The intention of the governor of Imo state Mallam Owelle Rochas Okorocha to gamble in the next general election by trying his size in the race for presidency as well as go for governorship position if he fails to grab the plum ticket of his party or that of Vice-Presidency is suffering fresh hitches.
There were indications, weekend, that the Army High Command has ordered the arrest and detention of a Brigadier-General attached to the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army (names with-held) over allegations of negligence that gave Boko Haram terrorists an opportunity to overrun some communities in Borno State recently.
ZANGON KATAF—The Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Bishop Joseph Bagobiri said yesterday it was a religious obligation binding on Christians to use, “moderate and proportionate force” to defend themselves against the onslaught on them by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, arguing that it was a biblical teaching.
The House of Representatives his set to commence investigation
by: Yusuf Alli, •Orders massive air strikes on sect•To take delivery of Cobra gunships soon•Friends identify pilotVengeance: That is the warning from the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, to Boko Haram following claims by the sect to have beheaded a pilot of the Nigeria Air Force.Although the DHQ on Friday disputed the claim that any pilot was…
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that Nigerians must pray for God to raise disciplined leaders that will make the nation work.Nigeria, he stated, needs divine intervention.In his Eid-el-Kabir message from his media Office, the former Lagos governor said: “Nigeria needs help. The problems we ought…
by: daniel An international human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has kicked against the death by firing squad sentence passed on 12 Nigerian soldiers by a military general court martial in Abuja for mutiny, among other offences.The court three weeks ago, found the soldiers guilty of attempted murder for firing shots at the General Officer…
by Tobi Aworinde President Goodluck Jonathan insisted yesterday that nobody should associate the activities of terrorist groups across the world, including the Boko Haram sect, to the Islamic religion.“What is happening globally now has no religious basis. Only yesterday, a British aid worker was slaughtered by ISIS and that is not Islamic. Boko Haram…
by Tobi Aworinde The United Nations has said the number of people across the world who have been internally displaced is at its worst. The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, while addressing the yearly meeting of the organisation’s High Commissioner for Refugees’ Governing Executive Committee in Geneva, on Wednesday, called on countries around the world…
Billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze yesterday berated Nigerian politicians, calling them criminals and greedy human beings. Eze’s bombshell came just as Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, said that the Nigerian nation would not achieve its desired development without peace and love.