Igbo leaders of thought want secession discussed at National Conference
Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze yesterday in Enugu made public the Igbo position on the proposed
AFTER BORNO, YOBE MASSACRE: Boko Haram terrorists strikes in Adamawa, kills 14
YOLA— WITH the nation yet to recover from the shock arising from the massacre of about 58 students of Federal Government College, Bunu Yadi, Yobe State and abduction of 16 female students by Boko Haram insurgents last Tuesday, the sect, yesterday, moved to Adamawa where it attacked two local government council areas which share common…
Yobe massacre: We’ll spare no resources to bring perpetrators to book —Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, challenged African leaders to come together to fight the menace of terrorism in the continent, noting that terrorism is undermining the development of the continent.President Jonathan’s remarks came on the day the French President, Francois Hollande and the British Prime Minister; David Cameron assured Nigeria and indeed Africa of their support…
While T.A Orji is busy chasing Senate seat that will never happen, hoodlums are active kidnapping two market women and baby in Abia.
by GEORGE OPARA Gunmen and Kidnappers appear to be on the prowl again in Abia State as they have kidnapped two market women and a six-month old baby boy.They perpetrated their nefarious act by feigning to be operators of taxi cabs and motorcyclists Aba, the commercial nucleus of the state, and Umuahia, the state capital.Yesterday,…
We’ll Permanently Crush Boko Haram In Nigeria – Jonathan
George AgbaPresident Goodluck vowed yesterday that security forces in the country would adopt whatever means to totally end the sourge of terrorism and other gory activities of the Boko Haram sect. The president, LEADERSHIP gathered, had on Tuesday morning shed tears when he got the news of the gruesome killings of about 43 students in Yobe…
MASSIVE rape in Uni-Osun; many injured.
Uni-OsunArmed hoodlums, yesterday, invaded the hostel of students of the Osun State University main campus in Osogbo and allegedly raped some female students while some male students were injured.The hoodlums, according to sources, stormed the hostel located at Oke Bale area outside the university campus in the evening and stole some property belonging to the…
Tension as child traffickers invade Onitsha
From EMMANUEL UZOR, OnitshaUneasy calm reigns in Onitsha, Anambra State as child theft has assumed a dangerous dimension in the commercial city with the emergence of a syndicate that allegedly steals children from Calabar, Cross River State and uses Onitsha as its sales point.However, luck ran out on two suspected female members of the syndicate…
Nigeria loses 95,000bpd as Shell shuts Nembe pipeline
Nigeria’s oil production has dropped by at least 95,000 barrels per day as the Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it had closed the Nembe Creek Trunk oil pipeline to stop leakage caused by oil theft.The oil major said that it shut the pipeline on Sunday night.The pipeline pumps the Bonny Light grade of crude…
President Jonathan Nigeria’s amalgamation not a mistake
Being a national broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan on the centenary celebration, last night, I extend warm greetings and felicitations to all Nigerians as we celebrate our nation’s centenary, a significant milestone in our journey to Nationhood. One hundred years ago, on the 1st of January 1914, the British Colonial authorities amalgamated the Southern and…
Senate orders army chief to relocate to Maiduguri
The Senate Committee on Defence and Army yesterday directed the Chief of Army Staff to temporarily relocate to the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri and take appropriate steps to quell the ongoing orgy of violence in the North East. The directive followed the unabated killings by the Boko Haram sect in Borno and…