MS Ankio Briggs, rights activist and one of the leaders of the National Summit Group, says there is nothing to celebrate at 53 and the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorates to create Nigeria was a mistake. Excerpts: How do you view Nigeria at 53? I’m yet to see what we are celebrating. If we…
Pioneer chairman of the Peoples Democratic Paty, Chief Solomon Lar, has expressed optimism that despite Nigeria’s current travails, it would still remain a united and indivisible entity. Lar in his message on Nigeria’s 53rd Independence Anniversary said he was privileged to be part of the celebration of yet another independence anniversary. Lar spoke in a…
The Defence Headquarters has given the go-ahead for the burial of a notorious sea piracy kingpin and leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), John Togo, over two years after he was killed in a clash with troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. The Nation…
There was confusion in Omor, Anyamelu Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday.
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Seven people were killed in Makintamari village in Kaga Local Government in Borno state along the Damaturu/Maiduguri road. Eyewitnesses said the travellers were beheaded with their heads placed on their lifeless bodies on the main road. At the Makintafamari village, in a separate incident, gunmen also cut the throats of four persons on Saturday. They…
Nigeria on Saturday took a giant leap towards easing the country’s power woes by signing the contract for one of the country’s legacy power projects, the Zungeru Hydro-Electric Power Project. Contract for the project, which will add 700 megawatts to the National Grid upon completion, was signed on behalf of the Nigerian Government by the…
For the second time in three months, governors of Imo, Rivers and Edo states, Rochas Okorocha, Rotimi Amaechi and Adams Oshiomhole, respectively, stayed away from the meeting of South-East and South-South governors without sending any representative.The meeting, which was held at the Enugu Government House, saw governors Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Theodore…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday denied signing an agreement with governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to spend one term in office. He challenged those who have the pact to produce the document. The President spoke last night during a Presidential media chat – his fifth since his election in 2011-…
President Goodluck Jonathan has said the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, cannot frustrate Nigeria. Speaking at the 53rd Independence Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service in Abuja, he condemned the killing of 21 Agriculture students in Yobe State yesterday. According to him, the challenges Nigeria is going through are transient and the country will soon get over them.…