By EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha on July 22, 2014 · NationalNo fewer than 486 magic examination centres identified in Anambra State are to be shutdown by the state government as part of official measures to curb examination malpractices in the education sector.The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Kate Omenugha, who gave the hint during the 10th…
BY Soni DanielAbuja—Apparently preparing the ground for formal declaration of his presidential ambition, Kano State Governor, Rabio Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, launched series of verbal attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of failing to provide security for lives and property in Nigeria.Kwankwaso, therefore, concluded that it would be difficult for Jonathan to win election in…
Former Head of State and chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, x-rayed current political developments in the country and concluded that Nigeria was headed for the brink. He, therefore, appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to “pull Nigeria back from the brink”. Highlighting some of the developments which informed his…
Northern delegates have initiated moves to kill the final report of the National Conference. They met at a highbrow hotel in Abuja at the weekend to ensure that the report does not see the light of day. The conference, which ended abruptly last week, is to review and adopt its report on August 4, preparatory…
The Concerned Arewa Citizens today submitted a bill to the Kaduna House of Assembly seeking a law to provide for the registration of southerners in Kaduna and other parts of Northern Nigeria. The Kano-based group, which submitted the Bill and covering letter jointly signed by its President and Secretary, Audu Bulama Bukarti and Sanusi Umar…
With most parts of northern and central Borno State under their control,
The police have beefed up security in Lagos, following recent claim by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau that he ordered a bombing – Apapa, an industrial hub of the former capital city. Lagos State Police Commissioner Umar Manko told leaders of the Victoria Island community at a meeting at the weekend that the value of…
shekau military vehiclesNigerian army chiefs are the incontrovertible sponsors of the Boko Haram deadly terrorist sect ravaging the north of the nation. Major General Kenneth Tobiah Minimah GSS, Lt General Onyabor Azubuike Ihejirika CFR GSS, and the Minister of defense, Spy Aliyu Gusau are the direct sponsors supplying the terrorists according to all open evidence.…
By Joe Chukindi A rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, (Intersociety), on Sunday, said the Nigerian security forces, as presently constituted, lacks the capacity to fight insurgency because of the country’s weak policy on security.The chairman, Board of Trustees of the group, Comrade Emeka Umeagbalasi said this while briefing journalists…
Suspected Islamists raided the remote northeast Nigerian town of Damboa over the weekend, shooting dead more than 40 residents and burning down houses in a familiar pattern of killing that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes this year.Witnesses and a security source said the gunmen, thought to be members of Boko Haram,…