For the third day running, the National Conference sitting in Abuja failed to find a solution to the contentious issue of resource control or derivation. The conference, on since March 17 and gradually winding down, had to once more adjourn abruptly as those for and against an increase of the derivation fund refused to reach…
The Defence Headquarters said yesterday that scores of insurgents died when troops broke through an ambush in Delwa, Borno State. It also confirmed that three soldiers were killed and seven others injured in clashes with Boko Haram insurgents. The report of the fierce battle came on a day the Army raised a seven-man General Court…
Senate President David Mark yesterday faulted the National Assembly for not carrying out its oversight duties diligently before former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, raised the alarm. Sanusi accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of failing to remit $49.8billion oil revenue to the Federation Account. Mark spoke during the…
About nine suspected kidnappers, including seven Yorubas of Nigerian origin has been nabbed.
Nigeria and German officials are holding talks in Abuja on modalities for security cooperation in the fight against insurgency. The one-day discussion on the issue is holding under the political consultations working group of the Nigeria-German Bi-National Commission (BNC). The Nigerian delegation is led by Dr Martin Uhomoihbi, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Dr Markus Ederer, Secretary of State, Foreign Affairs, is…
There were indications yesterday that 30 more women may have escaped from the Boko Haram camps in Sambisa Forest, Borno State.This is coming barely three days after 63 women and children reportedly escaped from the militant group. According to reports quoting military sources, the escapees were helped by hunters to flee the insurgents’ camps.A military…
Effective immediately, the suspension was issued after Nigerian soccer officials were fired by the government following the team’s World Cup exit amid a dispute over player bonuses. FIFA has set a July 15 deadline to resolve the problem, or Nigeria faces exclusion from the Under-20 Women’s World Cup that starts in August in Canada.RIO DE…
High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted as evidence, two AK 47 rifles and 60 rounds of live ammunition as evidence in the ongoing trial of Kogi State University lecturer, Dr Nazeef Yunus Mohammed and two others by the Federal Government, over the terrorism charge slammed against them by the Department of the State…
AS the national conference is gradually winding up its activities, there were divergent views by delegates on the modalities for implementation of the decisions reached at the conference.The delegates were also divided on the powers of the confab to write a new constitution for Nigeria, in place of the 1999 Constitution. ADVERTISEMENTWhile most delegates supported…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that re-electing President Goodluck Jonathan will constitute danger to the country, while blaming the country’s woes on the president.In a statement issued in Osogbo yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said under President Jonathan’s watch, the country had been thrown into unprecedented crisis.The…