Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Thursday that he could reach out to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, over the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls by the sect, but regretted that the Federal Government had yet togive him the go ahead. Obasanjo,in an interview on the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation,…
• To remain on old bailFormer chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan and its ex-secretary, Boniface Emenalo were yesterday re-arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Gudu, Abuja.The seven-count charge against them bordered on receiving of bribe and abuse of office.This include the allegation…
By MARIAM ALESHINLOYE AGBOOLA JOS, AND MOLLY KILETE. ABUJA• 5 securitymen among 10 killed in fresh Plateau attackFor their role in the alleged mutiny at 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State on May 14 this year, 18 soldiers have been arrested, sources claimed.This is even as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, shot and…
The Nigerian police have been ordered to arrest the newly-crowned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on fraud-related charges stemming from his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to reliable sources at the Presidency in Abuja, the team of policemen at the Emir’s palace in Kano received the order from…
Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said yesterday that his life is under threat. President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible, if anything happens to him and his family, he told reporters in Abuja. He also said the President would be accountable for any breakdown of law and order in Kano State over the choice of…
United States (U.S.) Secretary of State John Kerry is leading a U.S. official delegation to the London Ministerial Summit on Boko Haram. The U.S. Department of State said in a statement that the delegation would also attend the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict also to hold in London. The statement said t…
Moves by Nigeria to clinch the coveted position of the Secretary General of the Organisation
By Our Correspondents Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima yesterday warned that the Boko Haram had the capacity to extend havoc across the country if they succeeded in overrunning the North-East.He said: If Boko Haram succeeds in overrunning the North East as they seek, they will surely want to extend greater havoc to other parts of…
By SaharaReporters, New YorkBoko Haram militants have invaded two villages in Borno state, killing no fewer than four people, and have reportedly packed away food items, as well as livestock.Yohanna Musa, a resident from one of the villages said, some well-armed men, believed to be Boko Haram, had stormed the Tohya, and Wurojene villages in…
By Saharareporters, New YorkSeveral soldiers on the ground in Borno State have told SaharaReporters that many Nigerian soldiers are deserting after the military retreated from Biita and Izge as Boko Haram militants mounted a major offensive. Our sources said numerous soldiers had handed in their weapons and deserted in civilian clothes.On Saturday night, the Nigerian…