Babangida issued the warning in an interview with newsmen in his Hill Top Mansion in Minna, Niger State, to mark his 73rd birthday, which comes up tomorrow.President Goodluck Jonathan, as the Commander- in-Chief, has developed a template for providing security during elections using soldiers along with other security forces.He did this in the governorship…
by: Tony AKOWE, Abuja Northern Delegates to the just concluded National Conference say their opposition to the draft constitution stemmed from the fact that it did not reflect the decisions of the conference.The Northern Delegates also accused the leadership of the conference of manipulating the conference in favour of the South through the use of…
By Ezekiel Attah The Presidency on Friday distanced itself from a press release alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan revealed he knew the location of over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram over four months ago. In a statement by Jonathan’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the presidency said,…
The Imo state police command have successfully rescued and returned two babies abducted from their mothers a few hours after they were born. While presenting the rescued babies to their mothers at the Imo state Police command headquarters, the head of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Imo police command, Mrs Elizabeth Okosun, said the…
Terry Paulson Do the Christian indigenous people of Kurdistan and Biafra deserve our support in their fight against Islamic extremists? While supplying weapons to some insurgents fighting for freedom in Syria, why has the Obama administration not supplied support and weapons to those in Kurdistan or Christian Nigeria fighting for their survival? Why has the…
(GENEVA, Switzerland)It will take about six months to bring under control the Ebola epidemic, the head of Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday, saying the outbreak in West Africa felt like “wartime, is moving, advancing.”Joanne Liu, international president of MSF (Doctors Without Borders), speaking after a 10-day trip to West Africa, said more experts were…
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians to reject alleged plot by the Presidency to force a draft Constitution on them.He described the draft Constitution issue as tragic, dangerous and one move, whose consequences would negatively affect the whole of the continent.The governor, while speaking to select reporters in his office late…
By Geoffrey Anyanwu, AwkaThree persons were killed on Wednesday night when gunmen suspected to be assassins invaded Umuawulu Community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident happened five years after a prominent son of the community, Chief Chukwudi Okafor (Amuruonyenego) was assassinated by gunmen in front of Saint Joseph’s Catholic…
By Henry UmoruABUJA—THE Presidency yesterday carpeted Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for accusing President Goodluck Jonathan’s government of being inactive for three years, saying the governor might have been occupied in his state to know the achievements of the administration.At a briefing in Abuja, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs,…
The National Conference leadership on Thursday adopted the change of its document titled “Draft Constitution 2014” to “Proposed Amendments to 1999 Constitution” following controversies it generated among Nigerians and delegates.This change was effected following a joint motion by Chief Jerome Okwuonu, representing South East and Dr Peter Odili, former Governor of Rivers.Before the new…