The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement released in Abuja on Thursday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, ordered the controversial chief banker to hand over to the most senior CBN Deputy Governor, “Dr Sarah…
“You will in coming days see your refinery bombed,” wanted leader of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened in a new video released on Wednesday. Shekau, in a 28-minute video, vowed to attack Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. He said in Hausa language, “Niger Delta, you are in trouble.” The Boko…
Prominent Yoruba monarch, Samuel Odulana Odugade, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, has expressed his anger for being neglected by President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited Oyo State last weekend. Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State. The President paid a courtesy visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III on Saturday, but failed to…
A Lagos court has disclosed that it would deliver judgement this Friday on a case involving the murder of a female banker in 2011, allegedly by her husband. This was contained in a hearing notice issued to the prosecution and defence counsels. The late banker, Titilayo, was allegedly killed by her hubby, Akolade Arowolo, at…
Barely 24 hours after the presidency claimed its war against terrorism in Nigeria was being won, gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram group, have again attacked Bama village in Borno State. Bama is a community near the state capital, Maiduguri. In December 2013, terrorists attacked a military barracks in Bama. The…
The presidency has reacted to comments made by the governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, claiming that members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram are better equipped than the Nigerian Army. Shettima had on Monday said, “I made it emphatically clear to Mr President that the Boko Haram members are better armed and motivated…
The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from Lagos State as minister. The former gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, along with 10 others, was given the nod by the lawmakers. President Goodluck Jonathan had sent his ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval. Others confirmed by members…
Some aggrieved students of polytechnics in Nigeria staged a demonstration in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Monday afternoon to kick against their continued stay at home, following the strike embarked upon by their teachers since mid-2013. The students also prevented the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike from entering his office. They stormed the ministry of…
“I made it emphatically clear to Mr President that the Boko Haram members are better armed and motivated [than the Nigerian Army], the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has confessed. Shettima made this confession on Monday after briefing President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the service chiefs of the attacks in Borno State over the…
The Federal Government has directed the Managing Director of the Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT, Ltd Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai, to embark on an indefinite leave. The order was handed out to him on Monday through the Minister of Communications and Technology, Omobola Johnson. The directive, contained in a statement released in Lagos, noted that Ahmed-Rufai was asked…