The Federal government on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the insurgents. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro told ... Read More »
As we count down to 2015 election year, there seems to be a new twist with respect to who succeeds the incumbent Governor of Akwa Ibom State. It is no longer news that Governor Akpabio has anointed his successor and the people of Akwa Ibom State have also drawn a line between Akpabio’s inordinate disguised third term ambition. What is ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday thanked Nigerians for their unison in support of Federal Government’s efforts to rescue abducted Government Secondary School girls in Chibok, Borno, by Boko Haram. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, made the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja. He said the demands of Nigerians in the past weeks had ignited ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Saturday when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the first maritime university in Africa, the Nigeria Maritime University at Okorenkoko, Warri Soith West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on his part has solicited the support of the Niger Delta and the rest of the country for ... Read More »
The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an “unconscionable act” of terror against the education of girls, US First Lady Michelle Obama said Saturday. Speaking in her husband’s place during President Barack Obama’s weekly Saturday morning address, Michelle Obama said that this violence “was not an isolated incident … it’s a story we see every day as girls around ... Read More »
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has described the death of Ambassador Ralph Uwechue as a big loss to Federal Government and Delta State explaining that they would miss his sincere advise on developmental issues. Dr. Uduaghan who stated this Friday when the Federal Government delegation paid him a condolence visit in Asaba before proceeding to Ogwashi-Uku for the burial, ... Read More »
There were indications yesterday that the 230 female students abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, have been sited at the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, by the Special Forces of the United States Marines. The girls who were abducted on April 14, were part of the 250 students boarded at the ... Read More »
A faction loyal to the former governor of Ogun State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Aremo Segun Osoba has accused Amosun’s faction of squandering N750 million on the botched inauguration of his state executive council. The Secretary of the faction loyal to Chief Osoba, Chief Abimbola Awofeso stated this during a consultative meeting held within the private ... Read More »
Dr. Kayode Fayemi yesterday alleged a double pronged rigging strategy supposedly adopted by his political foes in the PDP and Labour to frustrate his re-election. Fayemi in a statement said the thrust of the strategy was centered around the recruitment of fake policemen who would put away strategic leaders of the APC on Election Day and also help to foment ... Read More »
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