Selected Correspondence: The Royal Niger Company GEORGE TAUBMAN GOLDIE AND FREDERICK LUGARD 9th The Liman came today, and went off to see the King and finally arrange about who was to represent him, regarding the business I wanted to speak of. He promised to be back again by 1or2 P.M. He duly turned up with…
In his just released video, Mr. Shekau said Boko Haram insurgents were grateful to “Allah who gave us victory to attack Abuja and also the Yobe [State] town called Damaturu.” In his characteristic rambling manner, Mr. Shekau added, “We still thank God for the successful bombing of Damboa and other parts of Nigeria. We are…
Nigeria will now have 54 states as against the present 36 states should President Goodluck Jonathan implement the recommendation of the National Conference contained in the final report submitted to the President last week. According to the recommendation on creation of additional states, “Alteration of section 3 Section 3 of the principal Act is altered…
Acting Inspector General of Police (A-IGP), Suleiman A. Abba, this morning came under fire, less than 24 hours after announcing the deployment of the newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs). “We wish to reject and oppose the non-inclusion of an AIG of the Southeast extraction among…
Force Headquarters, yesterday, confirmed that following
Selected Correspondence: The Royal Niger Company GEORGE TAUBMAN GOLDIE AND FREDERICK LUGARD 8th Issued to the Hausas who were quite contented, and chaff and laughter prevailed, not a trace of sulkiness. Then the Yorubas were called, and told that the cloth was for 5 days-they had lost yesterday’s ration by refusing. They replied that they…
The process of sharing Nigeria’s oil block national cake is as fraudulent now as when Ibrahim Babangida started the process of discretionary allocation of oil blocks to indigenous firms. Discretionary allocation of oil blocks entails that a president can reward a mistress who performs wonderfully with an oil block with capacity for cumulative yield of…
“Nobody has a right to stop him from contesting,” he said. “Every President who have ruled this nation spent two terms.”Nigerian Former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, announced today in Abuja that President Jonathan can–and will–contest for the Presidency in 2015. At a meeting of the group “Northern Women in Politics”, Clark said that Jonathan…
Barely 24 hours after suspected members of Boko Haram sect dislodged the National Police Mobile Training Camp in Limankara Village of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, another set of heavily armed terrorists members stormed Pulka Village of Gwoza and sacked the whole community before hoisting their black and white flags. Pulka is north…
