BY John BulusABUJA—Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, has said that those scheming to remove President Goodluck Jonathan from office were fanning the embers of war in Nigeria.He also accused Northern leaders of creating the atmosphere of insecurity in the country.Asari, who…
Former president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Delta South and Central senatorial district, Eze Peter Chukwu, has advised the Igbo to forget about being the nation’s president for now and put their house in order. Chukwu expressed dismay over the current disunity with the Igbo race, describing the situation as their greatest undoing. “It is a pity…
Few hours after some troops deployed to Borno on counter insurgency operations fired shots at the official vehicle of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Maiduguri, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed as he attempted to address them, Defence Headquarters, yesterday, announced his immediate redeployment. The Defence Headquarters, which described the shooting incident as sad, has…
Governor Kassim Shettima of Borno State has said that if negotiating with the Boko Haram sect would bring back the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, the Federal Government should not ignore the option. He also regretted that it took President Goodluck Jonathan three weeks to reach out to him on the matter. Shettima, who said this in…
It was a misadventure, last night, for suspected Boko Haram insurgents who engaged the Joint Military Taskforce in a
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday burnt down two primary schools and an MTN telecommunication mast in Shadarki village in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The attack is coming barely 25 days after unknown gunmen attacked the Government Girl’s Secondary School Yana in Shira Local Government Area of the state in which a five-year old…
For the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, the date of May 14, 2014 will ever remain indelible in his mind and diary, for if not for a stroke of fate, he, the wife and first son would have perished in an organized inferno that engulfed his private residence located at Prefab…
THE Senate and the House of Representatives have invited the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before them and brief them on the security situation in the troubled states before commencing debates on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of emergency rule. This is just as Senators from the North, operating under…
by Timmy Campbell The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and former running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called out to Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in the wake of her public display in an interview over the abducted girls of the Government Secondary…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out freeing Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds said yesterday.According to AFP, Simmonds who is in Nigeria for talks about the international rescue mission, said he raised the issue with Jonathan during a meeting in Abuja.…