Atleast 50 terrorists, 12 soldiers, policemen killed in Borno attacks
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Atleast 12 soldiers, 4 policemen and four civilians were feared killed with the destruction of Divisional Police Headquarters, market, shops, houses and vehicles when about...
View ArticleI did not mean to embarrass anybody, I am cultured—Charley Boy
Following last weekend’s reports that Charles Oputa (a.k.a Charly Boy) embarrassed Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at the funeral mass of his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. The maverick...
View ArticleDemand for states, resource control question: Nigeria cannot ignore Igbo –...
*Says Land Use Act is curbing communal killings *Speaks on his legacies BY OCHEREOME NNANNA Governor T.A. Orji, in this interview, speaks on national issues as well as those concerning his Abia State....
View ArticleHow President Jonathan was misled about Boko Haram
Below is the academic proposition by some scholars in the US to the Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The letter was copied to Ambassador Johnnie Carson, then Assistant Secretary of State...
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When doctors stop saving lives!
By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Oinna It is a season of anomie for the Nigerian health sector. Perpetually steeped in crisis, things have fallen apart irrevocably in the public domain where the centre no...
View ArticleIgboezue lambasts Soyinka for saying Boko Haram’s insurgency is worse than...
Igboezue, an Igbo socio-political organisation, has faulted a recent statement attributed to Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, that the Boko Haram insurgency is worse than Biafra-Nigeria civil war....
View ArticleWhy I married Ese Walters after the COZA scandal – Benny Ark
After media personality, Ese Walter’s infamous confession about her affair with COZA’s Pastor, Bimbo Fatoyinbo in 2013, no one knew it would be easy for her to find love, but surprisingly, less than a...
View ArticleNational Conference in disarray as North walks out of consensus building group
A major crack that may truncate the ongoing national conference has emerged, with delegates from the Northern part of the country alleging betrayal, rejecting some decisions reached at plenary and...
View ArticleWe are not ready to call off strike – Nigerian doctors
Contrary to an earlier report that the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Medical Association would be called off on Monday, the group has debunked the story, saying it is not ready to return to work until...
View ArticleWe have developed new strategies to tackle Book Haram – Army Chief
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah yesterday disclosed that Nigerian Army has developed new strategies to contain the current security challenges confronting the nation. This is as...
View ArticleDoctors’ strike is selfish, anti-people – TUC
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has faulted the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). The Union described the action as selfish, anti-people, ego-driven and...
View ArticleEkiti: It’s new sociology, stupid!
The Ekiti governorship election has come and gone, but certainly not its consequences. This is why in other climes, both the party that won and the one which lost the election would have by now...
View ArticlePDP accuse Governor Oshiomole of instigating violence
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the APC and the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole are now jittery over the soaring popularity of the PDP in the state and have resorted...
View ArticleOsun 2014: Group tasks INEC on timely distribution of permanent voters card
CLEEN Foundation, an NGO, has urged INEC to ensure timely distribution of Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) to the electorate ahead of Osun governorship election scheduled for Aug. 9. The Executive Director...
View Article2015: A crucial test for Nigeria
Professor Larry Diamond, director at the Centre on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, United States of America, is concerned about the survival of Nigeria’s democracy....
View ArticleSuspected Boko Haram Islamists kill 7 in Borno state
KANO (AFP) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamists disguised in army uniforms killed seven people in an attack near the northeastern border with Cameroon, residents said Monday. The gunmen, five of whom were...
View ArticleChibok girls: FG moving closer to finding Chibok girls
The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, has said that the Federal Government is close to finding the abducted Chibok girls. He stated that security forces were working on leads that...
View ArticleAPC To Gov Aliyu: Stop Paying Redundant Advisers
Abu Nmodu The All Progressive Congress (APC) has stated that the Governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, should stop using the state resources to pay redundant special advisers . The APC’s...
View ArticleExcape from captivity: Boko Haram recaptures 45 women in Borno
By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri — Forty Five out of the 63 women and children who escaped being abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Damboa and Chibok villages in Borno State; have been recaptured by the...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Tension in Maiduguri over sect’s threats
BARELY 24 hours after the insurgents attacked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, reports from the city have indicated that rumour was building up that the Boko Haram sect was heading towards...
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