The appointment of Suleiman A. Abba as Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been condemned by the International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Rule (Intersociety). The appointment, according to the frontline rights group, is “suicidal” and “amounts to presidential cluelessness.”
A former United States of America Ambassador, John Campbell, tells BAYO AKINLOYE in this interview that his view about Nigeria has not changed and that the country faces formidable challenges that will either make or break it based on the choices made by Nigerians In your critically acclaimed book, Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink, you…
Human rights activists have asked northerners to hold their leaders responsible for the insurgency in the region.
By CHIOMA IGBOKWE■ We only recycle the bones – SuspectsThree suspected human parts dealers, two of them Islamic clerics, are now helping police detectives to break the demand and supply chain of a trans-border syndicate which trades in human skulls.The suspects already arrested in connection with the illicit trade include Clement Omodijie as well as…
by Etim Ekpimah The Akwa Ibom State Government said it had received text messages from the Boko Haram terrorist group threatening to attack public places in the state.A statement issued on Friday evening by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, said the public places targeted include churches, markets and schools, among…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu.The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Reuben Abati, said in a statement that a replacement, Joseph Dawha, was appointed to take over from him immediately.Mr. Abati also said the President also approved the appointment…
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that he never imagined that Nigerians could make themselves available to be used as suicide bombers but has vowed to lead Nigerians to defeat Boko Haram.He declared: “I never for once thought that I would, in my life time, hear of Nigerians strapping bombs to themselves and blowing up innocent…
Saturday, August 2, 2014 8:01 AM There was confusion on Friday over reports that Ghana had officially banned flights from four West African countries, including Nigeria, citing concerns about the rapid spread of the Ebola virus, which has claimed over 600 lives.ADVERTISEMENTA report carried by an online medium, Saharareporters quoted Charles Asare, Managing Director of…
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegations that he plotted the recent assassination attempt on former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.). “In the petition to the Director-General of DSS, Nta Ekpenyong signed by his lawyer Festus Keyamo, Dokubo-Asari…
The military has traced some of the explosives being used by Boko Haram female suicide bombers to a Chinese factory which was seized some weeks ago by the sect. Also, preliminary findings revealed that some of the teenage bombers were not aware that they were on suicide mission. It was learnt that most of the…