The Nigeria Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on May 14th. The soldiers have since been sentenced to death for that action by a military court. According to Punch, Mohammed…
In what could apparently be considered a daring move, leader of Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo-Asari yesterday exploded, saying that former President Olusegun Obasanjo connived with Boko Haram peace Negotiator, Mr. Stephen Davies to name Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and Senator Ali Sheriff as sponsors of the deadly sect to embarrass President Goodluck Jonathan.Asari…
President Goodluck Jonathan met yesterday with some security chiefs over the $9.3m arms deal that went away in South Africa, a source said.Jonathan reportedly demanded “full briefing” on how South African security agents impounded the cash from two Nigerian and an Israeli in Pretoria after it was flown in by a private jet.The Nigerians and…
Condemning the illegal operation and the suspicious handling of a purported arms purchase, the Buhari Vanguard made the assertion that the weaponry was to be purchased for use by terrorists, pirates, and other militants in the Niger Delta. The statement also charged that this move might be a political ploy to malign the 2015 presidential…
Islamist police in Saudi Arabia have stormed a Christian prayer meeting and arrested its entire congregation, including women and children, and confiscated their bibles, it has been reported.The raid was the latest incident of a swingeing crackdown on religious minorities in Saudi Arabia by the country’s hard-line Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention…
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By Luka BinniyatKADUNA—The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, yesterday, accused all former Nigerian leaders of northern origin as well as incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of being responsible for the past and present economic, social, security and political problems of Northern Nigeria.In a communique issued yesterday, after an emergency meeting of all northern groups, called by the…
by Fidelis SoriweiA military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences guilty.Twelve of the convicted soldiers were sentenced to death, five were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was jailed for 28 days with hard labour.The soldiers had on May 14,…
by Jude Owuamanam No fewer than five people, including a 40-year-old woman and her two children, aged three and five, were killed in a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Mbar community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.More than 20 houses, including farmlands and houses, were also torched in the incident said…
By AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja… Closing borders not solution to Ebola –EU President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Kadre Ouedraogo, yesterday, recounted the efforts made by the regional body to curb insecurity in West Africa, particularly, the Boko Haram menace.Speaking with Daily Sun during the opening ceremony of the 10th annual…