File Photo: Crude OilSpecifically, the three countries accounted for more than a third of Nigeria’s crude export in February, purchasing 26.75 million barrels of oil.Specifically, India purchased 10.44 million barrels of crude oil from Nigeria in the month under review, followed by the Netherlands, with 9.385 million barrels, and Brazil 6.922 million barrels.Using an average…
A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission on Monday crashed due to a technical fault at a location South of Bama, Borno State, the Director of Information, Nigeria Defence Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in a press statement.Some observers, however, reasoned that the craft could have been blown off by the…
By AbdulSalam MuhammadKANO— Former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, yesterday warned northern youths against being used to compromise the unity of the country, asking them to embrace dialogue.Sule, who spoke in Kano when the leadership of Arewa Youth Development Forum paid him a courtsey visit, said dialogue was the best…
By EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha on July 22, 2014 · NationalNo fewer than 486 magic examination centres identified in Anambra State are to be shutdown by the state government as part of official measures to curb examination malpractices in the education sector.The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Kate Omenugha, who gave the hint during the 10th…
BY Soni DanielAbuja—Apparently preparing the ground for formal declaration of his presidential ambition, Kano State Governor, Rabio Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, launched series of verbal attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of failing to provide security for lives and property in Nigeria.Kwankwaso, therefore, concluded that it would be difficult for Jonathan to win election in…
shekau military vehiclesNigerian army chiefs are the incontrovertible sponsors of the Boko Haram deadly terrorist sect ravaging the north of the nation. Major General Kenneth Tobiah Minimah GSS, Lt General Onyabor Azubuike Ihejirika CFR GSS, and the Minister of defense, Spy Aliyu Gusau are the direct sponsors supplying the terrorists according to all open evidence.…
By Joe Chukindi A rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, (Intersociety), on Sunday, said the Nigerian security forces, as presently constituted, lacks the capacity to fight insurgency because of the country’s weak policy on security.The chairman, Board of Trustees of the group, Comrade Emeka Umeagbalasi said this while briefing journalists…
Suspected Islamists raided the remote northeast Nigerian town of Damboa over the weekend, shooting dead more than 40 residents and burning down houses in a familiar pattern of killing that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes this year.Witnesses and a security source said the gunmen, thought to be members of Boko Haram,…
by Leke BaiyewuFormer National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum and spokesperson for the Northern Delegates’ Forum at the National Conference, Mr. Anthony Sani, in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, explains the region’s stance on some proposals at the confabWhat do you think could have been responsible for the sharp division between the North…
By NGOZI UWUJARE Children are gifts from God and blessings to beautify marriages, but two women and a police corporal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, descended into the abominable by turning them into tradeable commodities. But they are now gnashing their teeth in regret in police custody, following their arrest…