Nigeria’s former Head of State, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has described members of the dreaded terrorist group called Boko Haram as bigots. In a press statement released on Thursday by the retired army officer and ex-presidential aspirant, Buhari noted that the insurgents should not be allowed to “threaten nor should they be allowed to violate…
Female officers of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, held a protest in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Thursday to call for the release of the abducted Chibok girls by members of Boko Haram in April. The women came out enmasse on the street of Lafia, chanting ‘Bring…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday promised to bring an end to terrorism in Nigeria despite the enormous challenges being faced his government in fighting the menace. Jonathan, while speaking at the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa, WEFA, in Abuja, thanked the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and China in offering assistance…
A N50-million reward has been announced by the Nigeria Police for anyone with useful information that could lead to the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram group three weeks ago in Chibok, Borno State. The reward was disclosed on Wednesday by the police spokesman, Frank Mba. Mba also urged members…
A suspected kidnapper ran out of luck on Tuesday in Lagos when she was apprehended by some people and set ablaze after she could not explain how she came in custody of three children she was with. The incident, which occurred at Ekoro Road in Abule-Egba, Lagos, at about 7am, resulted in a traffic logjam…
President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed he is not happy with the present situation in the country, especially with terrorism. Jonathan, speaking at a media chat on Sunday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, noted that the death of a Nigerian hurts him a lot, contrary to believe that he is never moved by the activities…
The Nigerian Army has debunked reports that some terrorists attacked the capital city of Borno State, Maiduguri, in the early hours of Saturday. In a statement signed on Saturday by the Army’s spokesman, Maj Gen Chris Olukolade, it was stated that “there was no fighting or attack around the University or any barrack in Maiduguri…
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has expressed her willingness to lead a protest in Chibok, Borno, to call for the release of the abducted schoolgirls by some terrorists who seized them some days ago. The First Lady revealed this in Abuja after a meeting with the wives of state governors, ministers, female senators, commissioners…
A member of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Khalifa Zanna, has called for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan over the incessant security challenges in the country at the moment. The Senator made this call on Saturday while speaking on Sahara TV on the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by some terrorists three weeks ago in…
The Northern Governors Forum, NGF, has promised to support security agencies in bringing an end to terrorism in Nigeria. The body made this pledge on Friday while reacting to Thursday’s second bomb blast in three weeks in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja. In a press statement signed by its Chairman, Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of…