A cold war has broken out among presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC following reported entreaties by younger elements among the contenders to persuade erstwhile head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari out of the contest.The party also called on past leaders of the country to salvage the country from total collapse in the…
Aggrieved commanders of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday visited Biafra war veteran, Col. Joe Achuzia, in Asaba, the Delta State capital, over the leadership crisis rocking the group. It has resulted in the death of six people. Others were injured. The delegation, led by Ndubuisi Igwekani, aka…
The former Army Chief called El-Rufai’s allegations a “diversion” to take attention from his own involvement. ABUJA—FORMER Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd), Thursday, accused each other of sponsoring the deadly Boko Haram sect that has been terrorising many parts of northern…
The minister today confirmed that the diplomat had contracted the virus, and that the Ebola virus was responsible for killing the late doctor. Nigeria’s Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, today confirmed a report by SaharaReporters on Wednesday about the death of a doctor who treated a diplomat who contracted Ebola from a Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer.…
Cameroonian soldiers have launched further attacks against Boko Haram insurgents, shelling one of the sect’s camps inside Nigeria. The Cameroonian soldiers launched the attack across the Nigerian border and killed many of the insurgents, a security official stated on Thursday. The Agence France-Presse quoted the source to have said that the Cameroonian troops shelled the…
The Catholic Church on Thursday complained that Boko Haram insurgents
Eyewitnesses in the villages near Sambisa forest told SaharaReporters that the insurgents had been moving their families and possibly many of their abductees to safer grounds in towns captured in recent weeks. Villagers living near Sambisa forest in Borno State have reported seeing a large number of Boko Haram militants leaving the wooded redoubt yesterday…
Strong indications emerged on Wednesday that the military high command had started taking decisive steps against security personnel involved in acts inimical to the military tradition. It was gathered on Wednesday that four army officers were arrested for allegedly encouraging some soldiers, who disobeyed a directive on posting to Bama, one of the areas where…
Not less than 40 people have been feared killed in a fresh fight between the Alago and Eggon people of Nasarawa State, yesterday, while over 50 houses were also set ablaze. The fight took place at Tudun Adabu in Obi local government area of the state. An eye witness who was at the scene of…
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday published the final rebased Nigerian Gross Domestic Product, GDP,