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Following several promises by the international community to support Nigeria in rescuing the more than 200 girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, America has disclosed that it is sending in manned surveillance missions equipped to interrupt a large spectrum of radio communications in order to find the pupils. The development was made known on by […]

The National President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has condemned the purported conversion of the abducted schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Born State by members of Boko Haram , describing it as a declaration of  war against Christians in the country. Represented by Elder Sunday Oibe CAN’s national director […]

  Following the receipt of the new video message by the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram on Monday, the Federal Government has said that the video is still undergoing meticulous review. Director -General of the National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri made the disclosure at a briefing on the video in Abuja, where he ruled out […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded five suspects, captured in connection with the 14th May bomb blast that killed 74 people and injured several others at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja. Speaking at a joint press briefing by the DSS, the Defence Headquarters (DHq) and the Nigeria Police, after the parade, Deputy Director of […]

“They Have Converted to Islam”, Shekau Says Islamist militants, Boko Haram, have released a video showing  some of the girls kidnapped from  Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok Borno State, Nigeria last month.    In the video, the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, offered an exchange of the girls for all members of the sect in police […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, Sunday morning, said he was full of gratitude to God for preserving the lives of a pilot and his son, Captain Jamil Abubakar, a co-pilot of the IRS plane that crash-landed last night in Niger Republic. He said this in a very short statement posted on the facebook page […]

America’s first lady Michelle Obama has condemned the kidnapping of the more than 200 girls abducted from a secondary school in Chibok Borno State, Nigeria. Obama expressed her feelings about the kidnapping in a radio program on Saturday, criticizing it as an “unconscionable act” carried out by “grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations […]

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has congratulated his South African counterpart President Jacob Zuma, and his party, African National Congress (ANC) on their resounding victory in the South African general elections. Jonathan sent his congratulatory message on Saturday, following ANC’s victory, with over 60 percent of the votes cast in the election to the South […]

Amnesty International has said despite the warnings on a possible raid on the Government Girls College, Chibok, Borno State more than four hours before the assault, no reinforcements were sent to the town. The assault included the abduction of more than 240 schoolgirls, which the international body called a war crime saying many of the […]

Earlier in the week, former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, declared he was leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that he would do his best to support the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to win the governorship election which will hold on 21st June this year. Oni, […]

Sheraton Hotels and Towers located in Lagos, Nigeria is not taking the United States warning of 2nd May that insurgents are targeting the hotel as a mere statement. The authority of the hotel has started fortifying its security system against any possible plot, strengthening surveillance of the environment to ensure safety of its guests. Making […]

In an attempt to, at least, reduce the ridicule that has followed the inability of the Nigerian military to stem the excesses of the Boko Haram insurgents terrorising the country, Defence Headquarters on Thursday boasted that it was fortified enough and has the capacity to fight the insurgents and rescue the over 234 girls abducted […]