The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Friday that the Nigerian Army was among the best in the world. Minimah, who is also the reviewing officer, made the statement at the passing out parade of 70 Recruits Intake Trades Men/Women held at the Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria, Kaduna. “With the calibre of…
BY Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is alarmed by the increase in attacks by unknown gunmen on people in north-east Nigeria and called on the government to take effective measures to protect the people and prevent further human rights abuses. “Since the beginning of this year the attacks have intensified. Over 600 people have been killed…
Activities of the Boko Haram sect has resulted in no fewer than 15,000 pupils dropping out of school in Borno State in the last one year, a non-governmental organisation, ActionAid Nigeria, has said.The group, which made this known on Thursday, also claimed that the actions of the sect had led to the destruction of no…
THREE of President Goodluck Jonathan’s successors-ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; ex-Heads of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida – as well as President of the Senate, David Mark, were on Thursday absent from the country’s centenary being held in Abuja.They did not attend the international conference held as part of activities marking the…
When the governor of Borno State, who is on ground and knows what is going on in his state, said those who have been recruited by the Boko Haram are better armed and motivated than the Nigerian Army, people like Doyin Okupe who haven’t been to Borno since the killings started insulted the governor. But…
by GEORGE OPARA Gunmen and Kidnappers appear to be on the prowl again in Abia State as they have kidnapped two market women and a six-month old baby boy.They perpetrated their nefarious act by feigning to be operators of taxi cabs and motorcyclists Aba, the commercial nucleus of the state, and Umuahia, the state capital.Yesterday,…
George AgbaPresident Goodluck vowed yesterday that security forces in the country would adopt whatever means to totally end the sourge of terrorism and other gory activities of the Boko Haram sect. The president, LEADERSHIP gathered, had on Tuesday morning shed tears when he got the news of the gruesome killings of about 43 students in Yobe…
Uni-OsunArmed hoodlums, yesterday, invaded the hostel of students of the Osun State University main campus in Osogbo and allegedly raped some female students while some male students were injured.The hoodlums, according to sources, stormed the hostel located at Oke Bale area outside the university campus in the evening and stole some property belonging to the…
From EMMANUEL UZOR, OnitshaUneasy calm reigns in Onitsha, Anambra State as child theft has assumed a dangerous dimension in the commercial city with the emergence of a syndicate that allegedly steals children from Calabar, Cross River State and uses Onitsha as its sales point.However, luck ran out on two suspected female members of the syndicate…
Nigeria’s oil production has dropped by at least 95,000 barrels per day as the Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it had closed the Nembe Creek Trunk oil pipeline to stop leakage caused by oil theft.The oil major said that it shut the pipeline on Sunday night.The pipeline pumps the Bonny Light grade of crude…