PHOTO CREDIT: THE NATION The Borno State Government on Thursday received 42 suspected Boko Haram members, who had been incarcerated by the Nigerian army for periods ranging from months to three years. The military, affirming that the 42 suspects had spent years in detention, however, announced that they were cleared of all suspicions following thorough investigations. The military also said three of the 42 released suspects were foreigners from Chad, Cameroon and Burkina Faso. The deputy director, Defence Information, Colonel Sani Usman, who performed a handing over ceremony of all the suspects to Governor Kashim Shettima in Maiduguri, said they…
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The immediate-past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, said on Thursday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo never intended for the East-West Road to be a reality, although he awarded a contract for the project. Orubebe stated this in Asaba, Delta State, at a rally where he declared his intention to contest the governorship of the state on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former minister has come under severe criticism for failing to see to the completion of the East-West Road, considered to be the most vital infrastructure in the Niger Delta, during his tenure as…
SEN. SHEM ZAGBAYI The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Sen. Nuhu Zagbayi (PDP-Niger), has said only unity among Nigerians would defeat insurgents waging a relentless war against the country. Zagbayi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that partisan politics and primordial sentiments, such as religious and ethnic differences, would weaken Nigerians’ resolve to confront terrorism and insurgency. “The country is at war with the Boko Haram insurgents and politics is not helping us. Nigeria has never faced war during democratic regime. “Now how do we as country unite against our common enemy because we know Boko…
PHOTO CREDIT: Atiku Abubakar TWITTER PAGE Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said in Abuja Thursday that the northern part of the country has the highest rate of illiteracy rate in the country with 70 percent of its people lacking formal education. Atiku, who spoke at a public presentation of a book “Re-thinking the Legal Framework for Rights of Women and Girl-Child in Nigeria”, written in honour of His wife, Hajiya Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar, also said that 38 percent of women in Nigeria lack formal education while only four percent of them…
Following the expiration of Oct. 1 deadline for the registration of unpainted commercial vehicles also known as “kabu kabu”, the FCT Transport Secretariat has begun the arrest of defaulters. Mr Jonathan Ivoke, the Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Transportation Secretariat, told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that commercial drivers would be arrested for using unpainted and unlicensed vehicles. “There are so many traffic offences that go on daily; one of them is the use of illegal, unlicensed, unpainted, unauthorised and unidentified vehicles as taxi cabs and buses in FCT. “They are aware that it is an offence to do so…
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State declared on Thursday that when he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he never joined it in rigging elections. Amaechi, who is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said that other members of the PDP always looked at him with suspicion because never agreed with them on many issues, including rigging. The Rivers governor also charged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to defend his reputation by conducting a free, fair and credible election come 2015. Amaechi, who made this declaration while addressing…
PHOTO CREDIT: NIGERIAN TRIBUNE A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ijebu-Ode/Odogbolu/Ijebu-North-East Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr. Kehinde Odeneye has denied reports in a section of the media that he has dumped his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Social Democratic Party. Mr. Odeneye was reacting to a report which listed him among National Assembly members from Ogun State, who defected to the SDP following a breakdown in reconciliatory talks between former governor of the state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba and the incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The Senators are Adegbenga Kaka (Ogun East), Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central)…
Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State said governors, aspiring to be elected into the Senate in 2015, posed no threat to senators seeking re-election. He said this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen after submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in 2015. Akpabio, who is also the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, said the political space was wide and open for healthy competition among all players. He said there were only nine serving governors, seeking the senatorial seat in 2015 against 109 senate…
A former Governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, on Thursday collected the expression of interest form to contest the Osun West Senatorial District election in 2015 on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC. The former governor, who defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party shortly before the August 9 governorship poll in the state, visited the APC secretariat along Osogbo-Gbongon Road to pick the form. He arrived at the secretariat amidst fanfare but declined an interview with journalists after picking the forms.
