BY HENRY UMORU ABUJA—ELDER statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday, stoked his campaign against Northern leaders over the activities of Boko Haram by asking security agencies to go after former Minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Kaita. The former Federal Information commissioner, who […]
HERE was a public outcry on Tuesday against the spate of terrorist attacks in the country, particularly the Monday killings at the Deeper Life Bible Church in Kogi State. Many people who spoke to our correspondents on Tuesday said the country was on the brink of anarchy. Groups and individuals, including the Church of Nigeria […]
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said the insecurity problems in the northern part of the country may not help Nigeria to move forward. He also said it was regrettable that the northern part of the country, which he said was once leading in peace and tranquillity, had become the theatre of war. […]
Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has earmarked N95bn for intervention in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. Out of this figure, N70bn is the TETFund’s annual allocation to institutions, while the remaining N25bn is for the Special High Impact project in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, said […]
AT least, 33 out of the 36 states of the federation have men of the Nigerian Army complementing the police, in order to protect the citizens. The statistics was given on Monday by the General Officer Commanding the Second Mechanised Division, Ibadan, Major-General Muhammad Abubakar, in Osun State. Abubakar made the declaration during the launch […]
CONDEMNATION, on Monday, trailed the request by the Boko Haram sect that President Goodluck Jonathan should become a Muslim or resign from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the sect had in an internet broadcast, on Saturday, asked for Jonathan’s conversion or resignation as the condition for it to stop violence. However, […]
Terrorists behind the rash of bombings in the North have a game-changer, as they plan to replace the Improvised Explosive Devices with rocket launchers and rocket-propelled grenades, investigation revealed on Friday. Consequently, massive importations of these high-calibre weapons are currently on. RPGs are explosive projectile weapons used by insurgents to attack or destroy targets from […]
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI, Abuja Indications emerged yesterday in Abuja that Police authorities of the Special Task Force investigating the $620, 000 bribery scandal involving the collection of same amount of money by erstwhile Chairman of the House of reps subsidy probe panel, Hon. Farouk Lawan from oil magnate, Chief Femi Otedola has concluded the investigation, […]
THE United States (US) embassy in Abuja has lifted the restrictions on US citizens not to visit establishments identified as potential targets. A security message entitled: “The US Mission in Nigeria issues this emergency message to update US citizens on the current threat situation in Nigeria”, signed by Carol A. Cox, Consular Section chief, said […]
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, visited the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) at Point Lisas, Couva in Trinidad and Tobago, in continuation of his three-day state visit to the Caribbean nation. The centre is currently training no fewer than 70 Niger Delta youths in heavy equipment operations, crane operations, metal arc welding, industrial mechanical maintenance […]
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