Hours after Boko Haram struck in Borno and Adamawa states, grim details of the attacks emerged yesterday. The death toll rose from 74, which was reported yesterday, to 138. Eighty-five died in Kawuri village in Borno State, and 53 in Chakawa, Adamawa State. No fewer than 16 others are believed to be missing in Borno,…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to stop threatening former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen- Azubuike Ihejirika. NEF threatened to sue Ihejirika at the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, for alleged extra-judicial killings. The forum’s spokesman, Prof. Ango Abudullahi, issued a communiqué, accusing Ihejirika and six…
The Northern Elders’ Council yesterday attributed the continued Boko Haram insurgency to what it described as mutual distrust and provocative statements. The group said it is yet to take a position on who to support as the North agitates for power shift in next year’s presidential election. The body, however, promised to support all efforts…
Barring any last minute change, the Federal Government will today unveil modalities for convening the much expected national conference.
The Abia State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Emma Nwaka, has expressed concern over the composition of the top echelon of the nation’s security agencies, saying the arrangement excluded the South- East zone. He said that the composition of the top leadership of the security agencies tilted more to a particular section…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that he sacked the immediate past service chiefs because of unhealthy competition which made it possible for Boko Haram insurgents to attack the Air Force operational base in Maiduguri. Jonathan said the terrorists destroyed fighter aircraft during the attack and went scot free because of the rivalry between the former…
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Numerous ethnic groups in the Niger Delta have rejected the core ideas recommended by President Goodluck Jonathan’s advisory committee
About 74 people have been killed by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect in two separate attacks in Borno and Adamawa states. Kawuri town in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State was razed completely when the terrorists attacked the town on Sunday, leading to the death of 51 people and a soldier. At the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan does not have the capacity to conduct the 2015 general elections describing the political situation in the country as “grim.” Atiku also said there was nothing wrong holding national conference, maintaining however that the Jonathan administration also lack the capacity to organise the National confab…