President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of the #BringBackJonathan signs used by his supporters for his second term ambition. The order was contained in statement issued by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Jonathan. Abati said the President has ordered the removal of the offensive and repugnant signs and…
Jonathan Orders Full Scale War Against Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered security forces to launch a full-scale military operation to put an end to the impunity of the Boko Haram insurgent group in Nigeria. He gave the directive in his democracy day address. The president said that Nigeria’s unity and stability as well as the protection of lives and property…
Terrorism Threatening Democratic Gains – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria’s achievements over the past 15 years of democratic rule are being threatened by the current spate of terrorist violence in the country. Jonathan said all the gains of the past 15 years of democratic governance in the most populous African country are threatened by the presence of international terrorism on…
Kano Blast Claims More Than 70 Lives
Sunday’s bomb explosion in Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city, has been said to have claimed more than 70 lives. Eye witnesses say the blast, which emanated from a car bomb, occurred at about 10pm, Sunday, May 18 in Sabongari area of kano, an area mostly inhabited by people from the southern part of Nigeria. The…
Bomb Explosion in Kano
Barely 24 hours after local council elections roundly won by the All Progressives Congress, APC in Kano State, a bomb explosion has rocked the Sabon Gari areas of the ancient city on Sunday.
Boko Haram: Israel Offers to Assist Nigeria
Israel has promised to send in security experts to help Nigeria secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls and rout Boko Haram insurgency in the country. In a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister on Sunday, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s President welcomed the offer and commended Israel for the assistance. With the…
Nigeria May Be A Hopeless State – Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laurent has said he will prefer to call Nigeria a hopeless state if the over 230 Government secondary school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State are not found. Soyinka made the statement on Hardtalk, a BBC programme this morning while responding to questions from the stations correspondent. Soyinka who said there are…
Ogun police parades fake soldiers
The Ogun State Police Command has paraded two men who claim to be soldiers and extort money from members of the public. The two young men identified as Audu Pius and Emmanuel Ujah were arrested on Wednesday by the anti-crime patrol team attached to Ifo Division of the command of the state police command. Confirming…
Naomi Nyadar Released
After a series of protests and calls from Nigerians, Muhammed Abubakar, the Inspector General of Police has ordered the release of Naomi Nyadar, the Chibok woman leader. Nyadar was released to her husband this afternoon in Abuja. Inspite of that, Oby Ezekwesili, Former Education Minister, maintained that Nigerians need an explanation on what she described…
Saving a Multi Billion Dollar Investment
The federal government and Delta State collaborate to save the multi-billion dollar gas project at Ugborodo, Delta State, threatened by feuding host communities Twice in a space of two weeks, the federal government read out the riot act to the feuding parties in the seemingly intractable crises that have claimed many lives and made life…
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