The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, presented a list of over 500 terror suspects, including a medical doctor working for the World Health Organisation to the Presidency for trial. The action followed last Monday’s attack of an Air Force Base and MaiduguriAirport by Boko Haram insurgents which claimed several lives, destroyed two helicopters and three decommissioned Air…
Opposition political party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), on Wednesday lambasted the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying his administration has disconnected from Nigerians. The party made the assertion while offering an assessment of the current security problems bedeviling Nigeria, especially the recent bombing of military airport bases in the Northeastern city of Maiduguri, capital…
SaharaReporters has learnt that President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, today checked in at a hospital in Germany.
Rescue 16 pregnant teenagersImo State Police Command yesterday arrested one Dr. Ezuma for alleged human trafficking, operating under the guise of a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Ezuma, a native of Ndiokeke Ndiakunwanta in Arondizogu in Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State, was arrested in his residence at Egbu Road, Owerri which he had allegedly registered…
Nigeria’s claim of being the giant of Africa is in conflict with its ranking of 41 out of 52 on the Good Governance Index announced at the 2013 Good Governance Summit held in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in Dakar, Senegal. This is certainly a setback and should serve as a wake-up call for…
Following the envisaged mass defection by federal lawmakers to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as a fallout of last week’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by four governors, the battle for the control of the House of Representatives may have begun.Daily Sun gathered that Speaker Aminu Tambuwal is under pressure to resign…
INDICATIONS emerged on Tuesday that all is not well within the leadership of the House of Representatives as some members are reportedly spoiling for war over an alleged largesse from the presidency to all members of the House, but was reportedly cornered by some members of the House leadership.Nigerian Tribune learnt that the largesse was…
YORUBA traditional rulers and leaders of thought, on Tuesday, in Ile-Ife, tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the proposed national conference gives Nigeria and its people the much needed stability and peace.The Yoruba leaders, leaders of thought and other socio-cultural groups, including Afenifere, Afenifere Renewal Group, Yoruba World Assembly, Odua Peoples Congress (OPC), Yoruba…
THE Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr Labaran Maku, has said that the ongoing armed confrontation between security forces and Boko Haram insurgents, was not a civil war.Maku, who is also the Minister of Information, said this in Abuja on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists at a news conference to herald the Armed Forces Remembrance…
by: Yusuf Alli, Air chief in BornoAPC governors to President: reassess your strategyMore fighter jets were deployed in Maiduguri, the troubled Borno State capital, yesterday as troops battled fleeing Boko Haram insurgents.As at press time last night, many insurgents had been killed in air raids but the casualty figure was unknown.The Defence Headquarters said ground troops…