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Bizuum Yadok: Dame Patience – taking the right step in the wrong direction

From her much quoted malapropisms to her feuds with State Governors, to godmotherization of political aspirants, to her inefficacious ‘Women for Change Initiative’, to her general misdemeanor in the...

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Breaking News: If You Have Details Of Abducted Girls, Please Call These...

The following statement was issued by the Nigeria Police Force, offering a N50million reward for anyone who could provide it with credible information on the whereabouts of the over 250 schoolgirls...

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MUST READ: Before we #BringBackOurGirls

By: Michael Irene Each generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it. Interestingly, a useless group of individuals, cloaked in an ugly attire of religion mixed with politics, have...

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#BringBackOurGirls, Bring back our country and President Jonathan

Occupy Nigeria taught us the power of social media – maybe the Chibok schoolgirl abductions will shame politicians into serving Nigerians. watched the first lady of my country, Nigeria, shed tears for...

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#BringBackOurGirls: “I will continue … until people take action” – says...

Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have found a powerful ally — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who survived a Taliban assassination attempt and became a global symbol of girl-power,...

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#BringBackOurGirls: No girls are missing, Chibok abduction is a scam – Asari...

Founder of the now rested Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo has described the hullabaloo generated as a result of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls as a scam. The controversial...

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President Jonathan Says girls’ abduction marks beginning of the end of Boko...

ABUJA, May 8 (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, saying their rescue would mark “the beginning of the end...

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WORLD RISES AGAINST BOKO HARAM

DAYS of terror in Nigeria may be over soon as countries of the orld have joined forces to end the menace of Boko Haram and, as well, help rescue the abducted schoolgirls of Government Secondary School,...

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Catholic cleric wants FG to dialogue with Boko Haram

Christian Chukwuemeka of the  Catholic Diocese of Enugu, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to explore ways of ascertaining the actual demands of the insurgent group, Boko Haram. The cleric...

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Terrorists: Northern Governors’ Forum welcomes U.S. offer of military assistance

The Northern Governors’ Forum on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. government’s offer of military assistance to Nigeria to help locate and rescue the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno. The...

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Nigeria’s Richest Oil Blocks Owners Exposed: Names & Details

The oil block business is so lucrative that Danjuma’s Sapetro divested of its investment in Akpo condensate for $1billion dollars. The business is second to none in Nigeria. That is why any attempt to...

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Nigeria’s abduction shows man’s ‘darkest impulses’ – Obama

United States President, Barack Obama, issued a somber warning on Wednesday that the kidnapping of Nigerian girls and sectarian conflicts worldwide are a sign that “we have not extinguished man’s...

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Prophet Soul E prophecy earned stranger a $200,000 contract

Singer cum Prophet, Soul E has revealed yet another testimony on his facebook page. The controversial prophet, this time narrated how God used him to prophecy into the life of a stranger and how the...

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Some S-West delegates out to sabotage region —Adams

By DAPO AKINREFON A delegate to the ongoing National Conference holding, Otunba Gani Adams, has accused some South-West delegates of opposing key issues promoted by the region. Adams, who said this...

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Sultan wants more funding for police

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday, called for improved funding of the Nigeria Police to enable it confront the current security challenges effectively. Abubakar spoke when the...

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Amaechi abandoned Rivers delegates in Abuja —Osuoka

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: A delegate from Rivers State   at the ongoing national confab, Mr. Isaac Osuaka, has accused Governor Chibuike Amaechi of abandoning conferees from the state at the...

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Falana Blasts Patience Jonathan Over Abducted Girls

Ace lawyer and Human Right Activist, Femi Falana has described the panel set up by the nation’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan to probe the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls of Chibok as illegal and...

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BREAKING: ‘Boko Haram wants kidnapped girls exchanged for imprisoned members’

FORMER Boko Haram negotiator, Shehu Sani, has said the group plans to exchange the 300 kidnapped schoolgirls for “comrades” imprisoned in Nigeria. Nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria by...

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Abducted schoolgirls likely split up, taken across border

Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) – Nigeria’s embattled leader vowed Boko Haram’s abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls would be the terror group’s undoing, even as authorities admitted Thursday the girls likely...

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Terrorism: $1bn inadequate for military hardware —Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, regretted that the $1billion recently released by his administration to procure military equipment to bolster the war against terror is inadequate. Speaking as...

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