Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the multiple suicide bombings that have killed dozens between Monday and Tuesday in Yobe and Kano States, promising a maximal reduction in cases of insurgency in the country. A suicide bomber had on Monday detonated a bomb in […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to the United States for greater military assistance in the fight against Boko Haram. He told the Wall Street Journal in an interview: “Are they (the United States) not fighting ISIS? Why can’t they come to Nigeria? “They […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect have carried out an attack on Chad on Thursday night. Chadian officials said the fighters crossed Lake Chad by motorboat and attacked a village at the shore of the lake in what is […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to utilize the six weeks period of postponement of the country’s general election to resolve the challenges surrounding the issuance of Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs. There are still about […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Keeping faith with its agreement to join forces with other African countries in the fight against the Boko Haram sect, Niger’s government has approved the deployment of troops to Nigeria to help fight the insurgents. Aside its increased offensive against civilians and members […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Professor Attahiru Jega, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the rescheduling of the 2015 Presidential elections to March 28 while that of Governorship and State House of Assembly has been shifted to April 11. Jega cited security concerns […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Imagine a diplomat dressed in military fatigues, with the protective jungle boots and a Kalashnikov firing through the pages of this edition in your hand. Wait a minute, our guest in this week’s interview is not a military man, and he does not […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow John Kerry, the United States Secretary of State, has said that one of the best ways Nigeria can deal with the Boko Haram insurgency is to ensure the forthcoming February General elections hold on time, on schedule and is an improvement on the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Twenty out of the 80 people kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon during the weekend have been freed. According to Cameroon’s defence ministry, the hostages were freed “as defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria.” Many of those […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The recent massacre of civilians in Baga and surrounding towns by Boko Haram terrorists has been described as the deadliest since 2009 when the group began its attacks in north east Nigeria. Amnesty International made the statement today in a statement. Armed Boko […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the course of Nigeria’s fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, the media has focused on the gallant efforts made by Nigerian security agencies, especially the soldiers. Only the discerning however know, appreciate and salute the silent yet salient efforts made by the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has again abducted no fewer than 185 women and children, in a raid that left 32 persons dead. The attack took place in Gumsuri, north of Chibok, Borno State on Sunday 14 December 2014 but only just came to the open […] More
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