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…
THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, is worried by the bloodshed in parts of the north, especially with the 2015 elections approaching. He wants President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently take steps to stop the killings. “Let’s not make 2015 a year of taking innocent lives away,” he cautioned yesterday in his palace, while receiving…
SECURITY men yesterday foiled an alleged daring attempt by machette–wielding hoodlums to overrun the
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a man suspected to have killed his daughter, Miss Kausara Isiaka, for allegedly converting to Christianity. According to a Reverend Daniel Oladimeji, one of the four persons he attacked with machete, the suspect had long been suspected to be the brain behind the attack. According to the police…
Former Vice president of the World Bank, Dr Oby Ezekwesili ,on Thursday ,during the All Progressive Congress’ (APC) Summit in Abuja came down heavily on the political class, insisting that switching camps at short intervals was not a solution to Nigeria’s myriad of problems. Ezekwesili also told her host that the leadership that would serve…
By George Onmonya Daniel Mujahid Dokubo-Asari who has been excited over National Dialogue has warned against provocation. The leader of Niger Delta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF) who is currently resident of Benin Republic because he rejected the entity called Nigeria has been talking on social media about the National dialogue. Asari Dokubo as he is…
The Founder and Chairman of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation must give adequate explanations about the alleged missing money, which it was meant to remit to the Federation Account. The Central Bank of Nigeria and its suspended Governor, Lamido Sanusi, he said must also give appropriate response to…
ACCRA, Ghana—A rising U.S. dollar has stirred many pastors here into nightly prayers for their fallen currency to rise again. “I command the resurrection of the cedi! In the name of Jesus!” preached evangelist Nicholas Duncan-Williams of a megachurch called Action Chapel, recently. Then he addressed Satan: “Take your hands off the central bank!” African…
There are mounting concerns in security circles over the issue of special arrangement for the security operatives deployed in the operational areas in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa which are under emergency rule. Saturday PUNCH learnt that low morale occasioned by lack of motivation and poor welfare package might be some of…
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has explained how the Olusegun Obasanjo administration spent the loot recovered from the late maxiumn dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. She said that contrary to reports that the sum of $2bn was recovered from Abacha’s loot, only $500m was recovered under her watch when she was first made finance…