The multi-billion naira drones purchased by the Nigerian Government in 2006 for the surveillance of petroleum pipelines in the Niger Delta that might have been used by the military in the search for the missing Chibok girls are said to be obsolete due to lack of maintenance & use since they were bought Vanguard reports…
A decision will be taken Thursday.The Nigerian government has formally asked the United Nations Security Council to blacklist the extremist group, Boko Haram.Nigeria urged the Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee to recognize the group as a terrorist organization, indicating a further raise in the government’s effort to root the group.The move comes days after…
THE National Conference was on the edge of an uproar yesterday as delegates who reconvened sharply disagreed over the propriety of a probe into the more than N3 trillion expended on security in the period between 2010 and 2013.The near uproar followed a motion by Mr Orok Duke from Cross River State asking the Conference…
Fields are seen from an airplane outside Maiduguri, Nigeria on May 20, 2014. Reuters/Joe PenneyAt least 17 people have reportedly been killed in a Boko Haram attack on the village of Alagarno in Nigeria’s Borno state, a day after twin bomb blasts rocked the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing 118 people.Every home in the…
It was gathered on Monday that the Federal Government has started a secret talk with the members of the Islamist sect popularly known as Boko Haram, on how to free the over 234 school girls that were abducted From Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.abubakar shekau thumb 560×347 2847 FG In Secret Talks With…
Ahmed Saka, The Associated PressJOS, Nigeria — Two explosions hit a bustling bus terminal and market frequented by thousands of people in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on Tuesday afternoon, and police said there are an unknown number of casualties.The blasts could be heard miles away, indicating they were sizable.The cause was not immediately known,…
….As abducted EcoBank boss’ father regains freedom From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha Residents of Umudege and Ezihu villages of Igboukwu, Aguata Council Area of Anambra State were thrown into confusion following a violent demonstration by youths of the community over the alleged killing of one of them by gunmen on Sunday night. The incident, occurred few hours…
•Accepts responsibility for fuel jetty attack From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has vowed to continue its systematic attacks on the nation’s oil industry. In a statement issued via e-mail by its spokeperson, Jomo Gbomo, in which it claimed responsibility for the recent fire incident at the NNPC…
FROM GEORGE ONYEJIUWA,OWERRIImo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has dismissed a statement credited to the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, that he was instrumental to making him the governor of the state.The governor described the claim of the MASSOB leader as a ploy to…
A female banker and her lover died while having se.x at Eziudo autonomous community in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.The two deceased are Mrs. Adejoke Ayeola, 44, from Iperu Remo in Ogun State, and Wilson Ugwunna, 42. Both have two children each with their respective spouses. Mrs. Ayeola was said to have…