Emir of Anka in Zamfara State, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to grant amnesty to members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar lll, had at a meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam in Kaduna, last week, urged the President to grant members of the sect amnesty. […]
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano. KANO – A headmaster and two of his teachers survived an attack by unknown gunmen at Hausa Danmaliki Primary School in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano state. Eyewitness told Vanguard that the gunmen sneaked into the school compound shortly after the school settled down for academic activities, identified and shot […]
MARCH 12, 2013 BY OLUSOLA FABIYI, ABUJA 110 COMMENTS Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was among six governors that were not at the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum […]
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Yerima, was arrested on Saturday by the Kaduna State Police Command for allegedly making an inciting statement while on a live Hausa phone-in-programme, Hannu Dayawa, on Radio Nigeria, Kaduna State. Yerima, who was a guest was on the radio programme was quoted to have said if the Independent […]
Seven loud explosions shook Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, witnesses said, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan ended a trip there to try to galvanize support for his battle against Islamist insurgents. Witnesses said the explosions happened within minutes of each other, suggesting the kind of coordinated strike that used to be the hallmark […]
By Ndahi Marama, with agency reports Damaturu- President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that his government will not grant amnesty to members of the Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, as demanded by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III and some Northern groups. The president, who made the declaration while speaking in Damaturu at a […]
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT—THE Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a vote of confidence on Governor Chibuike Amaechi of the state. The motion, signed by 26 of the 36 members, dominated the Assembly’s debate, yesterday. The motion presented by Leader of the House, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, said that the stance of the lawmakers […]
Rivers State House of Assembly was on Thursday thrown into confusion as lawmakers disagreed on a motion to pass a vote of confidence in the state Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Twenty-six of 32 members of the Assembly supported the motion presented by the House Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, while three others, believed to be followers of […]
By Rasheed Olokode – Barring any unforeseen contingencies, President Goodluck Jonathan would have, by today, paid his first ever post-inauguration visit to Maiduguri, Borno State or Damaturu, Yobe State, the hotbed of terrorism that has turned Northern Nigeria into a human-slaughtering abattoir and real-life theatre of horror and war since the 2009 emergence of Boko […]
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has officially resumed work after a three-month vacation. Imoke, who returned to the country last Friday, has in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution written to the House of Assembly, notifying the state lawmakers of his return. Meanwhile, the governor has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo on […]
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