014

| credits: File copy As Nigerians await international help in fighting the Boko Haram menace, it has been confirmed that some security operatives from the United States and Britain are already in the country. Saturday PUNCH gathered that seven deployed US military personnel with the 50 stationed in the US Embassy in Abuja, and a […]