Nigeria & OPEC to lose market share to US next year
The demand for crude oil from Nigeria and other members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC,
Alhaji Turaki Boko Haram can’t go back on ceasefire agreement
Minister of Special Duties and Chairman, Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, yesterday said that there was no basis for the Boko Haram Islamic sect to back out of the ceasefire agreement reached with the Federal Government. He based his position on the discussions held…
Prof Nwabueze replies Edward Clark
ELDER statesman and Chairman of The Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, has described as gratuitous, comments attributed to leader of the South-South Assembly, Chief Edwin Clark referring to him as a person “camouflaging (his) political ideas and ambition with intellectualism “and an “unpatriotic saboteur of the democratic process.” The legal icon, in a statement noted…
Rivers crisis escalates we’ll sacrifice our blood to uphold the constitution
The fracas that erupted Monday over who controls the Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, spilled to the streets, leaving several people injured. At the centre are 27 legislators loyal to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and five others belonging to the opposition. Yesterday’s street fight attracted thugs who descended on pro-Amaechi supporters, forcing them to retreat…
Presidency doesn’t need Northern Elders for 2015
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan did not need the support of the spokesman for the Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, or “his North” to win the 2015 presidential election if he decides to contest. Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with…
9 killed in Benue communal clash
The Benue State Police Command has said nine persons were killed on Monday in a communal clash in Awe, a Benue/Nasarawa boundary town. Police spokesman, Daniel Ezeala, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Makurdi, the state capital. Ezeala said the deceased have been deposited at…
4 Boko Haram members sentenced to life imprisonment
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday convicted five members of the dreaded Islamic Boko Haram sect for bombing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office and the All Christian Fellowship Church in Suleja and Abuja. Four of the convicts got life imprisonment. The bombings, masterminded by the terrorists, resulted in killings of scores…
FG Boko Haram peace deal JNI & CAN disagree
CHRISTIANS in the 17 Southern states under the aegis of Southern CAN, yesterday, described the recent ceasefire deal reportedly reached between the Federal Government and members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram as a ruse, stressing that such a deal will only be meaningful if the sect had opted to surrender and lay down their…
Obasanjo I made successful mistakes
FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, reviewed criticisms that greeted his leadership style when he was president, saying all mistakes his critics claimed he made were “successful mistakes.” Many Nigerians, especially people from the South West, had severally scored his eight-year rule low, particularly for turning his back on the zone. Chief Obasanjo, who was…
Igbo youths & MASSOB trade blames
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Tuesday, accused members of Association of Igbo Youths Organisation,