No fewer than seven Emirs are said to have abandoned their Boko Haram-infested domains in the two states in the last couple of days. A key member of the civilian JTF, Ahamdu Umar, who disclosed this to Saturday Tribune in Maiduguri, described the action of the insurgents as a violation of the sanctity of state,…
No fewer than seven Emirs are said to have abandoned their Boko Haram-infested domains in the two states in the last couple of days.A key member of the civilian JTF, Ahamdu Umar, who disclosed this to Saturday Tribune in Maiduguri, described the action of the insurgents as a violation of the sanctity of state, tradition…
By Iorakpen Ishu-Josef As FG denies hiring Davis as negotiator Department of State Security, DSS has said it will investigate former governor of Borno State, Modu Sheriff, over allegations of his involvement in the sponsorship of Boko Haram.Consequently, the secret police has invited Sheriff to its yellow house headquarters for interrogation.This is even as the…
WHEN President Goodluck Jonathan pledged to elevate the Dr. Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu and the Dr. Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri international cargo airports, the people of the South East Zone were overjoyed.The reason for this was obvious. Since the end of the civil war, which was fought on their soil nearly fifty years ago, there…
by Sean Brown Just two days after the video showing the execution of American journalist Steven Sotloff, a disturbing report has emerged from London of a woman who was publicly beheaded on a residential street. Sky News reports that the woman was found beheaded just after 1 p.m. in the North London suburb of Edmonton…
by Everest AmaefuleThe Lagos State Government owes 33.86 per cent of the country’s total sub-national external debts (debts owed by state governments), investigation has shown.Statistics obtained from the website of the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Wednesday showed that out of the total external debt of $3.01bn, Lagos State owed $1.02bn, leaving the remaining…
Members of the National Assembly yesterday resolved to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan over the escalation of Boko Haram attacks in Bama, Borno State and Bara in Yobe State.They took the decision after over five-hour meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Marshal Alex Badeh in Abuja. The NASS delegation to the President…
by: Bukola Amusan, Abuja The Federal Government has denied hiring Australia’s Stephen Davis as a Boko Haram negotiator. The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, who disclosed government’s position on the issue in Abuja on Friday, said the government has no plan of prosecuting any Nigerian for now following the allegations made by…
THE Government, on Wednesday, warned that the Boko Haram sect must not be allowed to establish fresh links with the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This was as it called the parties involved in combating terrorism to continue to break any operational link between Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, El Shabab and other…
By TAIWO AMODU, Abuja… Says, you’re twisting factsThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reveal all the facts as presented by the Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davis, hired by the Federal Government to negotiate with Boko Haram for the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.Addressing newsmen on Tuesday on…