From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Barely 24 hours after his sack by President Goodluck Jonathan, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has disclosed its resolve to drag the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika to International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in the Hague. The forum said the former Army Chief and six others […]
United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Wednesday at a new Nigerian law that criminalises same-sex relationships, which he fears could fuel prejudice and violence and risks obstructing an effective HIV/AIDS response. The bill, which contains penalties of up to 14 years in prison and bans gay marriage, same-sex “amorous relationships” and membership […]
The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Saturday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s fatherly aura and experience in politics were still required by the party. Tukur said this in reaction to a letter written to him and President Goodluck Jonathan, dated Jan. 7, 2014, by Obasanjo. Obasanjo had, in the letter, raised some issues […]
| credits: File copy Nigeria and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on Thursday on the exchange of prisoners between them. Under the agreement, high-profile prisoners like former Governor James Ibori of Delta State, and other Nigerians in the UK prisons will be transferred to Nigeria to complete their jail terms. The UK Minister […]
By Saharareporters, New York Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation who is embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United States school which supposedly awarded it. Her resume, which she presented to the Senate as a ministerial nominee in […]
By SaharaReporters, New York The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo Asari, on Thursday called former President Olusegun Obasanjo the “Chief Assassin of all times” in response to the former leader’s recent letter to President Goodluck Jonathan. In a letter to Obasanjo, Dokubo, who has previously sworn that there will be hell […]
To spend N800m on cars Removes Adetu, redeploy others THE Ministry of Aviation has planned to spend N32.3b to be spent this year, comprising N26b capital projects and over N6b on recurrent expenditure. There were also minor shake up in the top hierarchy for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as the Ministry has relieved […]
*Insists no second term for Jonathan in 2015 By Emeka Mamah & Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North The North has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain who he was waiting for before taking action to bring officials of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration to book over political killings which he (Jonathan) said were the […]
By Saharareporters, New York It has been revealed that Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, sought and received import waivers that she then turned over to Coscharis Motors, a private car dealer, to import 200 BMW cars in 2012. Figures released by Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance budget office show that Mrs. Jonathan secured the import waivers […]
By Emma Emeozor The harassment of Ghanaians by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the country’s border posts has become a major concern to the Ghanaian community in Nigeria. In a chat with Daily Sun on the sideline of the 2013 celebration of the National Association of Ghanaian Communities in Nigeria (NAGHACON) held in […]
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