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0 0 A call has been made for a substantive restructuring of the country to remove her from the socio-political and economic woods she has continued to find herself 100 years after creation. The ace columnist with The Nation newspapers, Prof. Olatunji Da

A call has been made for a substantive restructuring of the country to remove her from the socio-political and economic woods she has continued to find herself 100 years after creation. The ace columnist with The Nation newspapers, Prof. Olatunji Dare, made the call yesterday during a lecture he delivered at the International Conference Centre,…

The Chief of Defence Staff We know where the girls are but

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said yesterday that the military would not use force in the rescue of the abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Badeh gave this assurance while speaking to members of the Citizen Initiative for Security Awareness, CISA, an NGO, who were on…

Jos blasts: 36 Igbo killed, 42 injured – Eze Igbo Jos

The Igbo community in Jos has confirmed that 36 of its kinsmen and women were killed and 42 others injured

There are plans to bring down my govt- President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said those behind the violence in the country were planning to bring down his government. Jonathan, at the 2014 Democracy Day Interdenominational Church Service with the theme “Love The Lord…and your Neighbour” in Abuja, described them as evil forces. Terror attacks by Boko Haram in some parts of the North,…

Kidnap suspect nabbed inside aircraft. Houses of 2 other suspects demolished

Governor Willie Obiano’s determination to rid Anambra State of criminal elements has continued to yield impressive results with the arrest of suspected kidnap kingpin, Okwuchukwu Nnagbo alias “Oyibo”, aboard a South African Airways flight at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. News Express learn that Nnagbo, who has since confessed to being the shadowy…

This Nigerian State Is Failing

“One commonly hears that carping critics complain about what is wrong, but do not present solutions. There is an accurate translation for that charge: ‘They present solutions, but I don’t like them.” ― Noam Chomsky, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Nigeria is a conundrum. A country beset before and…

I know Boko Haram leader Shekau’s hide-out, says popular Islamic cleric Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

Controversial Islamic scholar and leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly called Shiite Muslim group, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has alleged that the leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, was being shielded by the Nigerian military. Zakzaky who spoke at the Movement’s 2014 Martyr day in Zaria on Sunday also alleged that the…

Censors Board not in a hurry to lift ban on ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ •The scenes they don’t want you to see

Nigeria’s Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) is not in a hurry to approve the hit movie, Half of a Yellow Sun (HOAYS), according to indications. The board was silent on the classification status of the big budget feature when it recently announced that it had verified and approved 43 films for the month of…

Survivor Jos suicide bomber targeted 400 football fans

Over 400 football fans cheated death in the Saturday night bomb blast that rocked Bauchi Road area of Jos, the Plateau State capital. Three people were confirmed dead on the spot in the blast while the fourth died on Sunday morning thus raising the death toll to four Our correspondent who visited the scene gathered…

#BringBackOurGirls: We won’t negotiate with Boko Haram – President Jonathan

ABUJA — Against the backdrop of divergent views on the need to negotiate with the Boko Haram Islamic sect for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the sect from Chibok, Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan re-echoed the government position, yesterday, declaring that the Federal Government will not with the sect for the…