President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed that he won’t give in to the demands of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. The wanted terrorist, in a video released this week, told the Nigerian government to handover his members held in custody by security forces in the country in exchange for the over 200 abducted girls in his…
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Nyanya Twin Blasts: Mastermind Nabbed In Sudan
Ogwuche Wanted Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche, one of the masterminds of the Nyanya bus station twin blasts in Abuja, has been arrested by the International Police, Interpol. Ogwuche was apprehended in Sudan, where he was reportedly hiding. Marylyn Ogar, spokesperson of the State Security Service, SSS, at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, announced that…
Senate Summons Defence Minister, Service Chiefs
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Aliyu Gusau, has been directed by the Senate to appear before it on Thursday, May 15, 2015. The resolution summoning the Minister and others was passed by the lawmakers on Wednesday. Minister of Police Affairs, Chief of Defence Staff, National Security Adviser, the Service Chiefs, including the Inspector General of Police,…
Rivers APC Apologises For Nominating Wike as Minister
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has apologized for nominating Nyesome Wike to President Goodluck Jonathan for appointment as a Minister. In a press statement by the APC’s spokesman in the state, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the party said it sincerely apologises to all Nigerians, especially to students and lecturers in the country’s…
Service Chiefs Get 7 Days To Rescue Chibok Girls Or Resign
Nigeria’s Service Chiefs have been given seven days to rescue the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State about a month ago by Boko Haram members or resign from office. This resignation threat was given by an Igbo youth group called Ohaneze Youth Council, OYC. The socio-cultural interest group disclosed that the saga has…
Jonathan Zooms To Congo Over Security Matters
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has left the shores of the country for the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, to discuss security challenges facing countries in the West and Central African regions. Jonathan left Nigeria on Monday afternoon to meet with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Nguesso. Both leaders will deliberate on how to tackle…
Jonathan Zooms To Congo Over Security Matters
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has left the shores of the country for the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, to discuss security challenges facing countries in the West and Central African regions. Jonathan left Nigeria on Monday afternoon to meet with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Nguesso. Both leaders will deliberate on how to tackle…
Chibok Girls: Boko Haram Makes Demands
Leader of the Boko Haram militant group, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new video, exclusively obtained by AFP, stating that he would release the kidnapped secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno, unless the Nigerian government freed members of the terrorist group held captived by security operatives. Shekau disclosed further that the girls have been converted…
All Yoruba Obas Are Useless Except…—Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has disclosed that only three monarchs in Yorubaland are upright, describing others as “useless”. The former governor of Lagos State made this declaration on Friday in Ijebu-Ode during a special prayer session held at the Central Mosque in the city to mark the 80th…
Boko Haram Bombs Borno Bridge Linking Sambisa Forest
A bridge in Borno State, which provides an alternative link to the Sambisa forest, has been blown up by gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram, who have carried out several bombings in the north. The said bridge is also linking Borno and Adamawa States, both under emergency rule. The gunmen attacked Limankara village…