The proposed Centenary Village, an ultra-modern city within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to mark the 100 years of the Nigerian nationhood, will cost N3.2 trillion, former Head of State Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar said yesterday. Gen. Abubakar, who is Chairman of the Board of Centenary Village Plc, spoke while presenting a report to President Goodluck…
As the Nigerian Army continued in its war against the incessant attacks of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in parts of the north, a top United States official has faulted the Federal Government’s lack of political will to end the carnage. Head of the United States’ Commission on International Religious Freedom, Robert P. George, has…
Elder statesman, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN), has excused himself from the National Conference Committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to formulate modalities for the convocation of a national dialogue. Prof. Nwabueze, in a letter to the president dated October 2, 2013, explained that he would be abroad, “for medicals and may be away from…
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Rotimi Olowo, has said that the country will not break up as a result of the National Conference. Olowo, Chairman, House Committee on Works and Infrastructure, made the assertion in an interview with in Lagos on Sunday. He said: “Nigeria will not disintegrate as a…
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Information available to 247ureports.com indicates that the ongoing Jihadist violent incursion into the Christian communities in Kaduna maybe far from over. This is as available information indicates that the military men from Division One moved into the Kafanchan communities late Friday [October 4, 2013] night following a tipoff that a group of Jihadist believed attached…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants struck in Kaduna metropolis tonight along Western By-Pass Express Way killing a policeman, after they laid an ambush on scores of police officers as they made their way to duty posts in the city. A police source said the sect members came on motorbikes and lay siege…
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Following terrorist attacks in parts of the North-east, especially the ones at the College of Agriculture, Gujba and Benisheikh that left scores dead, and questions about the determination of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army to checkmate them, the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, at the weekend, summoned all the…
Clashes between the military forces and some Boko Haram militants in Borno State at the weekend left no fewer than 20 persons dead. Gunmen suspected of Boko Haram sect members yesterday attacked Damboa Local Government area of Borno State with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and petrol-bombs, killing five residents at a mosque with the torching…