By Saharareporters, New YorkSeveral soldiers on the ground in Borno State have told SaharaReporters that many Nigerian soldiers are deserting after the military retreated from Biita and Izge as Boko Haram militants mounted a major offensive. Our sources said numerous soldiers had handed in their weapons and deserted in civilian clothes.On Saturday night, the Nigerian…
• Troops receive allowances in advance From MOLLY KILETE. ABUJAIndications have emerged that the Federal Government is set to increase the operational allowances for soldiers on Internal Security Operation (ISO) nation-wide.The decision, Daily Sun gathered, was ratified by President Goodluck Jonathan after the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Kenneth Minimah, pleaded with the President…
From OKEY SAMPSON, AbaArmed robbers on Monday invaded a Catholic Church in Aba, Abia Stat and made away with the car of the parish priest and other valuables at gun point.It was gathered that at about 12.45am, the armed robbers, who came in their numbers, invaded the Tansi Catholic Church located at the World Bank…
Reports from the northern Nigeria city of Kano has it that the protest over the choice of Lamido Sanusi Lamido as the new Emir of Kano has gone bloodier as four people were reported to have lost their lives while many got injured.However, Kano Command Police spokesman, ASP Magaji Musa Majiya, however, could not confirm…
by Success NwoguA former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar has said that he is troubled by the many challenges of Nigeria.He, however said that he is optimistic that Nigeria will overcome its current challenges.He spoke in Ilorin on Tuesday during the official opening of the ultra modern Ilorin General Hospitals.He noted that good governance,…
BY LAJU ARENYEKAABUJA — Five gunmen have kidnapped two female students of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State from their home in Karmo, Abuja on Sunday.The girls, Ejura and Onekwu Opaluwah, were taken away in the booth of a blue Honda car with number plate, HR 152 ABC, in what started off as a robbery incident…
*Govt should quickly checkmate these herdsmen – Ex-Ohanaeze President appealsThe people of over forty communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State are currently panicking following the invasion of their area by the Fulani herdsmen allegedly armed with AK 47 rifles.The herdsmen who invaded the council area with their cattle two weeks ago, had…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Monday stated that the withdrawal of the certificates of recognition of Eze Cletus Ilomuanya as the Obi of Obinugwu autonomous community and Eze Cosmas Onyeneke, the paramount ruler of Lagwa in Orlu and Aboh Mbaise council areas of the state respectively, was in line with the resolution of the…
Governors of the South East States rose from their meeting in Enugu yesterday with a condemnation of last Thursday’s invasion of Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, by members of the pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Federation. The governors were reacting to the invasion of the broadcasting house by BZM in which a police sergeant and a…
By From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri No fewer than 110 corpses have been buried following bloody attacks on border communities in Borno State last week by Boko Haram. Besides, about 2, 000 residents were displaced with more bodies yet to be evacuated, officials said. Boko Haram launched coordinated attacks on six communities in Gwoza Local Government…