PHOTO CREDIT: FREEDOM RADIO A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), said the failure of the Nigeria Police Force to discharge its statutory resposnibilty of maintaining internal law and order, paved the way for the army to take over in the Northeast where Boko Haram insurgents have crippled the socio-economic activities. the ex-army chief stated this shortly after delivering a lecture entitled: “Education, Security and National Development: The Case of Nigeria” Wednesday, at the 61st Interdisciplinary Research Discourse organised by the Post Graduate School, University of Ibadan. Dambazau noted that the failure of the Nigeria Police…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded at Kirikiri Prisons a 33-year-old woman, Hope Umuraero, charged with attempting to export 1.4 kg of hemp to Dubai. Umuraero, who is being prosecuted by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug trafficking, pleaded guilty to the charge. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke consequently remanded the accused in prison and adjourned the case till Nov. 14 for review of facts and sentencing. Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Emmanuel Vembe, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 14. Vembe said the accused was caught during the outward clearance of passengers on…
This is not a sight you’ll see more than once in your lifetime, so enjoy the moment. The photo you see above is of the former president — Obasanjo tying a feminine wrapper during a courtesy visit by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists at his is Hilltop residence in Abeokuta yesterday Nov 5. With that grin on his face, he looks like an _ _ _ _ old woman………….LMAO!!!
They have been a little too quiet these days. The Nigerian and Ghanaian couple have been surrounded by break up rumors constantly, but they seem to be waxing strong. The Ghollywood beauty took to her Instagram to gush about the way a special someone in her life makes her feel. She says the love is purer than s*x and even TV love. Read what she wrote below: – “The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form…Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and sequined glint;..not s*x and allure, all high shoes and high drama, everything both…
While Nigerian entertainers are jumping into politics for the financial gain, award winning Ghanaian actress and TV host Joslyn Dumas was spotted this afternoon sweeping the streets of Modex, in Kotobabi Down, Ghana. Sources say she’s working with the Forces Help Ghana (FHG) who launched a Clean Up campaign to help fight against cholera and keep Ghana clean. See photos below: –
Begging is now a crime in Nigeria, when done using people living with disabilities. This came after the Senate and the House of Representatives harmonized bill passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly. According to the bill, those found guilty of the act will be liable to a six-month imprisonment, among other punishments. The bill contains provisions that would ensure that the disabled are protected from discrimination and harmful treatment; have access to free education at all levels, basic health care, and employment, among others. The harmonized bill will take into account, the challenges being faced by physically…
Boko Haram has renamed another town in Nigeria’s Northeast, as it continues in its effort to create an Islamist caliphate in the country. The Islamists had seized the town of Mubi in Adamawa state last week and had renamed it Madinatul Islam, meaning “City of Islam”. Gwoza, in neighbouring Borno state which was captured in July is now being called Darul Hikma or “House of Wisdom”, multiple residents told AFP. The extremists are believed to control more than two dozen towns and villages in Nigeria’s far northeast and sources have raised concerns that the terrorists may be aiming for Yola,…
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ikotun Police Station, CSP Haruna Alaba has told the Coroner’s Inquest set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), on September 12 that there is possibility of sabotage. “One of the things being looked into is the possibility of sabotage, structure defect and security concern, we are considering every issue raised,” said Alaba, who stated that investigation into the collapsed building is still on at the State CID, Yaba area of Lagos. “The police is investigating the possibility of the aircraft…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said that it had sufficient aircraft to fight insurgency in the country. The Force had also sought to boost the fight against terrorism in the country by resuscitating its C-130 aircraft. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun re-commissioned the aircraft after an eight-week C-check inspection work by NAF personnel under the leadership of the Chief of Aircraft Engineering, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Umar, in conjunction with a foreign partner, Sabena Technics of Italy. “The aircraft is force multiplier. By this I mean it is s a logistic based aircraft. It’s going to…
The presidency has described Former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an anarchist for calling for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan, over insecurity in Nigeria. “The suggestion by one of the leaders of the All Progressive Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu that President Goodluck Jonathan resign from office as a result of the activities of insurgents in the North Eastern part of the country, has once again shown beyond doubt that the former Lagos state Governor and his colleagues in the opposition are a bunch of political anarchists and charlatans…
LMAO…………I bet a lot of you now are like ‘wetin concern us with this one’, but it’s a sight to see dogs this huge. Plus who knows, with the way everything in this country these days has a political ripple effect, that is what this might be. I came across the video and though dog lovers would be impressed………hehe