The reality of the monstrous operations of the terrorist Boko Haram continues to be felt within Nigeria and across her boarders. More than 3000 Nigerians have been expelled from Cameroun in reaction to the spate of bloody Boko Haram attacks, agency reports quoted Yaounde officials as disclosing on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the deadly group has continued…
Signs of what constitute the endless repetition of history abounds in that British creation not a nation made by God but geographically named Nigeria. “Since 1914 the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs…
The Ijaw Youth Council said on Saturday it had uncovered plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to send federal troops to invade the Niger Delta with Ijaw communities as the target. But the Presidency described the allegation as baseless speculation undeserving of a response.The IYC in a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, said information at…
There may be hope around the corner for the release of the over 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok Borno State, as there are reports of preliminary talks between the Presidency and some leaders of Boko Haram, The Nation reports. According to the report, the new deal is being brokered by some confidants…
Precisely 59 days after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday listed many ‘sins’ the Federal Government under the President had committed and said Buhari’s government lacked direction. Among the sins of the Buhari’s government, the PDP said, included alleged failure by the President to achieve anything meaningful during his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Haruna Baba Jauro as the new acting DG of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Buhari had only earlier this week appointed Calistus Obi, an Igbo by ethnicity, as acting director general/chief executive of NIMASA and now with no explanation put in someone from the northern…
Onitsha (Anambra) – No fewer than 120 lock-up shops were submerged by flood at the International Electronics Market, Onitsha, Anambra following a downpour on Friday night. A correspondent, who visited the market on Saturday, observed that electronics and others goods worth N50 million were socked and damaged in the flood. The Chairman of the market…
President Buhari has made it known that he will not treat those who voted for him the same he will do those who did not vote him into power. During a question and answer session in the US yesterday, President Buhari made this known. When a female white journalist asked the president how he intended…
A 51-year-old man, Ozalla Onyechukwugoziri, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful society called the “State of Biafra”. Onyechukwugoziri is facing trial on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attending meetings of an unlawful society and belonging to a secret cult. The accused, however,…
There has been tension in Lara, Igbe community, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State after some Hausa thugs allegedly slaughtered a 33-year-old resident, Shola Olaide, during an argument. PUNCH Metro learnt that after the killing, which occurred at about 8pm last Sunday, angry youths went on the rampage threatening to kill all northerners in…