President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his pledge to rout Boko Haram insurgents by the end of this year, but declared that he will not resign from office if the promise is not achieved as he would rather “stay and fight it out.” Buhari, who stated this during a chat with Al Jazeera’s UpFront programme, expressed…
Chief Olu Falae has recounted the scenes of his bizarre abduction saga that took place in September 2015. Olu Falae, who spoke with tears periodically dropping from his eyes, said, “I will consider my suffering a blessing if Yorubas are eventually liberated from the shackles of nomadic Fulani herdsmen who have become a thorn in…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria can win the current war against the terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Obasanjo said the country doesn’t necessarily have to wait until all insurgents have been killed before it can claim victory over the terrorists. Obasanjo, who led a group of Columbians and others to visit President Muhammadu Buhari…
Enjoying a chilled cider in a hotel pool bar, former Nigerian militant leader Ebi John has a simple message for President Muhammadu Buhari – keep paying my men or risk a new insurgency in the Niger Delta. Tensions have been building in the southern swampland since Buhari said in his inauguration speech in May that…
International non-government organization – Transparency International, listed Nigeria among nations with ‘worrying’ records in its most recent Corruptions Perceptions Index. Other countries ranked along with Nigeria, according to The Independent of London report on Wednesday, are: expanding economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. They are however not among the 20 most…
No fewer than three persons were left injured and goods allegedly worth over N50 million were Tuesday gutted by mid-night fire that reportedly razed the popular Electronics International Market Onitsha, the commercial nerve center of Anambra State. Reports say the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained but the inferno was said to…
The Code of Conduct Bureau has said that assets declared by public officers would not be available for public inspection. In a response to the Advocate for Peoples Rights and Justice, the CCB said that assets declarations by public officers contain personal information that fall within the exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act. The…
The Nigerian Army is currently engaged in exchange of fire with suspected terrorists in Okene town, Kogi State. A Premium Times report states that the gun battle started in the early hours of Tuesday, while residents remaining indoors as the clash between the troops and suspected terrorists heightened. An eyewitness and resident of the town…
Five men namely, Amadu Mairake, 60, Samaila Hamza, 30, Hassan Surajo, 40, Sani Abdullahi, 30, and 40-year-old Hassan Ila were on Tuesday arraigned before a Senior Magistrates Court sitting in Katsina, for allegedly impregnating a 13- year-old minor. The suspects, who reside at Borin-Dawa village in Malumfashi Local Government of Katsina State, were arraigned on…
Nigeria has warned civilians that Boko Haram is using deadly cluster bombs but campaigners say the Islamists may have got the banned weapons from the military in the first place. Defence spokesperson Rabe Abubakar urged people to be on their guard for “cluster bombs, sometimes scalled scatter bombs”, as engineers had recently found caches in…