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As President Jonathan, jets off to Pretoria, South Africa for high-level discussions with other African Heads of State and Government on combating terrorism in Africa.The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has berated President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria over his inability to effectively combat insurgency and terrorism in the country. Museveni, who played an active role […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has on Friday morning, handed the document containing the 2014 budget to the Minister of Finance and co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Director of Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogu, for implementation. According to his spokesman, Reuben Abati, the president signed the 2014 budget ― passed by the […]

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said on Thursday that the latest allegation of genocide in Borno State, levelled against the Nigerian Military by a Kaduna based cleric is unfounded, diversionary and unfortunate. The Military ― which is fighting the deadly Boko Haram insurgents amidst criticisms that it is yet unable to rescue over 200 Chibok […]

The Senate has refused to approve a budget proposal covering 52 federal agencies and parastatals, saying it will amount to double counting since the agencies have already been captured in the N4.695trillion national budget.  The senate took the decision on Thursday, saying it would prefer to work on the elements not yet captured in the […]

The National leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the attempt to misconstrue his statement concerning Obas in Yoruba land, as political mischief-makers. Tinubu made this clarification when responding to questions by journalists about his views on the role of Obas in ensuring national security […]

Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has ordered the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to resume its investigation into the alleged  N10billion expended on chattered private jets by the Min‎ister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Tambuwal ordered resumption of the investigation on wednesday, during a plenary session, debunking rumours that the probe had […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has on Wednesday, accused the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) of celebrating terrorism, in response to the statement released by the APC on Tuesday accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of lackadaisical attitude toward the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the country. In a statement signed by its National Publicity […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday visited the scene of Tuesday twin bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau State, urging Nigerians to be more vigilant. He also promised to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to account. The twin blast had resulted in the death of about 200 people, but official figures put the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has on Tuesday, announced that its National Convention will hold in Abuja for 13th and 14th of June 2014. The party seized the opportunity to express its views and concerns about what it described as the Federal Government’s insincerity in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency and the search […]

…Transfer Suit to National Industrial Court A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, declined jurisdiction to entertained the suit challenging the suspension of  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi by President Goodluck Jonathan. Presiding judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole transferred the suit to the National Industrial Court for […]

          Barely 48 hours after the Kano explosion, which claimed four lives, three bombs were on Tuesday detonated, few minutes apart,  in Jos, killing 118 people. The first explosion occurred at the Jos Terminus Market, the main food and clothes market in the city, at about 3:10pm after an Improvised Explosive […]

Traditional hunters in the north-eastern states of Nigeria have gathered and taken it upon themselves to take the offence to Boko Haram with the goal of bringing back the abducted Chibok girls. On Sunday, over 500 hunters armed with Dane guns, poisoned spears and amulets assembled in Borno State convinced that they are armed enough […]