Gunmen kill 2 policemen, 3 others in Kaduna
Gunmen have attacked residents of Fadan Karshi in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing five
Oil firms to sell 20 blocks worth $11.5bn in 2014
The divestment is part of the IOCs strategy to handover the ownership of relatively small oil fields to indigenous firms and focus on big onshore and deep offshore oil fields, which promise to yield commercial quantity now and in the future. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National PetroleumCorporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, disclosed this at…
Chibok girls: UK, France, China join rescue mission
As pressure mounts on the Federal Government to rescue over 200 students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, the United Kingdom, France and China yesterday promised to join the search effort. This is even as the Nigeria Police Force announced a cash reward of N50m to anyone who volunteers credible information that…
Doctor arrested for ‘child trafficking’ in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a doctor, Daniel Ikebuilo, from Umunnachi in Dunukofia Local
Northern elders ‘oppose force to free girls’
Some Northern elders and two other groups may be reaching out to Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau to secure the release of the 276 abducted girls, it was learnt yesterday. The other two groups are Islamic clerics in the North and some of the detained insurgents. The three groups are likely to suggest two options…
Clueless Jonathan accepts U.S. offer to join girls rescue battle
The world is joining forces with Nigeria to rescue the school girls abducted by Boko Haram gunmen. President Goodluck Jonathan accepted yesterday America’s offer to send in men and equipment to join the battle to rescue the girls who were snatched away from their hostels in Chibok, Borno State on April 15. Besides, the United…
Don’t Use Force In Battle To Save Abducted Girls, Shehu Sani Warns
By SaharaReporters, New York Comrade Shehu Sani has warned the Nigerian government and military against using force in the battle to get female students abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno state. Sani, president of Civil Rights Congress in a statement said the government should set up a committee that will involve respected Islamic leaders,…
Man Nabbed for Beheading Infant & Raping Mother in Ogun
The severed head of the two-year-old infant beheaded last week by a Nigerien citizen, Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim at Ofada, in Mowe area of Ogun state has been recovered by Ogun Police Command. The infant was beheaded by Ibrahim, who also raped the mother before fleeing the scene. He was later arrested at Mowe by police…
SEPA accuses Okorocha of high-handedness, impunity
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA, OWERRI. The leadership of South East Progressives Assembly, SEPA, has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of high-handedness, impunity and imposition of his acolytes as party executives of All Progressives Congress, APC. The group, which made its position known in a statement signed by Okorocha’s former media aide and SEPA President, Mr. Ebere…
37 former PDP Reps to present impeachment motion against President Jonathan
THE battle for political supremacy in the House of Representatives is set to be rekindled with the plan by 37 former members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to present an impeachment motion against President Goodluck Jonathan. The legislators, who are allegedly acting in concert with their governors who defected with them to All Progressives Congress,…