by: Yusuf Alli in Featured,The military has relocated a Boko Haram kingpin, who is among the 486 suspects detained in Abia State, to a detention facility for a comprehensive investigation, The Nation learnt yesterday.Of the suspects, 86 are said to have link with Boko Haram, the Islamist sect that has killed thousands. More interrogators, comprising…
By The Nation NewspaperMinister of Police Affairs Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan has expressed regret for not flogging the first civilian governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, during the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) stakeholders meeting with the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osogbo.Adeleke alleged that the Osun State PDP governorship candidate,…
UGHELLI—CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ughelli North Local Government Area chapter, Delta State, has told the Sultan of Sokoto to blame the Boko Haram insurgency on religious institutions in the North and not the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.The Sultan was reported to have said that Boko Haram was an offshoot of the injustice meted…
The attackers, according to sources, destroyed houses, shops and vehicles after carting away foodstuff and livestock.A community youth leader in Chibok, Mallam Yakubu Joshua, who confirmed the incident on phone yesterday, said: “Some suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded Chuha A, Chuha B and Korongilim villages of Chibok council of Borno State and killed over 40…
The Kano State Government yesterday dispatched a powerful delegation to Aba in Abia State to seek the release of its indigenes among the 486 traders arrested by security operatives last week in Aba. The Commissioner for Information, Dr Danburan Abubabar, who disclosed this in a telephone chat, explained that the delegation had since arrived Abia…
President Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned Nigerians against scuttling the 2015 general elections through acts of violence and thuggery. He called on youths in particular to shun negative vices and vote for credible candidates with proven ability for leadership. Jonathan said this on Saturday at the second convocation of the Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja in…
No fewer than 40 people, including teenagers, were killed at the weekend when suspected Islamic militants, Boko Haram, attacked three villages of Chuha A, Chuha B and Korongilim, in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The attackers, according to sources, also destroyed many homes, shops and vehicles after carting away foodstuffs and livestock. A…
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has threatened to revoke all idle coal bloc licenses in the country. The threat was issued after a meeting of the NCP presided over by its Chairman, Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sada, told newsmen…
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Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Sunday in Abuja led other prominent Nigerians in a national prayers session for peace, progress and the total eradication of terrorism and social vices in Nigeria.Speaking at the event tagged “National Prayers for Peace and Security’’, Sambo challenged the Muslim Ummah on the need to pray fervently for continued peace and…