President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to place public interest above personal or private interest in the collective effort to build a strong nation, which would be pride of all. Opening the 44th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja, yesterday, he said although the nation was blessed with world-class professionals, some of them had failed to…
All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of exhibiting a shocking act of indiscretion by hobnobbing with an alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Ali Modu Sheriff, who is not known to have been investigated and cleared of the weighty allegation against him.
Aggrieved commanders of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have explained the cause of the face-off between them and their embattled leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike.They said their grouse with Uwazuruike was not political, as was being insinuated in some quarters.The commanders said their expulsion from the group, which Uwazuruike…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bashir Wali has described as embarrassing, the size of Nigeria’s delegation to the United Nation General Assembly every year. He regretted that not even China with a population of over one billion people can compare with the number of delegates that Nigeria sends to the annual general assembly each…
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BY CHIDI NKWOPARAOWERRI – Palpable anxiety has gripped the management and staff of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, following the reported abduction of the institution’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, Nze Ralph Njoku-Obi, last Sunday.Vanguard gathered that unidentified armed hoodlums scaled through the perimeter fence of Njoku-Obi’s private residence in Owalla, Uratta, Owerri North local Council…
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MaiduguriThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Borno has been divided over call by its chairman for the probe of the former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika for alleged sponsorship of Boko Haram insurgents.Maiduguri branch Chairman of the association,…
Muslims around the world, along with U.S. President Barack Obama, have denounced ISIS, saying that their actions do not define Islam and are wholly against the Quran. But verses straight from the same book both moderate Muslims and ISIS insurgents reference show that the savages are not misinterpreting the Apostle Muhammad after all. David Woods…
KANO State governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, has lamented that over four million northerners have been displaced because of the security challenges facing the region.Speaking at the inauguration of the North-West zonal executive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and zonal rally in Sokoto, on Monday, he asserted that most of the people in the North…
THE Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Monday, said it was alarmed over the silence of President Goodluck Jonathan regarding the revelations made by Australian cleric and international negotiator, Dr Steven Davies. The Australian had alleged that former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, were sponsors…