Says conditions for credible polls in 2015 don’t existAccuses FG of conspiracy in abduction of Chibok girlsAlhaji Balarabe Musa, former governor of Kaduna State, in this interview, fears that the 2015 polls would not be free and fair because the conditions for credible election are not in place. He also justifies northern leaders’ gang-up against…
by: Olukorede Yishau A report released at the weekend in New York, United States by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (“Watchlist”), which strives to end violations against children in armed conflicts and to guarantee their rights, bears horrific tales from Boko Haram victims, writes Asst. Editor Olukorede YishauBoko Haram and the Civilian JTF are…
by: Yusuf AlliBorno State is grounded by the Boko Haram insurgency, Secretary to the State Government Alhaji Baba Ahmad Jidda said yesterday.He asked all political leaders and stakeholders to unite and meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on how to salvage the situation.He also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the proposed by-election…
As AllAfrica.com reported: Robert Mugabe said Friday that whites who are still in the country should go back to England as he vowed that those removed from land redistributed to black Zimbabweans would never be allowed to return. “Don’t they (whites) know where their ancestors came from? The British who are here should all…
by Nuruddeen M. Abdallah States’ foreign debts . Lagos, Bauchi, Kaduna top debtors’ list Lagos, Bauchi and Kaduna are the biggest foreign debtors among the 36 states in the country, according to official data analysed by Daily Trust. Records posted on the Debt Management Office (DMO) website shows that the foreign debt stock of…
LAGOS (AFP) – Christians in northeast Nigeria are paying a heavy price at the hands of Boko Haram, even if they are not being targeted specifically by the militants in their bloody quest for an Islamic state.Several towns in the northeastern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa have been attacked in recent weeks, sending thousands…
By Soni DanielAmid the dust raised by his allegation linking a former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and an erstwhile Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, with the sponsorship of Boko Haram, an Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, at the weekend, gave insight into how Abubakar Shekau hijacked the…
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja called on Nigerians to pray for the nation’s security forces to enable them to contain insecurity in the country.Jonathan made the call at the inauguration of the “Citadel and Towers”, the new complex of the House on the Rock Church, Abuja.Represented by the Minister of Agriculture,…
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MAIDUGURIResidents of M a i d u g u r i were supposed to host those fleeing the centre of bloodbath in Bama, central part of Borno State following Monday’s daring attack on a military barrack in the town by Boko Haram fighters but many of them have decided to flee the…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Monsur OlowoopejoLagos based human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, yesterday, revealed how Former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff was arrested in 2012 by the Cameroonian government for the crime committed by the deadly Boko Haram sect.Meantime, ahead of the 2015 election, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West, Professor…