By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | September 20, 2014 – In recent weeks the All Progressive Congress(APC) has been rocked with a tidal wave of defection of a founding member in Chief Tom Ikimi and the party’s 2011 presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to the party Nigerians loathe but can’t vote out of power at the […]
There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority, in an email to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said that the matter was still under criminal investigations. There were reports on Wednesday that […]
Leader of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Comments: Inneh: I still insist that the best way to nip in the bud the activities of the Boko Haram elements is by allowing every state to provide security to […]
Former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has raised the alarm over the threat of impeachments in some states, declaring that anarchy looms in the country. In a statement dated July 20, 2014 and released yesterday, entitled: “Pull Back Nigeria from the Brink,” Buhari stated that the impeachment of Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 13, 2014 – For many years, I heard about the famed Christian preacher, Uma Ukpai. Finally, I was opportune to see him and listen to him. It was at Pastor Josh Umechuruba’s church in Lanham, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC). His audience was Nigerian with a […]
SOME Islamic elite have written to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, asking him to lead the dialogue with members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The elite, writing under the aegis of Concerned Muslim Professionals, told the Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, […]
THE ambition of Nigeria and Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to become the Secretary General of the influential Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was dashed on Wednesday. This followed the decision of the members of OPEC to extend the tenure of the incumbent Secretary General, Abdullah al-Badri. The tenure of al-Badri was […]
By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – CHRISTIANS under the aegis of TEKAN/ECWA, weekend, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore a statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, alleging marginalisation of Muslims in the country and that Nigeria will be great only […]
By OLA AJAYI, Ibadan The President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, have called on Nigerians not to associate the Boko Haram Islamist group with Islam. They spoke in Ibadan while inaugurating the Bodija Estate […]
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Christian Association of Nigeria in Borno State has declared fasting and praying from Monday (today) to Wednesday to seek divine intervention for the release of the abducted students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok. Also, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Nigerians to pray […]
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