Leon Lotz, a white South African military ‘advisor’ who died in battle with Boko Haram last week, was a Koevoet man. In post-Apartheid South Africa, this tag hardly draws any admiration. Koevoet was an Apartheid paramilitary organisation established at the height of the South African Border War in 1979. After the fall of Apartheid, many…
Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade Says alleged ‘mercenaries’ are technical advisers Senator Iroegbu in Abuja The military has disclosed that the ongoing cordon and search by troops in Buni Yadi in Yobe State has led to the discovery of a bomb making factory, where improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used by terrorists…
Ibrahim lamorde, EFCC chairman PDP plans to use agency against our members, alleges opposition ‘Purported letter fake’ Fani-Kayode: APC members hiding under their beds and running from their own shadows Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Paul Obi in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday took a swipe at the All…
British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Simon Shercliff As WAANSA urges countries to ratify ATT Senator Iroegbu and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The British Government Friday said her arms were not part of the ones in the country that had contributed to the blood-letting of more than 14,000 innocent Nigerians since the Boko Haram…
Chuks Okocha in Abuja Barely two weeks to the 2015 general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has charged Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to be steadfast in the face of distractions as the Commission would settle for nothing but the best elections.…
INEC card reader Condemns PDP’s ‘do-or-die’ approach Gboyega Akinsanmi The All Progressives Congress (APC) friday said the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum against the use of card reader machines (CRMs) for the 2015 elections “is an attempt to promote electoral frauds and rigging.” The party, also, said rejecting the use of…
Chief Albert Horsfall Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Elder statesmen and leaders in Rivers state have called on the people of the state and entire Niger Delta region to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the forth-coming presidential election. The statesmen and leaders, under the aegis of Rivers Elders and Leaders Council (RELEC), said their…
President Goodluck Jonathan Says Fashola’s comment on Lagos armed robbery incident irresponsible ‘Jonathan did not have telephone conversation with Morocco king’ APC tells President to apologise to Nigerians over row Jaiyeola Andrews and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Presidency on Friday rebuffed claims by the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu,…
General Muhammadu Buhari All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, who left the shores on Nigeria controversially for London two weeks ago for medical attention as well as to make a speech at Chatham House, is back in the country. He touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 5.40 on…
President Goodluck Jonathan • FG meets with parents of schoolgirls •Elderly men studying Qur’an in Gwoza killed as sect is expelled from MafaJaiyeola Andrews in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Almost one year after over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, and possibly encouraged by the inroads the Nigerian…