Boko Haram, the terrorist group that has made parts of northern Nigeria virtually ungovernable, is desperate to extend its campaign of violence to the country’s south. Information available to News Express indicates that the misguided Islamists have started making overtures to potential partners in the south with a view to penetrating the region. An impeccable…
Controversy has continued to trail the removal of the exspokesman of the defunct Borno State’s Joint Task Force (JTF), Lieutenant Colonel Musa Sagir of the Directorate of Army Public Relations (DAPR) . The officer was removed after the JTF in Borno State was abolished, giving rise to the new 7 Division, Nigerian Army, to inter…
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There was confusion at Ogba Junior Secondary School yesterday in Lagos State as 25 pupils collapsed after inhaling a chemical waste discharged
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has appealed to journalists to, as a matter of urgency, give a total blackout to Boko Haram activities in the country. The army division said doing so will not only boost the confidence of members of the public but will also put…
The International Monetry Fund, IMF, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to implement timely policy actions to avert risk of oil price shock and reversal of foreign capital inflow looming over the country and other s in the sub-saharan Africa region. IMF Director, African Department, Antoinette Sayeh made this call in Lagos at the presentation…
The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, said it had destroyed two suspected operational vehicles of the Boko Haram sect in the ongoing operations in Maiduguri. The spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Lt.-Col. Mohammed Dole, announced this in a statement. Dole said that the destruction was to get rid of insurgents…
NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, in Kano, on Thursday, said the party is on a tough and ruthless recruitment drive across the country. Buhari, speaking after a meeting with the Kano State governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, at the Government House, Kano, said “we are here to convince you…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, lamented that the crises in some parts of the country has slowed down economic development. He stated this while being presented with the 2013 Africa Peace Award from the United Religions Initiatives URI, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the president, internal stability is essential for the development of the…