Why Jonathan must crush insurgencyBy Jide Ajani Because he doesn’t want to displease some people, he continues to displease and annoy everybody. That is President Goodluck Jonathan for you. For a Presidency that appears to have mastered the art of saying the useful things but goes ahead to do the useless things, it is becoming…
by Agency ReporterScene of the bomb blast at De Peoples Hotel, Bayan Gari in Bauchi State… on Friday night.A total of 54 persons were killed in Bauchi and Kaduna states in separate attacks on Friday and Saturday.Eleven people were killed and 14 injured when gunmen attacked a hotel in Bauchi, Bauchi State on Friday night.The…
102-Page Fake TERMS OF AGREEMENT RECOMMENDS: 50% Derivation for Oil Producing StatesCreation of Additional 13 StatesRotational Presidency and GovernorshipNo Federal Allocation to Local Government CouncilsAuthors Entice Delegates with Huge Bribe-Money and New StatesThe National Conference, headed by a retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi has until July 17, 2014 to complete its assignment…
By TONY JOHN, PORT HARCOURT Youths of Niger Delta region have declared that no amount of terrorism by the Boko Haram would stop President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid.The youths made the statement yesterday, when they paid a courtesy visit on the Special Adviser on Youths to the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission…
Police in the northern Nigeria city of Kano foiled what would have looked like a replay of January 20, 2012, when working on a tip off by a 10-year old boy saved hundreds of lives in Kano on Friday. A rickety Toyota car primed with 13 high caliber Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs) was discovered by…
21 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect arrested in Enugu State last Wednesday have been transferred to the Force Headqaurters, Abuja for further questioning by the State Police Command.
by Dayo Oketola, Fisayo Falodi, Kayode Idowu, Ademola Olonilua, Eric Dumo, and Jesusegun Alagbe No fewer than six million residents of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states have been directly affected by Boko Haram attacks, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said in a recent report obtained by Saturday PUNCH. The…
by Lekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan with the Chief Medical Director, Maitama District Hospital, Dr. Adetoun Adetimehin, (l) and victims of the Emab Plaza bomb blast (r) during the President’s visit to the hospital in President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday admitted that the activities of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have curtailed his movement…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a suit by 16 northern states, through which they had sought an order compelling the Federal Government to pay them about N7.039bn as compensation for some assets of the northern region taken over by the Federal Government in 1977.The court, in a unanimous judgement, held that the northern states…
by Sodiq Oyeleke The United Nations Security Council has sanctioned Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, and a splinter group, Ansaru on Wednesday. According to Reuters, Shekau is the first individual while Ansaru is the first entity to be so sanctioned since the Islamist militant group was blacklisted. With this sanction, Shekau and Ansaru will be…