Barely 48 hours after the Nigerian Army handed over 42 suspected members of Boko Haram to the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, another set of 125 suspected members of the Islamic sect have been released. At the handing over ceremony held on Saturday, November 8, 2014, in Maiduguri, Borno State, the Nigerian Army 7 Division…
Head driver to Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Mairuwa, has been slain by some unknown gunmen. Late Mairuwa was assassinated on Saturday morning near Tudun Adabu along the Obi-Keana-Awe road. The deceased was on his way to his village in Keana local government area of the state when he was killed. The gunmen…
About 42 persons earlier thought to be members of the deadly terrorist group called Boko Haram were released to the Borno State government by the Nigerian Army recently. The suspects were apprehended by security operatives at different times in Borno State and kept in custody until their release. Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of…
Ifeanyi Ubah, Chief Coordinator of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, a campaign group for President Goodluck Jonathan re-election ambition, has returned as the MD/CEO of Capital Oil and Gas, nearly 17 months after the company was taken away from him. Following an alleged debt of about N65 billion, the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON,…
Following the withdrawal of security personnel attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has asked the police boss to reverse the order. In a statement signed by its National President, Augustine Alegeh, the lawyers’ body described the situation…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said it has increased its efforts in fighting terrorism in northern part of Nigeria. In a statement released on its website on Saturday, DHQ said the deployment of troops in the troubled regions has already been yielding meaningful results and stressed that the war against insurgency in the country would be…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to remove the National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki; and the Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau. This call was made by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The Christian body in Nigeria said this following the recent attacks in Adamawa and Gombe State, where some people lost…
Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, supposedly killed by both the Nigerian and Cameroonian security forces in ‘two’ different gun battles, has rubbished claims by the Nigerian Army that his group sealed a ceasefire deal with the Nigerian government. In a new video released on Friday, the Boko Haram leader, in his usual style, insists…
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, has obtained his nomination form of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kaduna State governorship election in 2015. He will be hoping to emerge the candidate of APC at the poll. El-Rufai, a Deputy National Secretary of APC, picked his form on Friday at…
Four management staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, have been relieved of their jobs, a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources on Friday has revealed. No reason was given by the Ministry for the sack of the affected persons. According to the statement by the Head, Press and External Relations,…