Last week, media had reported that some 20 Fulani women had been abducted by Boko Haram militants, who called for their release on a ransom of 30 cowsLeaders of the Fulani community in the Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State have denied reports about the abduction of 20 women by Boko Haram militants.“We need to tell the…
From Nweke Nweke, AwkaTwo hoodlums suspected to be members of Anambra State task force; last Wednesday lost their lives when bulldozer allegedly sent by the government in the state to demolish Ekesons operational motor park headquarters in Onitsha, Anambra State descended on them while dozens of people sustained degrees of injuries during the barbaric act. However,…
The Ijaw National Congress has appealed to the military to purge itself of fifth columnists and Boko Haram collaborators in order to win the fight against terrorism.The INC stated that it would be difficult to fight Boko Haram to a standstill without a focus and a high level of patriotism among the Nigerian soldiers.The spokesman…
A group, the Southern Professionals, warned yesterday that the failure of the National Conference will be catastrophic for Nigeria. It said delegates to the conference should unite and keep hope alive for Nigerians. Its Coordinator, Mr. Emeka Ugwu-Oju, spoke in Abuja at an interactive session the group hosted for Southwest, Southeast and Southsouth delegates. Ugwu-Oju…
No fewer than 26 people were killed yesterday in attacks in the Northeast states of Borno and Taraba. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 15 residents of a Borno village and 11 died in ethno-religious violence in Wukari, Taraba State. Dozens were also injured in the renewed violence in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State.…
United States troops may be deployed in the search for the over 200 abducted secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno State, it was learnt yesterday. A US Congressional delegation made up of Representatives Steve Stockman, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Frederica Wilson and Lois Frankel, told a news conference at the Unity Fountain in Abuja yesterday that the…
The Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, LPCDI, a forum of leaders of former agitators in the Niger Delta, has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to consider a review of the ongoing trial of Charles Okah and the conviction of Edmund Ebiware, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, over the October 1,…
THE police, yesterday, averted what could have amounted to the worst disaster in the southern part
By Chidi Obineche■ Ex-gov mulls over national confab takeoverDr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Third Republic governor of Anambra State, and a delegate to the on-going National Conference speaks with deliberate élan vital, and courage which flows from decades of national service, political activism and immanent statesmanship. From his enthralling days in the nation’s civil service, to the…
by Bayo Akinloye Boko Haram sectWhile the Federal Government has been criticised by American officials over its handling of the Boko Haram insurgency, it has emerged that the US is more interested in Nigeria’s oil rather than helping the country to overcome the Boko Haram insurgents.This was revealed during the week by the Special Counsel…