Nigeria’s economy now N81trn, says NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday published the final rebased Nigerian Gross Domestic Product, GDP,
president Jonathan, Obasanjo meet over Hausa/Fulani Islamic terrorists Boko Haram
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, held a closed-door meeting following high rate of insecurity in the country, occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency. The problem appears to be getting out of control with terrorists capturing Gwoza, and declaring it an Islamic caliphate. The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa,…
Why We Fled to Cameroon – Deserted Soldiers…Risks Two Years Jail Term as Military Commences Probe
The 480 soldiers who fled into the Cameroonian Territory following a heavy battle with the Boko Haram sect has explained the reason for their action. The soldiers, according to Agence France Presse (AFP), who spoke through a junior officer acting as their proxy, said his colleague who spoke with him from Cameroon claimed that they…
Lies: Embarrassed By Escape Of 500 Troops To Cameroon, Nigeria’s Military Claims “Tactical Maneuver”
Embarrassed by reports that close to 500 Nigerian soldiers fled into Cameroonian to escape from heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents, Nigerian military authorities today posted a statement claiming that the soldiers had charged into the neighboring West African country in a tactical maneuver. Cameroonian officials had told the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation…
Renewed communal crisis claims 40 in Nasarawa
By Our ReporterImo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has commenced monthly donation of N1 million to every state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country to give the party supporters a sense of belonging where the APC is in opposition.Speaking with newsmen in Katsina shortly after presenting N1 million to Katsina State chapter…
Okorocha to spend Imo’s fortunes to keep APC alive as, he commences monthly donation of N1m to APC state chapters.
By Our ReporterImo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has commenced monthly donation of N1 million to every state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country to give the party supporters a sense of belonging where the APC is in opposition.Speaking with newsmen in Katsina shortly after presenting N1 million to Katsina State chapter…
How Tinubu Collected $1.5 Billion Oil Contract From Dieziani Before APC Convention -Cable
Departing APC chieftain, Chief Tom Ikimi, has taken a swipe at former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the recently approved $1.5 billion oil deal between Oando Plc and ConocoPhillips in the upstream sector. The deal, aggrieved APC members told TheCable, was struck in June at a secret meeting between Tinubu and minister…
27 police officers still missing in Gwoza aftre Hausa/Fulani Islamic terrorists Boko Haram attack
Police authorities, yesterday, disclosed that 27 police officers are still missing, almost one week after Hausa/Fulani Islamic terrorists Boko Haram attacked Police Academy in Gwoza, abducting 35 of them.In a statement by the Force Public Relations officer, DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Police Command confirmed that eight of the officers have so far been rescued and…
Runaway soldiers from Hausa/Fulani Islamic terrorists Boko Haram resurface in Mubi
SOME of the 500 Nigerian soldiers alleged to have run away during the battle with the Boko Haram insurgents in Gwoza, Borno State, have resurfaced in Mubi, Adamawa State. Eyewitness in Mubi revealed that residents saw the returning soldiers in the wee hours of Tuesday, as most of them were in torn uniforms.
Ebola outbreak of disease contained in Nigeria, says FG
The Federal Government has declared that the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease