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Jonathan: Girls’ abduction, beginning of B’Haram’s end

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, May 9th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said he believed that with the global efforts to find and rescue the over 200 girls abducted from their school by Boko Haram insurgents, an end to the reign of terror in Nigeria had begun. Jonathan, who once again promised that the girls would be rescued, […]

FG to improve power transmission with $3.7bn

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, May 9th, 2014

Vice-President Namadi Sambo The Federal Government plans to spend $3.7bn to upgrade the nation’s power transmission infrastructure. Vice President Namadi Sambo disclosed this on Thursday while granting audience to the management of Genesis Electricity Consortium led by a Nigerian businessman, Mr. Arthur Eze, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Most of the members of the […]

Insurgents, mindless extremists – Buhari

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, May 9th, 2014

Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), | credits: File copy A former Military Head of State, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has lashed out at the dreaded Boko Haram sect calling the terrorists “mindless bigots” Buhari condemned the terrorists for kidnapping over 200 girls in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, insisting that […]

US plans three strategies against Boko Haram

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Wednesday, May 7th, 2014

By Uduma Kalu, with agency reports LAGOS-The United States plans to use three channels to attack the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko haram. A UK newspaper, Telegraph said this following the video showing Shekau, the sect leader threatening to sell the abducted schoolgirls. The newspaper which said the West may use drones to tackle the dreaded […]

Boko Haram to sell abducted girls as U.S. plans to intervene

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

The US says it considers the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist militants “an outrage” and is offering help to try to rescue them. White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was being briefed as his national security team was monitoring developments. Earlier, a video emerged of the leader of […]

Reps to Jonathan: Diezani must appear before us

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke FEDERAL lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Monday described as unfortunate President Goodluck Jonathan’s comment on the credibility of the probes being conducted by the House during his Sunday’s media chat. Stopping short of saying they were disappointed in the President, the legislators said Jonathan had been […]

‘Boko Haram got N11bn to kill, maim’

Posted by admin Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics Sunday, May 4th, 2014

Can the N-Delta model stop the insurgents? In what is turning out to be a DOUBLE WAMMY for residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, they would now have to contend with the episodic threats of bombings and bombings by members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, on […]

Aftermath of ‘Nyanya 2’ blast: Residents scared to leave their homes

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, May 4th, 2014

By Soni Daniel Four days after the bomb blast that rocked the Abuja suburb of Nyanya, the second within a fortnight, terrified residents have opted to keep off public places. Findings by Sunday Vanguard indicated that the residents of Masaka, Karu and Kugbo, which share boundaries with the bus terminal that was bombed in the […]

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo writes Boko Haram, says insurgents more competent than Jonathan’s men

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Senate Sunday, May 4th, 2014

advertisement Ad Info X X Ad Info X X Ad Info X X <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By EMMANUEL AZIKEN, POLITICAL EDITOR Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has accused those in President Goodluck Jonathan’s inner circle of being a hindrance to the resolution of the crisis posed by the Boko Haram insurgency. […]

Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee on Chibok girls

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

The Federal Government on Friday expressed frustration over the inconsistencies in the information available to it on the girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, who were abducted on April 15. To this end, President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a fact-finding committee headed by Brig General Ibrahim Sabo. Other members of the committee […]