Lagosians got yesterday perhaps the first hint of Boko Haram’s imprint in the city. Abubakar Shekau, leader of the violent Islamist sect, claimed responsibility for the explosion in Apapa – one of the key homes of businesses with national and international relevance, including the port. It also owned up to the bombing in Abuja, in…
Following the irreconcilable differences between the Northern and Southern delegates
By CHIDI OBINECHEProfessor Ango Abdullahi, scion of the northern intelligentsia, and frontline trooper of the oligarchy is the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF. He shot into national consciousness in the maelstrom of the “Ango must go” crisis of 1986, when a violent uprising in the nation’s ivory towers demanded his removal as the…
Omoyele Sowore – Publisher of Sahara ReportersBy Ogala Emmanuel and Chinenye UgonnaOmoyele Sowore is the publisher of New York-based Sahara Reporters, known for its hard-hitting reporting that is keeping Nigeria’s government officias, individuals and corporations on their toes.Recently, Mr. Sowore suddenly walked into our newsroom in Abuja. Our reporters sat down with him for an…
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has voiced support for the extremist Sunni Islamic State (IS) militant group, which has taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria, in a new video seen Sunday.“My brethren… may Allah protect you,” Shekau said in the video given to AFP, listing IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Al-Qaeda head Ayman…
The responsibility for a June 25 bombing in Wuse II, Abuja, and an explosion same day at a fuel depot in Apapa, Lagos State, has been claimed by Boko HaramThe sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a new video seen by AFP Sunday, claimed responsibility for the attacks.While the Abuja attack, a suicide bombing at Emab…
DELEGATES DURING THE HEATED DEBATE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL REVENUE SHARING FORMULA AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ABUJA THURSDAYAn Igbo group, Ndigbo Unity Forum, NUF, has thrown its weight behind the agitation for the adoption of 50 percent derivation for revenue coming from oil.The President of the forum, Mr. Augustine Chukwudum, who spoke on Saturday, said…
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) may have come under the spotlight of the British government over allegations that it has links with the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group. Feelers from the British parliament gave this indication at the weekend. Reports had it that the United Kingdom (UK)’s Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (otherwise…
The Northern Delegates’ Forum at the National Conference has said the proposals by the Committee on Devolution of Power on the ownership and control of Nigeria’s mineral resources may split the country. The forum said it was opposed to some of the proposals to protect the unity of the country. The conference had witnessed rowdy…
At its twilight, the 2014 National Conference in Abuja heads for the precipice. Read the account of a week long stalemated session on resource control and derivation principle. It was originally meant to be a National Intervention Fund, but they called it a National Intervention Fund for North East, North West and North CentralThis is,…