The Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, announced the arrest of a university lecturer, Dr. Muhammad Nazeef Yunus, who allegedly acts as Recruitment Co-ordinator of the Boko Haram sect and four other members as they were plotting to launch violent attacks in Igalaland, Kogi State. The DSS which paraded the five suspected members of the…
A leading member of The Patriot, a socio-political group, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has said that without a legal framework and mode of operation,
A Delta State High Court in Effurun has sentenced one Moses Akatugba to death by hanging for robbing a female victim of her cash, GSM handsets and recharge card vouchers. The 24-year-old secondary school student was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. Moses and his accomplice, who died as a result…
**Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country.**after Chief Awo lost to Shagari in 1983 elections, it was the discontent and bad publicity in the S/West which led to the Buhari intervention. “In sum, the Yoruba political leadership, as mentioned by Balarabe Musa, has…
Saharareporters just learned that the Special Enforcement Unit of Federal Inland Revenue Service has arrested shady businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, over a tax fraud that runs into N6.8 billion. Sources within the unit told Saharareporters that Mr. Ibrahim was picked up today and is currently under detention at the offices of the agency. According to one…
President, Ike Ekweremadu, has castigated the Senate, saying its members are only concerned with the sharing of the national cake. He said this on Tuesday during a debate on a bill for an Act seeking the establishment of the National Frontiers Basins Exploration Agency. The bill, which scaled through second reading and was sponsored by…
About 46,000 children in Cross River State have dropped out of school due to various reasons, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Offiong .E. Offiong has said. Offiong said that of the estimated 10 million children whose education had been truncated in the country, Cross River State contributed about 50 percent of the total number. He…
The Niger Delta Renaissance Organization (NDRO), a pro-Jonathan group, has commended Anambra people for honouring the memory of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu by turning out in large numbers last weekend to vote for Chief Willie Obiano, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate during the governorship election in the state. This was even as the Anambra…
The Joint Security Task Force on Tuesday said it had killed two suspected Boko Haram members at Gayawa in Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State. This is contained in a statement signed by spokesman of the JTF, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano. The statement stated…
One-Nigeria for Looters and Death to equity and Justice As the expiration of the 100-year amalgamation of what is Nigeria draws near, many feathers have been ruffled as to why there has risen a wide cry for the disintegration of the country into nations with common interests. Amongst these seas of unsolvable reasons are: false/faulty…