Today, President Goodluck Jonathan pleaded with the Nigerian legislature for approval to borrow up to $1 billion, to help the military combat the Boko Haram insurgency.The request, delivered via a July 15th letter titled “Tackling ongoing security challenges for urgent action”, appealed for further “government to government” funding to fight mounting security issues. “You are…
In a story published in THIS DAY LIVE, a continuous siege on Askira-Uba local government council of Borno state,
Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose for the fourth straight month in June to hit 8.2 percent, a 10-month high, driven by higher food prices, the statistics bureau said.
Farouk Martins Aresa The voiceless survivals and silent majority could care less about longevity of oil politics. They discuss the voices of MEND followed by those of OPC, MASSOB and Boko Haram demanding contracts and compensation. Some at National Conference want theirs written in constitution. Even the Afenifere went to Abuja claiming marginalization while Ohanaeze…
Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists have killed 44 persons between Monday and Tuesday in Dille and Huyim villages of Askira – Uba Local GovernmentArea of Borno State, Pointblanknews.com gathered. A member of the local Vigilante Group confirmed the incident on phone today. According to the member , ” the suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded our community…
KANO (AFP) – Relatives of some of the schoolgirls seized in a mass kidnapping by Boko Haram demanded Wednesday that Nigeria’s president meet everyone affected, describing a hastily-arranged plan for a visit with aselect few as offensive. More than three months after the Islamist rebels seized 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeastern…
By From ALOYSIUS ATTAH, Onitsha For the residents and landlords of Oduke Layout, Obosi, Anambra State, life has lost its good taste and meaning. Everyday spent within the layout is like living in perpetual agony owing to flood and erosion menace ravaging the area. While water is regarded as a source of life, the sign…
Being Text of a Press Conference Addressed By Joe Igbokwe in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, 16th July 2014. Gentlemen of the Press. I speak to you as an Activist, I speak to you as one of those who participated and witnessed the struggle for democracy in this country from 1985 to 1999. I speak…
Nigerians have continued to welcome the decision by the United Kingdom to probe the alleged links between terror group, Boko Haram, and some top Nigerian politicians.One of the groups, Citizens’ Cultural Renaissance Initiative, in a statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja, yesterday, said the move by the UK would lead to the exposure of…
A group, Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, has raised an objection to what it perceived as domination of police commands in the South-East by commissioners of northern origin. The ILT, made up of prominent Igbo leaders like legal luminary and former Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred…