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As terrorism continues to take its toll on Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently questioning the whereabouts of the huge budgetary allocation earmarked for security by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The party has therefore, called on the National Assembly to urgently initiate a probe into how funds allocated to the Military have been […]

 The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has raised an alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by some nondescript internet fraudsters to desecrate the character and personae of its Group Managing Director, Engr. Andrew Yakubu.     According to a press release signed by Group General Manager Group Public Affairs […]

In furtherance of efforts by the Federal Government to locate and rescue the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, President Goodluck Jonathan has requested and received a commitment from Britain to deploy its intelligence gathering resources in support of Nigeria’s security agencies currently engaged in the search and rescue operation. According to […]

Christian Assosiation of Nigeria (CAN) has accused Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima of conspiring with Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok of to kidnap the more than 200 girls. CAN made the accusation on Wednesday, through a statement released by   its northern chapter’s secretary-general Prof. Daniel Babayi and its public relations officer, Sunday Oibe. […]

The Nigeria Police declared on Wednesday that it was offering cash reward of N50 million to anyone who volunteers credible information that will lead to locating and rescuing the schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Through a statement released by Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the Force, urged all patriotic […]

The United States has agreed to send a team of experts to Nigeria to help find the over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls amid a wave of outrage over their abduction. US Secretary of State, John Kerry, confirmed this in a phone call to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, while US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said […]

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, questioned the rationale behind the United States of America’s security alert on the likely attack on Sheraton Hotel in Lagos State. He said the alert posed more questions rather than a reaction, because the way the alert issued was against the duty of nations to ensure mutual […]

Sir Michael Otedola, father of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, and former Governor of Lagos State, is dead. He died at the age of 88. Otedola, father of the CEO of Forte Oil, died this morning at his Epe residence in Lagos, after his health deteriorated. He had returned from an overseas treatment in January after […]

Prominent jurist and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chukwudifu Oputa, is dead. Oputa, a native of Oguta in Imo state died of a protracted illness on Sunday at the age of 96 at the National Hospital, Abuja, A statement released by the family and signed by his son, Charles Oputa, a.k.a  Charly […]

Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Femi Falana, who rejected an appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan to be part of a 26-man presidential panel to secure the release of the abducted 223 pupils of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, has said his decision was based on conflicting interest on the issue. In a rejection […]

Tuesday, Aliko Dangote, Africa`s richest man and chairman of the Pan African conglomerate, Dangote Groups, and Mrs Ngozi Okonjo – Iwaeala, Nigeria`s co-ordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance were among those honoured as Times 100 most influential people. Pictures are worth a thousand words, here are some for your viewing.     […]

There was no attack on Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, as widely reported by some media on Saturday, Army spokesman and Coordinator of Military Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade has said. In a statement released on Saturday, Olukolade, said what actually happened was that, a distress call was received at about 2am and that Nigerian troops launched a counter-attack […]