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…
President Goodluck Jonathan left Abuja yesterday night for Germany enroute Paris, France, to
Umbrella body of Nigeria’s Islamic groups, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has demanded the release of Dr. Muhammad Nazif Yunus, a lecturer of Islamic Studies at Kogi State University, currently detained by Nigeria’s secret police for alleged membership of the Boko Haram terrorist sect. “JNI finds it imperative to call on the authorities concerned to…
The special adviser to the president on political affairs, Alhaji AhmedAliyu Gulak has declared that there is no alternative to President Goodluck Jonathan, threatening to resign his appointment if his boss refuses to make himself available for the presidential race. Gulak who spoke at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Unity Rally for President Jonathan…
After about nine months of investigation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has cleared the impeached deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso, of any wrong-doings and involvement in the N1.3 billion contract scam that rocked the state earlier in the year. Twenty three members of the 27-member Imo State House of Assembly…
FOLLOWING the Boko Haram attack on the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) base in Borno State, it has been revealed that military ambulance made seven trips taking corpses to undisclosed hospitals within Maiduguri. Fighting had erupted in the early hours of Monday at about 2.45 a.m between suspected members of Boko Haram insurgents and troops when…
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, has uncovered an armoury of the suspected kidnap kingpin and leader of the Liberation Movement of Urhobo People (LiMUP), Kelvin Ibruvwe (aka Oniarah), in Koko, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. The discovery of the weaponry followed an intense push by men of the Sector…
President Goodluck Jonathan summoned an emergency security meeting following an attack by suspected members of Boko Haram sect in some parts of Maiduguri on Monday. Those in attendance at the meeting were the National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Ola Ibrahim. The others are the Chief…
Operations at the Maiduguri International Airport have been suspended and the Joint Task Force
Six days after Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and some G7 governors defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Amaechi has suffered the same fate, as the chief whip and one of the 27 pro-Amaechi lawmakers, Igbani Ikunyi, has decamped to the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike’s camp. This was even as the…