Imo Governor, Malam Owelle Rochas Okorocha has declared that he is at Crossroads and state of dilemma on his future political ambition come 2015Addressing Keke Riders people at the Freedom Square Tuesday, the Governor said his greatest problem now is to decide whether to go for the presidency or to continue his second term bid…
Gunmen have attacked residents of Fadan Karshi in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing five
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…
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…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a doctor, Daniel Ikebuilo, from Umunnachi in Dunukofia Local
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…