The Supreme Court on Friday gave the go-ahead for the accelerated trial of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Ralph Uwazurike, and six other principal members of the group who are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy and treason brought against them by the Federal Government. The […]
Over 5,000 as well as their wives and children members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, may benefit from the proposed Federal Government amnesty for members of the group. Saturday PUNCH learnt that members of the Federal Government’s amnesty committee would, among other things, recommend a phased release of members of the sect currently […]
On Tuesday, 16th April, 2013, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour , CNN’s chief international correspondent and anchor of Amanpour, a nightly foreign affairs program on CNN International. Please find the transcript below. AMANPOUR – Introducing the interview segment Welcome back to the program. Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is […]
MANY traditional rulers from the Northern part of the country were at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja last night ostensibly to plead with President Goodluck Jonathan to press ahead with granting amnesty to the members of Boko Haram sect. The delegation which was led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III met with […]
Says Amnesty is a fraud From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja The leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has reacted to the planned attack of mosques by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), describing the group as fake. Asari-Dokubo said MEND only exists on the internet and pages […]
By Wole Mosadomi, Minna *Says blame game must stop Amid the dilemma created by the rejection of amnesty for members of Boko Haram by the leadership of the Islamist group, Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State wants other avenues explored to curb the group’s insurgency. Specifically, Aliyu, who is also the chairman of the […]
The United States of America on Wednesday said it backed the Federal Government’s plan to grant amnesty to members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The Political Counsellor at the Embassy of the USA, Gregory Lawless, said in Abuja that the American government would support amnesty for Boko Haram if it was the solution […]
The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has become messier as some of its members have sued the party for violating guidelines for the election of its national officers. Three members – Abba Yale, Alhaji Yahaya Aruwa Sule and Basir Maidugu – are asking an Abuja High Court to compel the party to conduct […]
Minna—Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Wednesday, said the security situation in parts of the north had improved in recent times. Aliyu, however, called on Nigerians to join hands to ensure that peace and tranquility reigned supreme in the region. He made the remark when he received members of West African Post Graduate College of […]
By Our Reporters ABUJA — CHRISTIAN leaders, yesterday, opposed the Federal Government’s plan to offer unconditional amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect, describing it as a misplaced priority and an unjust cause. This came even as there is skepticism within the military circle that the amnesty will work out, adding that it may […]
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