Dauda Ilya, a spokesman for the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), which organized the parents’ trip to Abuja, stated yesterday at a media briefing in Abuja that the Nigerian president had given N22.4 million to the distraught parents. Contrary to claims by the Presidency, President Goodluck Jonathan offered money to the parents of abducted Chibok…
By FRED ITUA, Abuja• Alleges Gaddafi sponsored ex-CPC presidential election bid…It’s not true, says aide A former warlord and leader of Niger Delta People’s Salvation Force (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that Nigeria would have boiled if former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, had died in last Wednesday’s twin…
For the umpteenth, the city of Kano has come under the attack of the Boko Haram insurgents as another suicide bomb blast on Wednesday occurred at the Aminu Kano School of legal and Islamic studies, in Kano state killing an unspecified number of students and admission seekers. The attack which occurred at the Central Administration…
Adamawa acting governor, Honourable Umaru Fintiri, has revealed that the ousted Muritala Nyako administration plundered state financial resources to the tune of N80 billion, promising that a judicial panel of inquiry will be instituted to investigate the administration.He stated this in his maiden broadcast to citizens of the state on Tuesday, noting that “Never in…
One of the Leaders of the #Bringbackourgirls and former minister forEducation, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said the abducted Chibok girls could bethe female suicide bombers used by the Boko Haram terrorist group.Two female suicide bombers struck in different parts of Kano on Mondaykilling and injuring several people while muslims observed theEid-el-Filtri.Ezekwesili said in series…
Boko Haram continued its onslaught in the Northeast yesterday, blowing up a bridge linking Buni Yadi with Damaturu in Yobe State. The insurgents attacked Katarko, hitting a military facility, before entering the town. Eight people were killed. Katarko is 22 kilometers south of Damaturu, the state capital. It is in Gujba Local Government Area, one…
Nigerians have been cautioned against judging public office holders based on the number of roads constructed. Speaking at the Directors Forum organised recently by Poise Nigeria, founder of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL), Prof. Pat Utomi, called for a more pragmatic approach to governance in Nigeria by evolving a culture of quality works…
A rift has broken out between the parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls and the community’s leaders over the sharing of the N100m cash gift allegedly given to the parents of the students by President Goodluck Jonathan. The money was allegedly given by the President after a meeting in Abuja on July 22.
Given the upswing in activities of the Boko Haram sect in some states in northern Nigeria,
UMUAHIA — FORMER President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, has described Nigeria as an inflammable commodity that could explode anytime. Ikedife, a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, warned that the country could explode, if the confab failed to handle the issue of derivation formula with honesty, seriousness and without unnecessary sentiment.According to him,…