Former Chief of Army Staff, General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika on Thursday accused former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufia as one of the frontline Commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group. Ihejirika declared this while speaking to Vanguard over allegation by El-Rufai that he (Ihejirika) and former Governor Ali-Modu Sheriff of Borno State were fingered as terrorists sponsors. He said he was not surprised that the ‘unimaginable allegation’ is coming from ‘one of the Boko Haram Commanders’. “The (Commanders) including El-Rufai know where the problem is. He should stop deceiving Nigerians by trying to divert attention”. “When…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than 6 times as many as doctors know about now. A new plan to stop Ebola by the U.N. health agency also assumes that in many hard-hit areas, the actual number of cases may be two to four times higher than is currently reported. The agency on Thursday published new figures saying that 1,552 people have died from the killer virus from among the 3,069 cases reported so far in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. At least 40 percent of the cases…
The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has urged the military and Federal Government to urgently reclaim parts of the country reportedly captured by the Boko Haram sect. It described the performance of the military and other security agencies as “unimpressive”. The ACF lamented that while reports have indicated that Boko Haram insurgents appeared to be on an unstoppable mission to overrun more territories, efforts of the military to checkmate the advance of the insurgents was not yielding the desired result. The group in a statement last night after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at its headquarters in Kaduna,…
The pretty and and very well endowed Ghollywood actress has shown that she has a good heart behind all that her hot body. The Ghanaian actress encouraged the underprivileged youth to be focused in life and make the right choices in their careers. The “Contract” actress also advised them not to give up on their dreams of becoming successful people in life just because of what people may think of them. Yvonne said this and more when she visited the OphanAid Africa‘s Young Adults Support Services Ghana (YASS Ghana) at Medina, Accra, Ghana on Friday 22nd August 2014. The non-profit…
Nigeria is on the verge of disintegration and requires urgent measures to preserve its unity, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator George Thompson Sekibo, said Wednesday. According to the senator, the Nigerian military is not only overstretched in dealing with insurgency, it is also grossly underfunded. “I tell you as a politician and a lawmaker that I am seeing signs of disintegration of this country”, Sekibo said. Speaking on the theme: “The Nigerian Armed Forces in Internal Security Operations: Between Law and National Security Imperatives” during a session by the Military Law Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)…
The National Secretary of Accord Party (AP), Samson Isibor, and a national leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Frank Ukonga, have faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission’s creation of new polling units. They alleged that the exercise was skewed in favour of the North. The two parties threatened to sue the commission for what they called a lopsided creation of the polling units. Ukonga, a presidential aspirant of the SDP, said his party and some others rejected the new units, alleging that it was all part of a master plan to manipulate next year’s elections. According to him,…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to name a Federal Government-owned hospital after the late Dr Ameyo Adadevoh in recognition of her gallant role in helping to prevent an Ebola Virus Disease epidemic in Nigeria. Adadevoh, a senior consultant at the First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, Lagos State, where the American-Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, was first diagnosed with Ebola, was said to have prevented him from running out of the hospital, which would have spread the virus disease. Melaye who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, saluted the bravery…
The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) Group yesterday in Abuja reminded Nigerians that none of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been rescued, alleging poor rescue operations. The group said this when its leaders visited the Abuja head office of Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Trust newspaper titles. Led by Mrs. Maryam Uwais and Mr. Dino Malaye, the group lamented that 135 days after the girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents, the government had not been able to rescue any of them. “219 girls are still out there, we feel it is necessary to remind Nigerians about the plight of these girls”,…
The Federal Ministry of Health has advised men who were treated and discharged of Ebola virus to avoid s*xual intercourse for at least seven weeks. Dr Bridget Okoeguale, Director, Department of Public Health, gave the advice during interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Okoeguale said this was in line with protocols issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “There are many literatures that say that after men are infected, when the virus is not found in the blood, it tends to stay in the semen for about seven weeks to three months. “What we…
Cameroon’s army has killed 27 members of terrorist group Boko Haram near a northern town, state radio said on Wednesday. The Boko Haram fighters were reported to have crossed Nigeria’s border into Cameroon earlier this week after attacking a military base and police station in Borno, north east Nigeria. The attack was said to have apparently sent some 480 Nigerian troops retreating across the frontier. “Cameroon soldiers have killed 27 Boko Haram elements during an attack in a locality near Fotokol in the far-north’’, state said. It added that the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday but there was no…
