The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an “unconscionable act” of terror against the education of girls, US First Lady Michelle Obama said Saturday. Speaking in her husband’s place during President Barack Obama’s weekly Saturday morning address, Michelle Obama said that this violence “was not an isolated incident … it’s a story we see every day…
Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Friday said terrorism was an international crime against humanity and it was not wrong for Nigeria to seek foreign assistance. The National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, said this in a statement made available in Kaduna. Ibrahim said “terrorism is an international crime against humanity;…
The missing people are innocent victims of the drugs cartels and, in some cases, the very state authorities who should be protecting them. Now, their families are coming together, tracking down phone signals and scouring Google Earth to uncover for themselves the fates of their brothers and fathers, daughters and mothers One by one they…
By SaharaReporters, New York Comrade Shehu Sani has warned the Nigerian government and military against using force in the battle to get female students abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno state. Sani, president of Civil Rights Congress in a statement said the government should set up a committee that will involve respected Islamic leaders,…
The severed head of the two-year-old infant beheaded last week by a Nigerien citizen, Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim at Ofada, in Mowe area of Ogun state has been recovered by Ogun Police Command. The infant was beheaded by Ibrahim, who also raped the mother before fleeing the scene. He was later arrested at Mowe by police…
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, OWERRI. The leadership of South East Progressives Assembly, SEPA, has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of high-handedness, impunity and imposition of his acolytes as party executives of All Progressives Congress, APC. The group, which made its position known in a statement signed by Okorocha’s former media aide and SEPA President, Mr. Ebere…
By SaharaReporters, New YorkGovernor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state has described as imaginary and baseless the claim made by President Goodluck Jonathan that the state government cannot account for the money received from the Federation Account as all money collected by the state government was judiciously spent as every single kobo spent was properly…
by Olalekan AdetayoPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday promised Nigerians that those behind the recent Nyanya bomb blast in Abuja that left about 86 persons dead would be punished.Jonathan made the promise in his remarks at the Fourth Presidential National Prayer Breakfast held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.He said his prayers were…
By EMEKA ANOKWURU• Abandons pregnant wife with 2 kids• Man’s family fights over propertyEleven months after a promising businessman, Mr Emmanuel Uchenna Okoye left his Lagos home, no one seems to know whether he is dead or alive. While the family believes that Okoye, who until his disappearance, shuttled between Nigeria and Spain as well…
By JUDEX OKORO, Calabar Barley a week after about 15 persons were reportedly killed in a clash between Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi, eight persons are again feared dead while about 15 are reported to have suffered gunshotwounds in Obudu local government of Cross River over the ownership for a parcel of farm land.…