President Goodluck Jonathan has directed security agencies in the country to confront those responsible for the post-election violence in some northern states with “all lawful means, including justifiable force.” Jonathan, in a nationwide broadcast early on Thursday (today), said he had directed the deployment of security personnel in all the troubled areas to bring […]
AS a fallout of the post-election violence in the north, the United States (U.S.) Department of State has issued travel warnings to her citizens travelling or had plans to travel to Nigeria, alleging high crime rate and insecurity. Meanwhile, Nigerians in U.S. and some international observers, including former Canadian Prime Minister, Joe Clark, have commended […]
Gets INEC certificate of return •Govt to compensate victims of violence • Leaders, NLC greet President over victory RE-ELECTED President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday collected his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with a pledge to dedicate his new term to rebuilding Nigeria to meet the yearnings of the electorate. He […]
The violence that broke out in Kaduna metropolis and Zaria on Monday has spread to Kafanchan and Zonkwa in the southern part of the state. On Tuesday in Samaru, Hayin Dogo area of Zaria near the Basawa Army Barracks, eyewitnesses alleged that soldiers killed about 10 persons suspected to have killed some lecturers and students […]
Four persons have been burnt and 45 inmates released from the Federal Prisons in Funtua, Katsina State as the police and other security agencies battled to suppress the orgy of violence that had gripped the state since Sunday. Although state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, had imposed a curfew between 9pm and 7am on Monday, […]
KADUNA-BURNT corpses with machete wounds lay in roads and smoke rose above the city where rioting broke out again, Tuesday, among opposition supporters who were angered by the announcement that President Goodluck Jonathan had won the election. On the outskirts of the city, burnt out minibuses and cars littered the highways, and at least six […]
The leadership of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP,Tuesday, expressed concern over the rising cases of violent protests in the Northern parts of the country over the alleged irregularities in the presidential poll. They said such protests were staged managed and a plot to instigate a military coup. […]
Barely 24 hours after he was declared winner of the 2011 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday suspended the Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho (retd.). A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, said Iheanacho‘s ‘personal and official conduct‘ had led to lapses in the […]
FORMER Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida on Saturday announced his final withdrawal from active politics, saying that it is time for the young generation to take over the leadership of the country. He, however, canvassed a five-party system as the best option for the country against the 63 registered political parties. Answering questions after […]
Ex-governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has been extradited from Dubai to the United Kingdom. Online medium, Saharareporters, said Ibori was extradited on Friday by the Interpol. The report said Ibori had tried to escape extradition through ‘a series of complex legal manipulations.’ It said the former governor was re-arrested on Thursday night in […]
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