The military’s hands are tied in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls because their abductors have placed them “tactically” in the face of attack, sources said yesterday. A top military source told The Nation that the girls cannot be rescued without heavy casualties. The source, who spoke in confidence, insisted that the Chief of Defence Staff,…
SOME of the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls have painted a picture of life in Boko Haram custody. Referring to a video said to have been seen by it, The Mail on Sunday yesterday claimed that eight girls spoke in the footage. The girls, dressed in their pale blue gingham school uniform, were said to…
War veterans from different parts of the South-East and in the Diaspora have threatened to pull out from Nigeria if their benefits were not paid. They issued the threat at Hill Top Ngwo, near Enugu where they gathered to commemorate the May 30 anniversary of Biafran fallen heroes. Speaking at the event, Executive Director of…
Did President Goodluck Jonathan offer Boko Haram members amnesty on Democracy Day or not? This is the subject of a controversy now raging among top officials of the Federal Government. At the centre of the controversy are the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati and Youth Development Minister Boni…
At least 42 people were in the early hours of yesterday killed when some suspected members of Boko Haram sect attacked three border villages of Kanari, Wazarde and Gula villages of Gamboru Ngala Local Government area of Borno State. Just on May 5, 2014, Gamboru Ngala was on fire, when some terrorists ambushed its main…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to immediately
Northern political leaders and elite are not about to give up the claim of the North to the Presidency in 2015,The Nation can report today.They are insisting that the Presidency should return to the North next year after President Goodluck Jonathan would have completed his current term.Chieftains of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF); Northern Elders’…
Ledum Mitee needs little or no introduction. An environmental activist, he is a delegate at the on-going National Conference and Chairman of Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, NEITI. As successor to the late President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), he narrowly escaped former maximum ruler Sani Abacha’s hangman. He…
Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmad can be described as one of Nigeria’s outstanding technocrats, who has had the rare privilege of serving at the top echelon of the nation’s political class, public service and the defence institution. After a flourishing career with the Bauchi State Government and the Federal Civil Service, he was named the Head…
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