Boko Haram terrorists 21 killed in Abuja SSS HQ
There was pandemonium in Abuja yesterday following a claim that Boko Haram insurgents had attacked the head-quarters of the
This National Conference is waste of time – Prof. Nwabueze
We are in the process of another constitution making. If you agree, what’s your take on the arrangement?Let me correct the impression that we are in the process of another constitution making. The National Conference, as constituted by the President, lacks the capacity to draft a constitution to be submitted to the people for approval…
Fulani cattle rearers not welcome in Igbo land, says South-East CAN
The South-East branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned that it would resist any attempt to allocate grazing fields to Fulani cattle rearers in any part of Igbo land. In a statement in Awka yesterday, the zonal chairman of CAN, Bishop David Eberechukwu, warned those campaigning for the allocation of land as…
Confab Hiccups! The majority question and the North’s fear
Futile or fruitful? That’s the big question one week after the National Conference began in Abuja. In the real sense, the confab is supposed to be two weeks old having been inaugurated on March 17. But it deferred the commencement of technical session by one week. The adumbration started on March 24.. Seated in the…
President Jonathan Explodes!. Blame northern govs, not me for Boko Haram!
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday took a swipe at governors for accusing the Federal Government of bad leadership, asking them to stop pushing blames when they have failed on their part to provide primary and secondary education for their citizens. Speaking in Bauchi during the North-east Zonal Rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jonathan also…
Journalists demand release of Sun editor detained on the orders of Abia Governor T. A. Orji
Nigerian journalists today expressed outrage over yesterday’s abduction and continued detention
Catholic priest, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has called for a change in leadership process in Nigeria
The former Secretary of the Oputa Panel on Reconciliation as well as the Constitutional Conference submitted that the country faces severe leadership challenge because of flawed recruitment. Speaking on “After the insurgency: Some thoughts on Reconciliation in Nigeria” as the lecturer for the 43rd convocation of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Kukah decried the current situation.
Tension as confab debates Jonathan’s address Monday
Tragedy has hit the National Conference, following the untimely death of one of the members from Bauchi State on Thursday. Hamma Misau, a retired Assistant Inspector of Police, represented the Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria, ARPON and hailed from Misau in Bauchi State.Conference Chairman and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo…
Tiv and Fulani crisis over 32 displaced persons die in camps
After escaping the bullets of suspected Fulani mercenaries who are sacking communities in parts of Benue state, no fewer than 32 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs have been reported dead in the last one week in makeshift camps scattered around North Bank area of Makurdi town for the IDPs. Saturday Vanguard’s investigation revealed that among the…
Boko Haram terrorists trails Governor Jang •Compiles list of schools in Plateau to be attacked
Plateau State Governor, Dr. Jonah David Jang, is being targeted by the Boko Haram terrorist sect, a report from Jos, the state capital, has said. The report, which appeared in today’s edition of the authoritative Guardian newspaper, has it that a State House of Assembly member, Daniel Dem, is also being trailed by Boko Haram,…