Upwards of 10,000 retired soldiers are to be reinstated back into the Nigerian Army in a bid to boost the strength of the military to confront the insurgency that has engulfed the country’s North-East. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) said this afternoon that the Federal Government has already authorised the move.
Defence Headquarters this evening confirmed the flushing out of Boko Haram terrorists from over seven towns in the country’s North-East, vowing to maintain the momentum until the terrorists are obliterated. Giving one of the most reassuring messages in recent times concerning the battle with insurgents, Defence Headquarters tweeted that Mubi, Michika, Bazza, Gulak, Gwoza, Bama,…
A northern delegate at the just concluded National Conference,
Residents of two Bura villages in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State now live in fear after Boko Haram insurgents struck and ordered non-Muslims to convert to Islam within 24 hours. The insurgents were said to have invaded Shaffa and Tesan Aledeh which are predominantly Christian communities on Wednesday evening. Before they left unchallenged,…
No fewer than four people were killed in front of the Zamfara State Government House, Gusau, yesterday when supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed over the sharing formula of an undisclosed amount of money given to them by a prominent politician who visited Governor Abdulaziz Yari.The politician (name withheld) defected to APC and…
By ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja ■ Northern youths protest move against VPNorthern youths under the auspices of Youth Development Transformation and Sustenance Peace in Nigeria (YODETSIN), have expressed disappointment over an alleged plot to drop Mohammed Namadi Sambo as vice president in the 2015 presidential election, warning that they would do everything to resist such.Deputy National Leader,…
By CHRIS IWARAHFormer Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu and The Sun Publishing Limited have asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the Nigeria Police and agents of Abia State government from harassing and threatening them.In a fundamental rights enforcement application filed by their lawyer, Chief Charles Enwelunta on September 10, the…
By Nwabueze OkonkwoONITSHA—Worried by the alleged capture of some communities in the northern part of the country by Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram, the traditional regent of Mbosi in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Okey–Joe Onuakalusi, yesterday warned that no part of the nation’s land should be ceded to the insurgents.Sounding the note…
“This is a rebuttal from the information dissemination and sensitization unit of the Jamaatul Ahlil Sunna Lidawati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) on the series of lies that the Nigeria military have been feeding the world on our recent conquests. Let the whole world know that we are on the path of victory because up to
