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General Politics, Latest Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Two days after the bloody Christmas Day bombings, President Goodluck Jonathan and supreme head of Nigeria’s Muslims, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday met behind closed doors in Abuja on how to address Boko Haram crisis. At the end of the session, they resolved to call for an enlarged meeting involving religious and traditional rulers. Addressing […]
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Arewa House, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the umbrella body of the Northern Nigeria socio-cultural groups, has condemned the Christmas day multiple bombings that killed and injured several people noting that the attacks are “capable of diverting attention to religious crises that would serve no one.” The group’s position was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by […]
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Boko Haram, Kwara, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
ERSTWHILE Governor of Kwara State Bukola Saraki has condemned the Christmas day bomb-blasts at the St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State. Also, The Muslim Congress (TMC) has condemned the spate of bombings in parts of the country on Christmas day. The Islamic organisation made the condemnation in a statement by its President, Ustadh Luqman AbdurRaheem, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
WHEN will Nigeria wriggle out of the spell of bloodshed into which deeper and deeper it has plunged, is a question underlying local and international concern about the senseless waste of lives and property in the country. The high level of insecurity has sparked off fear reinforced by the seeming futility of government’s strategies to […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the federal government of wasting valuable time and resources on the meaningless fuel subsidy debate while neglecting the Boko Haram crisis that has continued to consume innocent citizens. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a day after dozens […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, December 26th, 2011
One of the parishioners at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State, Mr. Patrick Okpalla, has described the Christmas Day bombing in the church as unprecedented, saying he only escaped death through divine intervention. Speaking exclusively to LEADERSHIP yesterday, Okpala narrated the circumstances leading to the blast and how two of his […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Arewa House, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Monday, December 26th, 2011
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), have faulted the comment made by President Goodluck Jonathan alluding that Nigerians must live with the burden of bombings until it stops. The ACF, a northern socio-cultural group said the persistent bombings in the country particularly in the […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics
Monday, December 26th, 2011
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and Abuja chapter yesterday said the bombings and killing of Christians on Christmas Day in Madalla, Niger State and Jos, capital of Plateau State, were an invitation to religious war in Nigeria. Addressing a press conference yesterday, the Secretary-General of the Northern CAN, Elder […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
A whopping $1.78billion has been spent on Turn Around Maintanance of the nation’s four refineries in the last twelve years. The refieries are in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri respectively. Despite the huge sums of money spent on these refineries, Saturday Tribune learnt that they are operating suboptimally. Data from NNPC’s Annual Statistical Bulletin for 2010 […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire. The police authorities also confirmed that Boko Haram […]
