UGHELLI— LEADERS of Phase II of the Federal Government Amnesty programme, yesterday, raised alarm over their non-inclusion in the ongoing award of pipeline surveillance contract by the Ministry of Petroleum. Chairman of Delta State chapter of Phase II, ‘Gen’ Kingsley Muturu, in a telephone interview, noted that the pipeline surveillance job was part of the…
UMUAHIA— More than 45 different groups including elders’ councils, ethnic groups, socio-cultural associations, town unions,
Umbrella Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has insisted on equal representation of the six geo-political zones in the composition of the national dialogue. Ohanaeze, which presented its memorandum to the National Dialogue Advisory Committee also recommended a chairman and six vice chairmen, one from each geo-political zone for the conference. It said all issues should…
Sokoto, the headquarters of the Caliphate yesterday hosted political big wigs in one of the largest political gatherings in recent times. But it was an educational event that attracted the who-is –who in politics. The Sokoto State University, conceived by Governor Aliyu Wamakko was inaugurated by former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. The colourful…
ENUGU—Igbo leaders yesterday gave reasons why Nigeria has continued to stagnate both politically and economically, saying that ”no one builds a super structure on a faulty”foundation. According to them, “As a nation with enormous natural and human resources, Nigeria has refused to grow in line with the aspirations of her founding fathers. Nigeria not working…
THE number of those who died in weekend’s clash between the military and Islamic militants has been put at 128. Military and hospital reports said, yesterday, that the five-hour-long battle between Boko Haram extremists and troops in Yobe State killed at least 95 militants, 23 soldiers and eight police officers. Last Monday, 35 bodies in…
THE Federal Government said yesterday that Nigeria was not broke but admitted that the country was having cash flow problems.Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla and the Director-General of Budget Office, Mr. Bright Okogwu, stated this while answering questions from members of the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Appropriation and…
Having spent up to three years in detention awaiting trial over alleged involvement in criminal activities,
Citing strategic and sensitive considerations, the Nigerian Army has deployed the spokesman of the 7th Division, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa out of Maiduguri, a knowledgeable source told SaharaReporters at the weekend. Musa, who became widely-known at the height of Niger Delta militancy, was deployed to Maiduguri, the hot bed of the Boko Haram sect after…
Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, yesterday said that members of the Boko Haram insurgents, who attacked Damaturu, the state capital last week were in possession of superior weapons than the Nigerian Army. This was even as the Federal Government yesterday said that it would intensify its collaboration with the Governments of Niger and Cameroun…