The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital sent shivers to the public when it alerted Nigerians of the infiltration of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect into the State. The party, linking the infiltration of the Islamic fundamentalists to the state government, claimed that three truck loads of over 300…
Hundreds of protesters from the four-Ikwerre speaking council areas of Rivers State, on Tuesday, took over the busy Port Harcourt-Aba Road in Port Harcourt, expressing solidarity for the state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu.ADVERTISEMENT They disrupted traffic flow on the road and caused panic in surrounding areas. Following the protest, the Rivers State government…
A former Governor of Kano State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Shekarau,
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, sent two letters to the Senate, seeking its confirmation of 12 ministerial nominees, as well as the consideration and approval of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and three other service chiefs.ADVERTISEMENT Senate President, David Mark, read out the list of the ministerial nominees, as contained in a letter…
Second Republic federal lawmaker Dr. Junaid Mohammed on Monday dispelled the fears that Nigeria would break up if President Goodluck Jonathan was not allowed to have a second term in office in 2015. “It is unfortunate that Ezeife, who witness the Biafran war orchestrated by his kinsmen, which claimed over one million of Igbo people,…
THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER – President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed the belief that with the measures put in place by his administration, especially the new National Automotive Industry Policy; the country would soon be exporting cars to other countries. Jonathan spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while granting audience to a delegation of the business community…
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to stop making policy pronouncements in churches. He urged politicians to go and meet the people in the villages where they are living in abject poverty. Archbishop Kaigama offered the advice while talking to SaharaTV over the weekend. He chided Nigerian politicians for…
No fewer than twelve persons, including five soldiers attached to the 72 Army Battalion in Makurdi, Benue State on Sunday lost their lives as suspected herdsmen attacked Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The incident made some residents to flee their homes in large number when heavy shooting erupted in the early hours of the…
The new Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, yesterday assured that the military would end the Boko Haram insurgency in the North- East area of Nigeria before April. Badeh gave the assurance during handing over ceremonies at the service headquarters in Abuja. He expressed absolute confidence in his colleagues to achieve this…
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday demanded the bodies of three of its members allegedly killed by soldiers during the raid on its security office on the Onitsha-Owerri Road, Onitsha, Anambra State. MASSOB leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, who addressed reporters, said the release became imperative, following worries by…