By Wale Odunsi Two eminent Nigerians, Thursday asked the federal government to take a more decisive action to end the protracted insurgency in the Northeast.Former Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae and former Kaduna State governor, Balarabe Musa advised President Goodluck Joanthan to declare war on the sect to prove that his administration was not complicit…
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews An end may be in sight over the spate of insecurity created by Boko Haram insurgency, as reports monitored by DailyPost suggest that the Federal Government has finally entered into directs talks with representatives of the insurgency group in Saudi Arabia.According to reports carried by the Voice of AMERICA, VOA, the FG…
SARKIN Hausawa of Lagos, Alhaji Sani Kabir, yesterday, told the Federal Government that northerners in the South West have arrested more than 1,000 members of the Boko Haram insurgents in parts of the South West.Speaking when the Arewa Council of Chiefs in the South West paid a visit to the Minister of Special Duties and…
The House of Representatives said on Thursday that some local government areas and villages in Borno State remained under the control of Boko Haram insurgents with thousands of residents still displaced. The House noted that the security situation in the affected local government areas was still precarious, contrary to claims by the Federal Government that…
The Nigerian Army yesterday barred journalists from further covering the proceedings of its General Court Martial, GCM, which commenced sitting on Wednesday at the Army Headquarters, AHQ, Garrison, in Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, to try 97 soldiers for various offences of mutiny, conspiracy to commit mutiny, among others.
One of the 60 soldiers scheduled to be tried by the Army authorities for alleged mutiny yesterday had the charges against him dropped because of ill health. As the cort martial got underway in Abuja, the lead prosecutor, Capt. Joseph Nwosu, called the attention of the court to the fact that the 11th accused person,…
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Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande yesterday, described the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan as government of impunity and power tyranny.Akabde who also described President Jonathan as an ingrate to Yoruba people, acussing him of marginalising the Yoruba “in all constitutional appointments”.The national leader of…
Seven months after the ill-fated Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment, some victims of the stampede in Benin, the Edo State capital, protested the non-implementation of the compensation promised them by President Goodluck Jonathan.It will be recalled that 18 persons died including one at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the exercise in Edo while over 20,000…
ABUJA—Military authorities yesterday in Abuja arraigned 59 soldiers, who are taking part in the ongoing war to flush out Boko Haram terrorists in the North east, on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny and mutiny. The soldiers during thier mutiny tral The 59 soldiers, who are part of 97 officers and…