Insurgents, mindless extremists – Buhari

  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

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

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

  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’

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

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

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

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 […]

‘APC won’t field Muslim-Muslim ticket’

  Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha A former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Onyeagucha, has stated that the All Progressives Congress will not field Muslim-Muslim candidates for 2015 presidential election. Onyeagucha, who was the chairman of the party’s state congress committee in Enugu,  dismissed reports that the APC was planning to field two […]

Asari-Dokubo dares Boko Haram leader

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Asari-Dokubo, who dismissed the threat by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, against President Goodluck Jonathan, warned that 2015 would be “more than […]

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