President Jonathan, Service chiefs meet over insecurity President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday met for several hours with Service chiefs behind closed-door at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The discussions at the meeting, the first since the appointment of new Service chiefs last month, were not unconnected with the rising onslaught of the Boko Haram Islamic sect…
President Goodluck Jonathan has released the modalities for the convocation of a National Conference with limited powers.
Alarm bells are ringing in connection with what is considered as a deliberate policy of the present leadership of the Nigeria Police Force headed by the Inspector General of the Police, Alhaji Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, to ensure that no police officer of Igbo extraction heads the force in about the next 10 years. Alarmed by…
Former Head of State and Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday said the party would work to wipe out the insecurity in the country. Buhari said this on a current affairs programme on Liberty Radio, Kaduna yesterday. According to him, the APC is also determined to improve the economic status…
The purported 2015 presidential ambition of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has divided the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Special Adviser to the President on Inter-party Affairs Senator Ben Ndi Obi, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Senator Edwin Onwudiwe said Jonathan had done well and deserved another term. But Ohanaeze Ndigbo President, Chief Enwo Igariwey, said Igbo…
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will sweep the poll in the Southeast in next year’s elections. He said Ndigbo see the party as a credible alternative to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking at the weekend at a reception for the APC National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita…
Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, has assured that the ongoing remodelling of airports will be completed in record time
The governments of United States and the United Kingdom have advised the Federal Government to increase its use of non-military approach and regional collaboration to tackle the menace of Boko Haram in parts of Nigeria. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, and the British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, disclosed this…
GUNMEN suspected to be members of Boko Haram struck late Friday night killing a pastor and 10 other persons in Sabon Garin Yamdula village, Madagali area of Adamawa State.ADVERTISEMENT According to reports, the gunmen attacked the village, barely a week after suspected members of the Islamic sect attacked a Catholic church at Chakawa village of…
The Anambra State Police Command had a breakthrough when it arrested 181 suspected robbers and recovered over 8,496 arms after raiding several hideouts in various parts of the state. Elated Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Gwary who disclosed the cheery news to Sunday Sun added that the command also recovered over 90,835 cartridges…