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President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that no matter the intentions of the Boko Haram insurgents, terrorists will not succeed in Nigeria. Assuring that his administration was ready to dialogue...
View ArticleJonathan in a secret meeting with security chiefs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday met behind closed doors with security chiefs. The meeting was meant to review the security situation in the country, especially in the North East. The service...
View ArticleSallah celebration: Police, NSCDC assure Nigerians of tight security
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has, on behalf of the entire workforce of the Nigeria Police Force, hailed all Muslims in Nigeria on this year’s Eid-el Kabir celebration. As part...
View Article‘FG has not abandoned Asa River project in Kwara’
The Project Director, Ambico Sendivian Limited, Mr. Idowu Salawu has said the cause of the floods which destroyed property worth millions of naira in Ilorin, Kwara State was not because the Federal...
View ArticleNorthern youths absolve Obasanjo of anointing northern candidate
By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA—THE Northern Youth Leaders Forum, NLYF, has absolved former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of plan to anoint a Northern presidential candidate. The National Chairman of...
View ArticleEkiti workers begin strike over unpaid salaries
Accuse Fayemi of insensitivity By Gbenga Ariyibi ADO-EKITI—Organised Labour in Ekiti State, yesterday, began indefinite strike to press for the payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances owed...
View ArticleShekau ‘resurrects’ in new video
Less than two weeks after the killing of an impostor, Bashir Mohammed, who claimed to be Abubakar Shekau, a new video released by Boko Haram yesterday, claimed their leader was not shot dead by the...
View ArticleLagos confirms 3 jailed for attempted bombing
The controversy over whether Boko Haram ever made an attempt in Lagos was last night laid to rest, as the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, revealed that three members...
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The Words They Couldn’t Put In Jonathan’s Mouth
Azubuike Ishiekwene On the eve of Nigeria’s 54th independence anniversary, President Jonathan’s special assistant on public affairs, Doyin Okupe, came up with a very bright idea. On his Facebook page...
View ArticleYour personnel responsible for vandalism, Ijaw HOSTCOM tells Shell
By Gab Ejuwa THE Ijaw Chapter of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, Oil and Gas, Delta State, has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to stop labelling host communities as vandals,...
View ArticleMoney Laundering EFCC Appeals Ruling Discharging Ikuforiji
The coast seems not clear for the embattled speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed the recent ruling of...
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Atiku’s enemies deceived him into fighting Obasanjo – Osuntokun
In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, a former Political Adviser to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Akintola Osuntokun, speaks about his time in the Presidency as well as the 2015 general...
View ArticleThe Ghost Town: Boko Haram attacks Michika, Adamawa villages, burning and...
Boko Haram insurgents have continued their attack on communities in Adamawa State particularly those in Michika Local Government Area, raiding more border villages in the area. A resident of Garta, one...
View ArticleRevealed: Reason Behind Obasanjo’s Closed-door Meeting With David Mark,...
The Senate President, David Mark, as well as notable politicians from the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Accord Party, AC, on Friday held separate closed-door meetings with former President,...
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My colleagues now think I am a big man, – National honours award
BEN AGANDE, ABUJA. When he joined the Nigeria police force, his greatest ambition was to earn his salary as a low ranking police officer, raise a family and ensure that his children would go to school...
View ArticleEnough is enough, ACF tells sect
As Muslims all over the world celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has called on the Islamist sect, Boko Haram to lay down their arms in the interest of peace...
View ArticleI ‘ll consider national unity, harmony when deciding on 2015 – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, said that he would place greater interests of national unity, harmony, and cohesion before giving appropriate response on the calls by various groups and...
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Boko Haram beheads military pilot •They are barbaric, we’ll rout them...
Boko Haram has released a video that shows charred plane wreckage and the beheading of a man identified as a pilot of a missing Nigerian Air Force jet, bolstering the group’s claims that it shot down a...
View ArticleMilitary imposes 4 days curfew in Borno
The military y e s t e r d a y announced a four-day curfew in Borno State following intelligence report indicating plans by Boko Haram to attack public buildings, places of worship and markets....
View ArticleLessons of festival of ram sacrifice
By Ishola Balogun Eid-ul-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, is celebrated by Muslims all over the world as a major festival in Islam. It enjoys special significance as it does not only mark the climax of...
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