A top U.S. Defense Department official criticized Nigeria on Thursday for being too slow to adapt in response to the threat of Boko Haram, but said Washington is committed to helping fight the group and safely return more than 200 girls taken from their school a month ago. “In general Nigeria has failed to mount an effective campaign against Boko ... Read More »
The Owerri residence of the immediate past governor of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim was almost reduced to ashes on Thursday with suspected highly explosive device allegedly planted by his political detractors . According to the former governor who was still weeping profusely when we visited the ravaged building, he got a call from some security details in the area ... Read More »
According to reports from AFP, the data hasn’t been shared with the Nigerians because Washington is still working out an agreement to govern the sharing of intelligence, Colonel Steven Warren said. A defense official who preferred to speak in anonymity told AFP that the United States has deployed the Global Hawk, which flies at high altitude, and the manned MC-12, ... Read More »
, Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Nnamdi Ezeigbo, chairman of Slot Systems, will be honoured at the awards ceremony scheduled for May 25 at the Summit Event Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, as winners of the Man of Excellence and Businessman of the Year awards respectively. According to the Managing Custodian of the awards, Rupert Ojenuwa, the ... Read More »
The Progressive Governors Forum has pledged to rebuild the destroyed Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, just as it announced a N100m donation to all victims of the Nyanya Bomb blast. It also promised to help with the treatment and rehabilitation of the students of the Chibok schoolgirls as soon as they are rescued. Chairman of the forum, Owelle Rochas ... Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Anambra, Mr Okey Aroh, to court over the alleged theft of N108 million. Aroh was charged alongside Abimbola Oluwaniyi, for allegedly conniving with him to steal the amount, belonging to the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, between June 2008 and July 2009. The ... Read More »
A spokesman for the Borno state governor said parents, students and teachers have now identified 77 of the girls shown in the video, released Monday by Agence France-Presse, a French news agency. “Remember, I also said that on face value, all the girls in the video are believed to part of the abducted girls, but Governor Shettima has insisted that ... Read More »
Spotless Hotel owned by the PDP governorship candidate, Ayodele Fayose is experiencing a new lease of life. The hotel which in the days of the governorship of Mr. Fayose between 2003 and 2005 enjoyed high patronage from the state government and political allies of the former governor went into near disuse following the removal of Fayose from office. Until now ... Read More »
Commissioners and Special Advisers in Akwa Ibom have been re-assigned new portfolios in what the state government says is in line with its on-going re-invigoration of the machinery of government. A Government House statement made available to News Express said: “Governor Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Udom Emmanuel has approved the ... Read More »
Esther Mutali, one of the women whose daughters were abducted by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, Borno State, today stated that three mothers have identified their children in a video released by the Islamist sect. Mrs. Mutali’s daughter, Douka Yakubu, is among 276 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School by members of the Islamist sect in an April ... Read More »
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