Baltimore, Maryland – Diaspora Igbo in the US support for Nigeria National Conference and wishes the Goodluck administration to not spare the truth that will set Nigeria finally free. At a meeting of USA-Igbo held under the auspices of Aka Ikenga at USA, Igbo in diaspora commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his wisdom and courage…
PRESIDENT JONATHAN SUSPENDS LAMIDO SANUSI AS CBN GOVERNOR, APPOINTS ACTING GOVERNORHaving taken special notice of reports of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and other investigating bodies, which indicate clearly that Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s tenure has been characterized by various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s vision of…
A SOLDIER guarding the home of a general was one of the casualties of Tuesday night’s Boko Haram’s attack on Bama, Borno State, it was learnt yesterday.Borno State Police Commissioner Lawal Tanko said General Umar Tukur Buratai was not at home during the attack.“The soldiers succeeded in repelling the attacks on Buratai, resulting in minimal…
Maiduguri — Gunmen suspected to be members of deadly Boko Haram terrorists, yesterday, evening invaded the residence of the Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF), Niger Delta, Major General Tukur Buratai at his country home, Buratai District in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, killing two persons including a security personnel on guard suspected to…
Senate By Henry Umoru & JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU ABUJA—THE Presidency explained, yesterday, why the nation’s security forces have found it difficult to completely flush out from their hideouts, members of the Boko Haram sect, who have massacred innocent people and massively destroyed property in the North Eastern part of the country. It admitted that the situation…
Despite the inability of the many Nigerians to buy kerosene at the official N50 per litre, it was disclosed yesterday that the country had spent a whopping N1 trillion over the past four years to subsidise the domestic product. Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, made the disclosure while declaring open an investigative hearing on…
ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, confirmed former National Security Adviser, Gen. Mohammed Aliyu Gusau, former Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro and former governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Boni Haruna, from Zamfara, Lagos and Adamawa states as ministers. Former Nigerian Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali, former Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Mohammed Wakil, Mrs.…
Former Head of State and Chairman, Board of Patrons of the Arewa Consultative Forum, General Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday bemoaned Nigeria’s unending woes and said the country could only overcome its challenges through the unity of the citizens.Gowon, who spoke at the inauguration of the new officers of ACF,said no nation could thrive on the…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Brigadier-General Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa as his new chief Of staff. Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, said this in a statement today. Jonathan last Monday in controversial circumstances sacked Mike Oghiadomhe as his chief of staff. Abati said Arogbofa’s appointment is with immediate effect, adding that he has taken up his new post at the…
Some 45 directors at the federal ministry of foreign affairs have colluded with the highly corrupt Attorney General of the federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke and the supervising minister of foreign affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri to frustrate their retirement from plum foreign ambassadorial positions in a situation that may yet redefine retirement of federal civil servants…