Abducted Anambra ex-Commissioner killed by his kidnappers
Former Anambra State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Chike Okoli, who was kidnapped last Sunday at his
Gunmen kidnap Anambra ex- commissioner, demands N16m
By EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha …As police foil bizman’s kidnap in Onitsha The former Commissioner for Science and Technology under former Governor Peter Obi’s administration, Mr. Chike Okoli has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. This was just as policemen foiled another attempt to…
#MadeInNigeriaCrimes: Fulani Herdsmen Rapé Two Housewives and a 15-Year-Old Girl
The harm these so called Fulani Herdsmen are causing in our society is very worrisome. No fewer than nine of them allegedly rapéd a 15-year-old girl and two housewives at gunpoint, in Tse Ikyuer, Yandev, Mbagwen in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.Two of the victims, who narrated their ordeal in Makurdi, the state…
THIRTEEN ODD Igbo groups meet in Enugu, back Jonathan on handling of insurgency.
THIRTEEN Igbo groups rose from a meeting in Enugu yesterday declaring their support for the measures being adopted by President Goodluck Jonathan in tackling insurgency caused by the Islamist group, Boko Haram in the country.After reviewing the present state of affairs in the country, the groups noted in an 11-point communiqué that the mindless pillorying…
Insecurity Poor funding affecting military operations
Authorities of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, raised alarm over the negative impact of inadequate funding for military operations currently going on in the North-East and other parts of the country, noting that the development needed to be addressed urgently.Chief of Accounts and Budget of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Abdullah Muraina disclosed this in Jos, yesterday,…
Nigeria Army begins mass recruitment
The Nigerian Army yesterday warned that those who were not ready to sacrifice for their fatherland, by joining the forces in the North East to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, should not bother to apply in its ongoing recruitment exercise. Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Brigadier General Olajide Laleye, while briefing journalists in Abuja,…
US gives conditions for investing in Nigeria
The United States of America yesterday said she would not do business in countries that did not follow the rule of law, maintain ethical standards, abide by workplace safety, encourage workforce training and protect intellectual property. Speaking in Lagos, the US Secretary of Commerce, Mrs. Penny Pritzker, said that these conditions would increase trust and…
Reps resumes Alison-Madueke’s probe over N10bn private jet expenditure
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has directed the House Committee on Public Accounts to resume investigations into allegations that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke blew N10 billion of public funds to fuel her private jet. Tambuwal while giving the directive at a plenary session yesterday…
How Boko Haram terrorists Ambushed, Killed Some Of Nigeria’s Finest Soldiers Near Sambisa Forest
On May 12 2014, a group of soldiers selected from the Special Operations Battalion of the Nigerian Army headquarters were asked to proceed on an operation in Bita, Borno State. The mission, according to military sources who spoke to SaharaReporters, was informed by actionable intelligence showing that Boko Haram militants had been sighted in the…
Attack on Governor Akpabio: Gov Kwankwaso exposes himself, APC
Our attention has been drawn to an interview granted by Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, in which he made these strange, unfortunate and unstatesmanlike remarks: “The vultures I was referring to are the three governors who were present at the President’s Kano visit and Godswill Akpabio is one of them. He wants to…