A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Walter Carrington, speaks on the challenges of corruption in Nigeria and the mismatch between growth and poverty as it relates to the much touted VISION 202020. He admonishes Nigerians to rise and harness the plethora of potentials in the country for the common good while not leaving…
Members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, unleashed terror in Damaturu, the Yobo State capital on Thursday and Friday morning, killing people and torching some security formations. The casualty figure is yet unknown, but an hospital source said it is high. The attacks, according to information gathered, were carried out with the use of rocket…
Experts are blaming the current downward spiral of the Naira on high political patronage among other factors. The Naira, which is the second most-traded currency on the continent, fell 2.4% this year as the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, warned of increasing demand for dollars for political patronage in the…
Business activities were, Saturday, paralyzed at the Akanu-Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, although temporarily,
A retired lieutenant colonel, who was said to have led the Boko Haram attacks on Damaturu, Yobe State, on Thursday was arrested by security forces during the encounter. The retired army officer is being detained at a military facility. It could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report if he has…
From Femi Folaranmi, YenagoaThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has declared that its efforts to cripple Nigeria economy are in full swing. The militant group reviewing its operation between 20 and 26 October said several wellheads, feeder pipelines were damaged by ‘Hurricane Exodus’ in Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta States of Nigeria.…
Northern Elders are not prepared to back down on the North’s demand for the presidency in 2015,spokesman for the group, Professor Ango Abdullahi has said. “There is no going back on the presidency returning to the North in 2015, and that has remained our position,” he told The Nation on the outcome of the last…
Northern States chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed some fears about the national dialogue, saying that the conference would end in vain if it failed to address minority issue in the country. The Executive Secretary of Northern CAN, Professor Daniel Babayi told Saturday Sun in an interview that there was a…
There was confusion at Enugu Airport yesterday as over 200 passengers on board an Areo Contractors Airline that arrived Enugu from Lagos on Thursday, were stranded as their luggage were nowhere to be found upon their arrival at destination point. Up till yesterday afternoon, the luggage were yet to arrive leaving most of the passengers…
The radical Islamic sect, suspected to be Boko Haram members yesterday had access to Damaturu, the Yobe state capital and launched a coordinated attacks using Rocket Propelled Launchers and Improvised Explosive Devices (EIDs) on different military checkpoints within the metropolis, killing quiet a number of people, with the torching of some security formations. Witnesses said…