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu Wednesday said that the risk of transmission still exist as long as there is still Ebola Virus disease in West Africa. He therefore cautioned that Nigerians should not be carried away with euphoria over the successful containment of the Ebola Virus Disease. “I don’t want Nigerians to panic but I don’t want us to be carried away with Euphoria because if we still have one case of Ebola Virus Disease, it is an emergency because the World Health Organization defines Ebola epidemic as when one person is infected with the disease. We have to…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan today held a closed-door meeting where they were believed to have discussed the incessant Boko Haram attacks in the country among other security challenges. The meeting was reportedly held in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday as the two leaders reportedly examined the level of insecurity in the country, reports Vanguard. Obasanjo was said to have been invited by President Jonathan to the Presidential villa for the meeting, coming days after Obasanjo accused the Jonathan administration of destroying Nigeria’s economy so much that the middle class was fizzling out like in…
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, urged the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, members newly posted to the state, to always be security conscious in their respective places of primary assignment. Speaking during the formal closing of orientation course for the 2014 ‘B’ Corps members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of the state, the governor also urged them to shun acts capable of jeopardizing the peace of the state and Nigeria as a whole. Represented by the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Monday Uko, Akpabio charged the…
Fibroid has been noted to be one of the highest killers of women in Africa these days, so if a woman survives one, she has every reason to be thankful. Months ago, Yoruba actress Omotunde Ogundimu was soliciting for funds for a crucial fibroid surgery; she said she needed N1 million. After a surgery at a hospital in Ogun, the mum of 3 was discharged on Friday 8th August 2014. The surgery was billed at N400,000 and the money donated by colleagues in the industry and other generous Nigerians. Omotunde is presently recuperating at home in Ibafo, Ogun. While chatting…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has commenced monthly donation of N1 million to every state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the country to give the party supporters a sense of belonging where the party is not in government. Speaking with newsmen in Katsina shortly after presenting N1 million to the Katsina State chapter of APC yesterday, Okorocha, represented by his Liaising Officer in Katsina and Zamfara States, Prince Bashir Uwakwue, promised to ensure they receive the donations regularly. “He (Okorocha) sent us to familiarise with them and discuss how best our party will move forward in…
Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Tuesday, lampooned a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, saying he failed to serve the country properly when he was head of the anti-graft commission. Musa, who made this view known in an interview, said though Ribadu may have had the intention to serve the country, he was overwhelmed by the system. The statesman said this while reacting to the explanation Ribadu gave for his recent defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, where he (Ribadu) said his motive was…
Davido is currently the most talked about singer inn Africa at the moment and other stars would give anything to have him on a track with them. Hypertek’s Dammy Krane has gotten that honor and just a few days after releasing the digital version of his debut album, “The Enterkraner” on Spinlet, AfroPop sensation, Dammy Krane, shot the video for one of the breakout singles from the album, “In Case Of Incasity” featuring HKN Boss, Davido. The music video was shot at Club Caliente in Victoria Island, Lagos by Clarence Peters and supported by Moet and Chandon & Digifon. The…
Igbo resident in Lagos State will tomorrow, Thursday, shutdown their businesses for four hours in honour of the late former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili, who would be buried in Agulu, in Anambra State same day. Rising from a dinner/interactive session for market leaders and stakeholders, Igbo, on the platform of Ndigboamaka, a non-governmental organisation of South East Ndigbo Lagos, unanimously agreed that they would close down their businesses from 8am-12noon tomorrow, as a sign of respect for the late Akunyili. Making the disclosure in Lagos, Nze Basil Osuokwu, national coordinator of South East Ndigbo Lagos, stated that…
Despite the decision by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Adamawa State to zone the governorship slot to the Central Senatorial District, the Acting Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has declared the zoning arrangement as a non-issue. Fintiri, who emerged as acting governor following the impeachment of Murtala Nyako, is one of the aspirants for the PDP ticket ahead of the October 11 by-election. Speaking to reporters yesterday in Abuja when he came to submit his nomination form, Fintiri said the proclamation of zoning by the party stakeholders for the forthcoming by-election was misplaced. He argued that zoning should not apply because the…
Coalition of Sokoto State Youth and Students Leaders (CSYSL), has called on youths in the state to stop further protest against state government’s plans to borrow money for developmental purposes, noting that the state is empowered by the law to borrow for such purpose. It also described an earlier protest in the state as the handiwork of enemies of the government, advising that youths should avoid being used to achieve political ends. “It is surprising that some youths are engaging in activities that are capable of tarnishing the image of Sokoto State over an issue that has constitutional backing. “It…