Nigeria is facing many challenges on multiple fronts and unless government muster courage to unite her sundry ethnic nationalities, the country will continue to struggle to realize its potentials, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) has said. Gen. Abdulsalami stated this in Abuja at the 19th edition of the Daily Trust dialogue which…
Incessant terrorist attacks have forced residents of four local governments in Borno to flee into Yobe communities, the police have revealed. The local governments, according to Yobe State Police Command are Gubio, Magumeri, Kaga and Konduga. A statement on Thursday by Dungus Abdulkarim, the Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Police Command, said large movement…
he Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo. Irabor, along with…
There appears to be a new twist to the ‘political drama’ that have greeted the #EndSARS campaign and the recent disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). This comes as 19 Governors from the northern part of the country, on Thursday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari from where they…
Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the regional governor in restive northeast Nigeria, three security said.Sources told AFP that eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno governor,…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said the Boko Haram insurgents have resumed full operations in the North East, describing the situation as worrisome.Speaking during the opening session of the 89th Emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party Thursday in Abuja, Secondus said President Buhari has…
Christian teenager Leah Sharibu who was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents, gave birth to a baby boy early Saturday, a source has revealed. On February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’…
The National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has expressed shock over the killing of the Christian Association of Nigeria chairman in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Pastor Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram. The council described the murder as barbaric and provocative, adding that it was a ploy by the insurgents to incite Christians…
President Muhammadu Buhari cannot exonerate himself from the current upsurge in the activities of Boko Haram, by promoting policies that suggests special treatment for Muslims in Nigeria, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto State, Matthew Hassan Kukah has said. Speaking to Aid to Church in Need, a UK non-profit organisation, the cleric accused the President of discriminatory…
Former Nigeria President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has put out counter claims to the accusations made by Ex-British Prime Minister, David Cameron who had in his new book, “For the Records” painted the him in bad light. Jonathan, in a reply to Cameron’s claims, laid bare never heard and known statements on his verified Facebook Page….
