By ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, KADUNA AND PAUL ORUDE, BAUCHI • School, bank bombed in Bauchi The peace of Easter was, at the weekend, shattered when gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram invaded a village in Taraba State, killing no fewer than 15 people, while about 20 were injured. This…
An research by three scholars, Anahita Ghorbani, MA, Iranian women’s rights activist and researcher; Yafiah Assoulin, PhD, Syrian women’s rights activist and researcher; and Shada Al Zahrani, MA, a Saudi journalist, women’s rights activist and researcher, have a exposed the link between the Islamist terrorists operating in north east Nigeria, and the Saudi Kingdom. The…
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has said the Sultanate Council was committed to the education of the girl-child, debunking the notion that Islam is against the education of women. He also disclosed that preparations had reached advanced stage for the establishment of All- Women University of Medical Sciences in Sokoto state. Speaking at…
A manager in Shell Development Petroleum Company (SDPC) Nigeria and a businessman have been allegedly killed in Rivers State by fraudsters impersonating as women on a dating site. The corpses of the victims and one other unidentified person have been recovered in a bush by the police in the state. The late Shell manager, Mr.…
A former Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Brig.-Gen Williams Obene (retd.), has said the Federal Government has failed in its war against Boko Haram by not declaring a total war against the terrorist group. In an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday, the retired general, who said he pioneered the Nigerian Army Counter-Terrorism and…
by Paul Osas The Pakistani President, Mamnoon Hussain has postponed a planned visit to Nigeria following pressing concerns in the nation, the Deputy High commissioner, Ahmed Sirohey has said. Pres. Hussain was billed to begin a three-day working visit to Abuja on Monday. Sirohey confirming the postponement said, “due to pressing concerns in Pakistan, the visit…
Terrorist group, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility for the Nyanya attack in a video obtained Saturday, as the search continued for 85 schoolgirls still missing after a mass abduction by the Islamists. The bombing at a bus station packed with morning commuters early on Monday killed at least 75 people on the outskirts of Abuja,…
The military’s sudden retraction of its earlier statement that some of the girls allegedly abducted by Boko Haram have been released has elicited reactions from prominent Nigerians.Angered by the development, former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa said the action of the military was an indication that they have been fooling Nigerians on the…
by Murtala NyakoThe adverse security situation in Northern Nigeria in particular and Nigeria in general is being felt by all of us. While every State Government is doing everything possible using virtually all its resources to stem the tide of near disaster facing all of us especially in the North, it is a well-known fact…
The Southwark Crown Court 9 in London on Tuesday sentenced a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to 13 years in prison for money laundering and corruption.Ibori has been standing trial before Judge Anthony Pitts for corruption and alleged theft of $250 million.He had on February 27, 2012 pleaded guilty to 10 counts…