More than 1,300 people have died in the past two months as an insurgent Islamist group, Boko Haram, wages a rebellion rooted in poverty, corruption, religion and geography, writes The Guardian of London Zakari Matazu had just got home when a deafening sound filled his ears and part of his wall cracked and fell to…
Residents of Auno, a village in Borno State have fled in droves along with their livestock to Maiduguri, the state capital, following a threat letter issued to the District Head of the village by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. This was even as seven policemen have allegedly been killed by the sect in an attack…
Players in the global oil and gas industry are set to step up efforts targeted at ensuring the enactment of new petroleum legislations in Nigeria and Iraq based on the prime position of the two countries. Nigeria and Iraq are frontline members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, with 37 billion barrels and…
Even before it begins, the National Conference is generating acrimony – the very ailment it is expected to tackle. The talk shop to which 492 delegates have been invited is to be inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan next Monday. It will be chaired by a retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Lagbo Kutigi. But…
About 100,000 non-indigenes in Rivers State have registered as members of the All Progressives Congress
Former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to put an immediate end to the killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists.Gowon, speaking at the National Youth Peace Concert in Abuja, also challenged the terrorists to come out to defend their actions.He urged Nigerians to come to the aid of the…
The Ijaw Youths Council on Saturday in Yenagoa expressed its displeasure at the non-inclusion of its delegate in the National Conference scheduled to begin soon. In a statement issued by Mr Eric Omare, spokesman of the youth body, the IYC said the non-representation of Niger-Delta youths at the conference was “regrettable”.He called on the conference…
Matthias NwoguGovernor Theodore Orji of Abia says he deployed the state’s share of the funds from the Subsidy Reinvestment-Programme (SURE-P) to stop kidnapping and other criminal activities in the state.Orji made this known to newsmen in Umuahia yesterday while speaking on the gains of SURE-P in the state.“If there is anything SURE-P has done for…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to use presidential powers to stop the killing of innocent prople in North East and Benue.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abubakar spoke in Sokoto on Saturday when Jonathan paid him a courtesy visit.“Human life is sacred. I always express…
There are very strong indications to suggest that al-Qaeda, the global terror organization founded by the late Osama Bin Laden, may have taken control of the notorious and deadly Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, Sunday Vanguard can report authoritatively. In addition, it was learnt that some of the camps used…