Boko Haram: Remain where you are, FG urges Nigerians

BY DANIEL IDONOR ABUJA — AS panic stricken Nigerians continue to flee perceived trouble spots following Boko Haram directives to Christian southerners to relocate from the North and Muslim northerners from the South to the North, the Federal Government has urged Nigerians to ignore the call and remain where they choose to live. This is […]

Marwa condemns killing of Christians (Another meaningless condemnation)

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA— Governorship candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Saturdays’ election in Adamawa State, General Buba Marwa, has condoled with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Adamawa State chapter, over the death of their Christian brethren in the hands of gunmen, saying the act is totally condemnable. In a condolence letter […]

Slain Boko Haram leader’s in-laws get N100m compensation

Three feared killed in Biu IN fulfillment of an earlier agreement for an out-of-court settlement, the  Borno State government yesterday paid N100 million as  compensation to the family of the in-law of the late Boko Haram sect leader, Baba Fugu. Meanwhile, four suspected Boko Haram gunmen on motorcycle at the weekend attacked a tea shop  […]

Pope deplores killings in Nigeria, others

Perpetrators plan to break up country, says Okogie POPE Benedict XVI yesterday said peace and reconciliation in Africa remained a “distant” goal, pointing to anti-Christian attacks in Northern Nigeria that have killed dozens of people in recent days. Also, according to Agence France Presse (AFP),  the Pope warned that liberal family values were threatening the […]

Subsidy palaver: President Jonathan cuts own salary, others, by 25%

As part of efforts to cushion the pains cause by teh oil subsidy removal, President said he will on Sunday launch a mass transit bus scheme in partnership with the organized labour and other stakeholders. Here is the full text of the broadcast: Dear Compatriots, 1. A week ago, I had cause to address Nigerians […]

Group alleges plot to assassinate Jonathan

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chife ABUJA—Niger Delta Nations Leaders, NDNL, has cried out over an alleged plot to assassinate President Goodluck Jonathan by unscrupulous politicians working in collaboration with serving and retired military officers with the aim of disintegrating the nation. Addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the group said: “The promoters of […]

Strike: N-Delta youths warn NLC, mobilise for Jonathan

By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN CITY—THE Niger Delta Democratic Coalition, NDDC, weekend, warned the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stay away from the Niger Delta in its planned strike, saying that the group would mobilise over one million youths to resist any attempt to enforce the proposed strike action in the region. Meanwhile, […]

Govs, ministers, others crave support for subsidy removal

FROM some eminent Nigerians, including governors, ministers and leaders of civil society groups has come an appeal that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) shelve its nationwide strike planned to begin today over removal of petrol subsidy, urging Nigerians to support efforts at repositioning the country. Those who craved support for the Federal Government’s deregulation in […]

Ignore Threat By Boko Haram to Split Nation, Says Arewa (But yet they continue to kill)

NORTHERN elders under the umbrella of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), at the weekend, urged Nigerians to jettison threat by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which demanded that southerners and Christians leave the north. The elders said the threat reflects a minority view that should be ignored and not taken seriously by patriotic Nigerians. In […]

Achebe, JP Clark, Soyinka warn: ‘Let not this fire spread’

Urge action on Boko Haram, confab, subsidy FOR three of Nigeria’s foremost literary giants, it is time to take the pulse of the nation, assess its challenges and alert the leaders and the led to the dangers these threats pose not only to individual citizens but to the corporate existence of the country. The writers […]

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