*Police Inspector wounded, one BZM member killed Members of the Pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka who attacked the Government House, Enugu on March 8, in the early hours of today (Thursday) launched another attack on the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS in a failed attempt to make a broadcast…
MORE than 100 persons were killed, yesterday, in a communal clash involving three border communities in Gwoza Local Government Council of Borno State. Members of Attagara, Aghapalwa and Gwoshe border communities were said to have taken up arms against one another. It, however, turned out to be a religious war between Christians and Muslims. It…
The leader of the Anglican Church worldwide and Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, met with President Jonathan behind closed doors yesterday. The Bishop, who spoke with newsmen after the meeting, said he came to pray with President Jonathan and condole him over recent incidents, especially the Jos bombings and the killings by Boko…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved two World Bank loans of $242.2 million (over N40 billion) for infrastructural development in Lagos State. Addressing reporters after the FEC meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Information Labaran Maku said the first loan of $200 million from the International Development Association (IDA) was for…
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised Nigeria’s commitment to the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) of April 2013. The President spoke yesterday at a three-day National Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on Illicit Arms and Light Weapons, which opened on Monday in Abuja. Represented by the Minister of Interior Abba Moro, the President…
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A credible source at the Nigerian Senate has told SaharaReporters that members of the Senate Committee on Finance led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi have been offered unspecified amounts of bribe by agents of Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to endorse the committee’s interim report…
John Brown to Uche Mefor, although I am not a fan of NNAMDI KALU and his Idea and opinion towards Biafra. However, as a member of the world humanity if I hear or see anything that would harm him(NNAMDI Kalu) I will not keep quiet or silence, thinking is non of my Business. I was…
The decision of African leaders to set up a committee that will fashion out a framework for tackling terrorism is a welcome response to the increasing activities of terrorists in different parts of the continent.The committee, made up of ministers from selected countries, was set up in South Africa during the meeting between President Goodluck…
The controversy surrounding the recommendation by the Public Finance and Revenue Committee of the on-going National Conference demanding a complete removal of subsidy on petroleum products has been resolved.The Committee’s recommendation had met a brick wall on Monday when it was raised on the floor of the Conference with both those who were for and…