Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru A retired lieutenant colonel, who was said to have led the Boko Haram attacks on Damaturu, Yobe State, on Thursday was arrested by security forces during the encounter. The retired army officer is being detained at a military facility. It could not be ascertained as of the […]
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Information and Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr. Labaran Maku, has disclosed that the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration has recovered the sum of N118.9 billion from ghost workers since the beginning of the year. The minister made the disclosure during a World Press conference held in Abuja, where he […]
By ANAYO OKOLI, UmuahiaIn support of continued strike of the university teachers, ASUU chapter of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia state yesterday held a peaceful rally to enlighten the public on the ASUU/FGN 2009 Agreement and MOU of January 24th 2012.However, scores of policemen stormed the university campus, venue of the rally […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Head of Internal Audit at the Police Pension Office, Mr. Adeyemo Julius Adebolu, yesterday, narrated before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, how about N14billion meant for pensioners across the federation, vanished overnight. Adebolu who mounted the witness box yesterday, said he never received any voucher for audit […]
Embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has left Nigeria for Israel despite the furore generated by the controversial purchase of N225 million bullet-proof vehicles for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. Competent sources told Vanguard that the beleagued minister is reported to have summoned courage and flew to Israel of […]
» • Soldiers begin patrol on Borno, Yobe, Adamawa roads From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri and MOLLY KILETE, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said 37 Boko Haram members died during a coordinated raid and air strike by its troops and Nigeria Air Force on camp located in the eastern part of Borno. This is coming at […]
MORE issues are being thrown up over the proposed national conference by administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. KUNLE ODEREMI and DARE ADEKANMBI write on a number of them. AT the formative stage of its existence, The Patriots, comprising a number of eminent senior citizens proposed a bill for an Act of Parliament to facilitate the […]
Augusta Douglas-Ayam The family of Senior Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas, has intensified negotiations with kidnappers of their sister, Augusta Douglas-Ayam. Sources close to the family told PUNCH Metro that Augusta’s husband, Mr. Azibayam Apaga, had pleaded with the kidnappers to reduce the N10m ransom placed on […]
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have killed 19 people in Borno State on Sunday. AFP reported that the insurgents who were dressed in military uniforms and wielding AK 47 assault rifles killed the 19 motorists by blocking the highway near Logumani which is 19 kilometres from the nation’s border with Cameroun. It […]
-Punch The Presidency on Thursday hailed the latest rating of the Nigerian economy by the global rating agency, Fitch, which acknowledged the reforms being undertaken by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in the power and agricultural sectors as well as growing investors’ confidence in the economy. The agency had on Wednesday assigned a stable […]
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