AHEAD of 2015 general election, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday said the level of insecurity in the country was a threat to free and fair elections. The governor, who spoke during a courtesy visit by the students from the Royal College of Defence Studies, United Kingdom, UK led by Rear Admiral Jonas Haggren,…
Okwudili Nnagbo, a kidnap suspect fleeing to South Africa, arrested after boarding his escape aircraft to South Africa
*Says they have no reason not to develop their statesThe Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has dared the 36 state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge monetary allocations they receive monthly from the Federal Government.Okonjo-Iweala dropped this bomb shell on Sunday at Ilishan-Remo, Ogun…
By IHEANACHO NWOSU, ABUJAThe Southern Mandate, a coalition of socio-political groups, yesterday warned that a fresh plot by some northern leaders and the elite to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election in 2015 would plunge the nation into another crisis.It described last weekend’s resolution by some northern groups including the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF),…
About 70 per cent of the most expensive buildings in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group, Mr. Charles Dukwe, has said. He added that citizens of the United Kingdom avoided buying houses in the area due to their expensive prices. The philanthropist spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt on…
In a move that illustrates America’s hypocrisy and double standards, President Barack Obama has swapped five terrorists for one United States soldier despite repeated claims that the country would never negotiate with terrorists. US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2009, was released yesterday in exchange for five…
No fewer than 40 people were last night killed in a bomb blast at a football field in Mubi, Adamawa State. French News Agency AFP reported the death toll, citing a police source. “There has been a bomb explosion at a football field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed,”…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the prize-winning Nigerian writer, has said she opposes Western military
Cameroun security forces at the weekend killed no fewer than 40 Boko Haram militants in clashes in the country’s far north, state radio said yesterday shortly after the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun suspected to have been held by the Islamist group. A Cameroun Presidency source confirmed the clashes, which took…
The military’s hands are tied in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls because their abductors have placed them “tactically” in the face of attack, sources said yesterday. A top military source told The Nation that the girls cannot be rescued without heavy casualties. The source, who spoke in confidence, insisted that the Chief of Defence Staff,…