A large cache of assorted arms and ammunitions, buried in a burnt church in Borno State by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, have been uncovered and evacuated by troops in their ongoing operations. This discovery was contained in the operations’ update by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), in Abuja, yesterday, through its Director of Defence Information…
The federal government has declared that it could not summon the Turkish ambassador to Nigeria over alleged arms importation to the country through a Turkish airline because the case was lacking in evidence. Besides, the government said, summoning the ambassador would amount to diplomatic embarrassment to the affected official and his country. This declaration was…
Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen in Orlu, Imo State. The Senate Present who had just retuned from Switzerland where he attended the International Parliamentary Union, IPU, conference, went to Nkwere, Imo state to attend the burial ceremony of late business…
NIGERIANS have continued to be inundated with the ever chilly tales of the deaths of scores of innocent citizens
Following threat by a group calling itself Zionist Biafra to storm Owerri the Imo State capital and hoist the Biafran flag at the Government House, security has been beefed up in and around the state capital and the entire state. Reports yesterday said the state government has taken adequate security measures to protect lives and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a strong message to the Boko Haram terror group that the Nigerian government would no longer treat it with kid gloves. Speaking in Windhoek, Namibia during bilateral talks with President Hifikepunye Pohamba at the Conference Hall of the Namibia State House, President Jonathan solicited the support of other countries in…
THE House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts yesterday faulted the claim by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala that N24billion pension fund was not missing and challenged her to a public debate on the matter. At the resumed hearing of the missing money yesterday the Public Account…
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the exaggerated reports on corruption in Nigeria have taken a toll on the image of the country. Speaking at a meeting with the Nigerian community in Namibia, the president noted that the sensationalisation of corruption in the country has stigmatised its people.He said though his administration would not condone…
Traders at the popular Ladipo Market in Lagos are threatening a showdown with their leaders following
Northern lawmakers have put the losses resulting from Boko Haram attacks in the North-East at over N100bn and claimed that the amount was needed to rebuild the zone. A member of the House of Representatives from Borno State, Mr. Abdulrahman Abba-Terrab, who moved a motion on the cost of the attacks on Wednesday, said the…