The cease-fire deal announced by the Nigerian government on Friday appears to be unraveling as fresh clashes between soldiers and Boko Haram militants are reported in the northeastern town of Damboa. The news comes as the government prepares for more regionally mediated talks in Chad to discuss the release of 219 schoolgirls still held by…
By JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJAPresident Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday said he borrowed a leaf from former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon‘s principle of not crushing his enemies during the civil war, in his administration’s fight against insurgency.The President made the disclosure during the service to commemorate Gowon’s 80th birthday at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. The…
The president of the Civil Right Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani, yesterday said that the ceasefire pact between the federal government and the Boko Haram sect was a complete fraud.Sani, who had initiated talks between the former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leaders of the Boko Haram sect, said, “It is either government sat…
Just when the Taraba State government set up a committee on reconciliation and restoration of victims of the crisis in the state, another crisis has erupted in Sondi settlement in Wukari local government area, leaving 15 people dead.An eye witness who spoke to LEADERSHIP said that the trouble started in the area when gunmen in…
Sect sacks Adamawa Village, many killed, houses razedBy Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru & Umar YusufABUJA—Negotiations between the Federal Government and representatives of the Boko Harm Islamic sect on the release of 219 abducted Chibok girls will continue today in Chad. This came as government declared that it had no reason to doubt the sect’s promise…
The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has frowned at some misguided Nigerians calling for Nigeria to split at the slightest provocation, and called on Nigerians to celebrate General Yakubu Gowon’s 80th birthday, remembering why we must ‘Go on with One-Nigeria’. The 19 northern states governors reminded that our forebears paid dearly to unite the country…
Nigeria is in such a deplorably inflamed state of insecurity and mutual mistrust between different segments of the society that doesn’t require another dirty second round of GOODLUCK vs BUHARI.In fact that will cause another severe ‘political anaphylaxis’ that can lead to shock and ultimate death of the nation we all aspire to live in……
Nigeria is demanding a probe into the activities of a company, which it believes is involved
Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has written a heartfelt letter to the world over the Ebola crisis that hit her country. In the letter which was read over the radio and transmitted worldwide, she likened the Ebola epidermic to the civil war her country faced 11 years ago which killed a lot of Liberians, crumbled…
Synod dumps “welcoming homosexuals” section from draft document on ministering, after arguments over tone and content.Catholic bishops have rejected a landmark welcome to gays, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families.The bishops failed on Saturday to approve…