The Presidential Committee on the Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Northern Nigeria, came under severe criticisms, yesterday, from across the country following denial by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau that the sect had entered into a cease-fire agreement with the Federal Government. The Committee came under attack on a day the Joint Task…
President Goodluck Jonathan may dump Vice President Namadi Sambo for the former Zamfara State governor, Senator Sani Ahmed Yerima, as his running mate for the 2015 presidential election, it was learnt at the weekend. The President, who met with some Muslim scholars and leaders on his anticipated second term bid, was said to have been…
ENUGU-A chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria ACN and yet to be registered All Progressive Congress APC, in Enugu state, Dr. Ben Nwoye, Sunday, faulted the blanket endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for the second tern describing the act as shameful and unfortunate.
MAJOR Wisdom Osagiede Ogbewekon-Osemwende is a Nigerian serving in the United States Army; he served in Iraq during the American/Iraqi war.
Plans by President Goodluck Jonathan to secure a second term mandate in 2015 will in the next few weeks begin to take concrete shape. So far, the ambition has been in the realm of speculations, with various groups and individuals engaged in a gritty battle, for and against the speculation. But in a strategic bid…
Fresh from his alleged abduction and severe torture, a chieftain of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Arinze Igbani, has accused members of the Association of Igbo Youths Organisation (AIYO) of abducting him and shaving his beards for ritual purposes. Igbani, who is MASSOB’s Regional Administrator for Onitsha Region…
The ceasefire agreement purportedly signed recently by the Federal Government and the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, is already in jeopardy. The leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, yesterday disclaimed the ceasefire and threatened more attacks on schools within its sphere of influence. The Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, had on Tuesday announced the…
Security experts have dismissed the ceasefire deal the Federal Government purportedly reached with the Boko Haram sect, describing it as fraudulent. They said the deal was meaningless considering that the known leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, was not involved in the negotiations. A former Director in the Department of State Service, Mr. Mike Ejiofor,…
Governor Peter Obi on Saturday presented 250 patrol vehicles fitted with sophisticated security gadgets to registered vigilance groups in the 177 communities in Anambra State. The ceremony, which was graced by security chiefs, traditional rulers, market leaders, government officials and other stakeholders in the state took place at the Ekwueme Square, Awka. While each community…
The fierce running battle between the Kano State Government and the Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers Association