In the days before a vicious wave of attacks on February 15 that killed hundreds in northeast Nigeria, villagers fled their homes, fearful something terrible was about to happen. But the army was nowhere to be seen, a church leader says.Militants of the Islamist Boko Haram sect swept out of the hills and bush of…
General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Shehu Yusuf,The General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Shehu Yusuf, has described the recurring terrorist attacks by the Boko Haram Islamic sect in the North-Eastern part of the country as not a big deal.Yusuf said if the relevant security agencies came…
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke and other chief executives of parastatals under her ministry will be arrested and prosecuted if indicted by the ongoing probe into the alleged missing $20 billion from the account of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The assurance was given by the presidency while explaining reasons for the removal…
The Governor of Benue State, Governor Gabriel Torwua Suswam Tingir, has said those behind the sustained attacks and killings of innocent Benue indigenes are terrorists who only disguise as herdsmen, NaijaSharpNews correspondent in Makurdi has reported. Gov Suswam, in his comments made after the recent killings in the State said the terrorists in Benue have…
The people of Kalabari community in Rivers State have accused president Goodluck Jonathan of plotting to seize oil and gas bearing wells in the state in order to cede them to his native state, Bayelsa.This was contained in a petition addressed to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over the…
British monarch and Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth II, is to be conferred with an award on Friday, February 28, by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to mark Nigeria’s centenary. On the same day too, Sir Fredrick Lugard, who effected the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates of the British Crown to form a…
Owerri, the Imo State capital was yesterday shut down as President Goodluck Jonathan visited the state to attend a sensitization rally organised to welcome back some party faithful who left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the past. Early in the morning, major roads around the metropolis were condoned off, leaving only VIP movement around…
His Eminence, Sultan of Sokoto and President of National Islamic Council, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has lamented the current spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria is in a state of mess. Abubakar made this pronunciation during the closing ceremony of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition in Dutse on Saturday. He said that the spate of…
Another 29 persons have been feared killed in a fresh attack at Rakong village, a border between Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas of Plateau State Although the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, confirmed the attack he was silent on casualty figures. According to him, “There was an attack yesterday in the…
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says it has closed hundreds of miles (kilometers) of its northeastern border with Cameroon to stop Islamic extremists using the country as a haven and launch pad for attacks. Brig. Gen. Rogers Nicholas of the 23rd Armored Brigade told reporters Saturday he was exercising emergency powers because it is…