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Liechtenstein stalling recovery of $250m Abacha’s loot
NIGERIA has accused Liechtenstein of using legal challenges as a pretext to cling on to 185 million euros ($250 million) stolen by the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Nigeria has been fighting to recover the money for years, but companies linked to the Abacha family keep going to court to prevent the funds being…
Critics of national confab wrong —Jonathan •As Presidency slams Tinubu •Address the issue, APC national leader replies
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has explained that the reason he is organizing a national conference is to provide an acceptable platform for Nigerians to resolve issues that are causing tension in the polity. He has therefore urged Nigerians to embrace the idea, saying that those criticising the idea as diversionary or promoting political ambition are wrong.…
Gunmen bomb police station, bank in Kaduna
Gunmen on Sunday night attacked a Divisional Police Station and a commercial bank in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to reports, the attackers invaded the town when residents were asleep. National Mirror gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, destroyed the police station and the bank with explosives as officers…
Why I rejected conference committee membership –Nwabueze
Foremost constitutional lawyer and leader of The Patriots, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, yesterday explained that he opted out of the National Conference
Femi Fani-Kayode victory or death my stand on Nigeria
Jonathan has not offered Sovereign National Conference and that is the problem. Make it “sovereign” and I am on board. I will not replace Hausa Fulani domination, which we have suffered for over 40 years in this country, with ijaw or igbo domination. As each day passes it dawns on me more and more that…
National conference Jonathan’s motives are suspicious –Tinubu
Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos state, Senator Bola Tinubu, has provided more insight and justification into why he is opposed to the proposed national conference. A week after he returned from a medical trip, proponents of the national conference continued to challenge his comments and rejection of the…
APC zones vice presidency to South-West •Tinubu shops for nominee
THERE are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned its Vice Presidential slot to the South West while the Northern part of the country is to produce the presidential standardbearer of the party. The national leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu is also reported to have abandoned his rumoured vice presidency…
NIGERIA, A SATANIC ENTITY —Dokubo
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari, has dismissed Nigeria as a satanic entity, saying he has never seen himself as a Nigerian and hates and detests “this evil tag.” “It seems a lot of people don’t know that I have never seen myself as a Nigerian,” Dokubo said…
20 killed as suspected Fulani attack Benue community
Twenty people were killed early yesterday at Ogwule-Ankpa in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Governor Gabriel Suswam and his deputy, Steven Lawani, yesterday visited some internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by previous attacks. The governor assured the people of tighten security so that those who fled their homes because…