#BringBackOurGirls Group Respond To Okupe’s Derisive Statement
Our attention has been drawn to the statement credited to Dr. Doyin Okupe deriding our 6-weeks countdown to the possible rescue of the Chibok girls. For the avoidance of doubt, our 6 weeks countdown...
View ArticleThe Countdown To The Rescue Of The Chibok Girls Is Well And Truly On [LOOK]
The #BringBackOurGirls movement has begun its countdown (monitoring) initiative towards the rescue of the over 219 Chibok schoolgirls still held up in Boko Haram’s lair. According to a spokesperson...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan Builds Roads To The Future
By Aziza Uko and Wayne Murphy The Nwokolo family in Lagos had just lost their patriarch. For convenience sake, a decision was taken to promptly take the corpse home to the South-East and take care of...
View ArticleJoe Igbokwe: In Defence Of General Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo remains one of the luckiest Nigerians that is still transversing the political landscape today, all things considered. He is one General that has ruled Nigeria for...
View ArticleJUST IN: Multiple Bomb Explosions In Borno
Multiple bomb explosions have been reported by eye witnesses in Biu town in Borno state. An operative of the Civilian JTF, Muhammed Miringa, said “three bomb explosions occurred in Yamarkumi area of...
View ArticleIfeanyi Amanze: The Changing Face Of Politics In Abia State
Time there was when all you needed to do to win an election in Abia State was to be colorless, a stooge and a card carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Time there was when all you...
View ArticlePastor Arrested With N609 Million Worth Of Hard Drugs
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended the resident pastor of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim at Agodo-Egbe, Ikotun, Lagos, over unlawful...
View ArticleAnother PDP Top Shot Tears His Membership Card To Shreds (PHOTO)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo may have opened a floodgate for members of the People’s Democratic Party dissatisfied with the party to show their dissatisfaction by tearing up their membership...
View ArticleSettled: Jonathan Nominates Obanikoro, 7 Others For Ministerial Appointments
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the Nigerian Senate and presented a list of seven nominees for ministerial appointments. Among the nominees are former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu...
View ArticleWole Soyinka: Under-Reading Violence
For the avoidance of all doubt, let it be clearly stated that I am against political violence from any direction and for whatever reason. I especially deplore the stoning of President Jonathan’s...
View ArticleAziza Uko: Reviewing President Jonathan’s Health Is Wealth Policy
“One of my favorite stories of 2014: In just one year, Nigeria went from 50 polio cases to 6.” – That was a tweet by world’s richest man Bill Gates as the year 2014 was winding down. It bore testimony...
View ArticleMan In Imo State Sets Wife Ablaze For Infidelity, Arrested
The people of Umunna community in Orlu Local Council Area of Imo State were thrown into shock in the early hours of yesterday when a middle aged man, identified as Uche, allegedly set his wife, Ugochi...
View Article[REUTERS]: Blood-Soaked Truck Symbolises Boko Haram’s War Without Borders
A Nigerian armoured personnel carrier spattered with blood, riddled with bullets and towed into an army base in northern Cameroon is a potent reminder of Boko Haram’s ability to strike across borders...
View ArticlePay Us Or There Would Be Crises During Elections, Police Officers Warn
More than 15,000 police officers have threatened to either go on strike or disrupt the March 28 and April 11 general elections. The policemen, according to seven of them who met with a Punch...
View ArticleNigerian Military Kills 300 Boko Haram Fighters
Nigerian forces have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages since the start of the week, the military said on Wednesday, as regional neighbours...
View ArticleIGP Orders Full Investigation Of Violence At APC Rally In Rivers State
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the shooting incident on Tuesday, 17th February, at the campaign rally of the All Progressives...
View ArticleFemi Aribisala: An Interview With GMB
FA: Mr. General Sir, how long will it take you as president to bring back our girls? GMB: We have all this while ensured their safety, so we will bring them back unfailingly in the first week of my...
View ArticleFull Text Of General Buhari’s Address To APC Leaders At The Joint Leadership...
The Joint Leadership Meeting of the APC was held on Tuesday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center, Abuja, with delegates from across Nigeria. Below is the full text of General Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at...
View ArticleNigeria Will Not Know Peace During Elections, Shekau Threatens In New Video
Reports from Al Jazeera and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says the leader of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened mayhem during Nigeria’s presidential election...
View ArticleNigerian Army Dismisses Boko Haram Leader’s Latest Threat
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, has dismissed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau’s said at of causing mayhem during the 2015 general elections, giving strong...
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