The military’s sudden retraction of its earlier statement that some of the girls allegedly abducted by Boko Haram have been released has elicited reactions from prominent Nigerians.Angered by the development, former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa said the action of the military was an indication that they have been fooling Nigerians on the…
by Murtala NyakoThe adverse security situation in Northern Nigeria in particular and Nigeria in general is being felt by all of us. While every State Government is doing everything possible using virtually all its resources to stem the tide of near disaster facing all of us especially in the North, it is a well-known fact…
Two years after the completion of a $470m (N76.bn) National Public Security Communications System Project in Abuja, most of the installed 1,000 cameras for the Closed-Circuit Television in the city have either been vandalised or stolen, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the CCTV had been…
Perhaps, no one saw it coming. No one also believed it would happen. It appeared to have taken us unawares even as it is considered very novel and alien to this clime. To many people, it is totally unAfrican. But surprisingly, what started like a bully at the thresholds of 2009 has grown and assumed…
SUSPECTED gunmen, yesterday, shot dead the Chairman of Udu Central vigilance group, Mr. Prosper Erhinyoja, at a beer parlour, along the Delta Steel Company, DSC, Road in Ovwian town, Udu Local Government of Delta State. Saturday Vanguard gathered that hoodlums in Udu were not happy with the battle the deceased waged against hoodlums in the …
The Red Cross yesterday said in Wukari, Taraba State that about 77 people lost their lives during the crises between some Fulani herdsmen and the indigenous people of the area few days ago.This was even as the police said that the death toll from Wukari crisis had risen to 24. The Police Public Relations Officer,…
The presence of strange armed men in a forest around Darazo area in Bauchi State has sent fears into residents.
The Southwark Crown Court 9 in London on Tuesday sentenced a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, to 13 years in prison for money laundering and corruption.Ibori has been standing trial before Judge Anthony Pitts for corruption and alleged theft of $250 million.He had on February 27, 2012 pleaded guilty to 10 counts…
A Nigerian preacher, Helen Ukpabio, a self styled witch hunter, could be banned from the UK following calls to Home Secretary Theresa May that she is a risk to youngsters.Ukpabio who founded the controversial African Evangelical Franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, has published her views around the demonic possession of children in several…
by Chukwudi AkasikeAT least, five persons were killed in Ogbogu, Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State by unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins.It was gathered that the incident, which happened at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, caused pandemonium in the community as the suspected assassins detonated explosives at the house of the President-General…