The 480 soldiers who fled into the Cameroonian Territory following a heavy battle with the Boko Haram sect has explained the reason for their action. The soldiers, according to Agence France Presse (AFP), who spoke through a junior officer acting as their proxy, said his colleague who spoke with him from Cameroon claimed that they…
Embarrassed by reports that close to 500 Nigerian soldiers fled into Cameroonian to escape from heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents, Nigerian military authorities today posted a statement claiming that the soldiers had charged into the neighboring West African country in a tactical maneuver. Cameroonian officials had told the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation…
By Our ReporterImo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has commenced monthly donation of N1 million to every state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country to give the party supporters a sense of belonging where the APC is in opposition.Speaking with newsmen in Katsina shortly after presenting N1 million to Katsina State chapter…
By Our ReporterImo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has commenced monthly donation of N1 million to every state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country to give the party supporters a sense of belonging where the APC is in opposition.Speaking with newsmen in Katsina shortly after presenting N1 million to Katsina State chapter…
Departing APC chieftain, Chief Tom Ikimi, has taken a swipe at former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the recently approved $1.5 billion oil deal between Oando Plc and ConocoPhillips in the upstream sector. The deal, aggrieved APC members told TheCable, was struck in June at a secret meeting between Tinubu and minister…
by: Ernest Nwokolo •Ex-President likens nation’s travails to Abacha’s eraFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday likened the state of the nation to the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s military era, when he said the middle class was wiped out.But he told visitors to his home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, that “tough times don’t last but…
By OKEY SAMPSON, Aba…We’ll arrest him -PoliceMovement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the police against defying a court order to arrest their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, saying such action would force the group to jettison its non-violent approach to the struggle.The movement said the warning became imperative due to…
Gamboru_ngala bridge destroyed by Boko Haram Sahara Reporters Media Insurgents of the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, today made further advances in territorial grab by once more taking over Gamboru-Ngala, a key township on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Today’s attack by a heavily armed contingent of the terror sect marked the second time…
No fewer than 20 people were reportedly killed, 85 injured and 50 houses razed down in Nbishu and Wumban villages in Wukari local government area of Taraba State when unknown gunmen invaded the villages. A resident of Wumban village, Mr Jeshua Maude, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on phone, said that the unidentified gunmen numbering over…
The Department of State Services has said there are strong indications that female suicide bombers may be disguising in Catholic Reverend Sisters’ outfits with the aim of attacking innocent Nigerians. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar. It said, “On 20th August, 2014, about 0400 hours, some unidentified…