Daily Archives: November 6, 2012
Boko Haram is Nigeria’s greatest nightmare – Jonathan
The Federal Government yesterday, lamented that the acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Boko Haram are the worst form of violence suffered by the country after the civil war, indicating that the sect is the country’s greatest nightmare Read More »
…Sect has killed 3,000 –Army chief
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika yesterday put the number of people so far killed by the Boko Haram at 3,000. He lamented that the activities of the sect had adversely taken economic and psychological tolls ... Read More »
FG to take $1bn Euro, $100m Diaspora bonds
Finance Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi OKonjo-Iweala, yesterday asked the National Assembly to approve the floating of $1 billion bond, and another $100m diaspora bond Read More »
Petition over indigeneship costs Abia judge Appeal Court slot
Controversy yesterday trailed the inauguration of some new Justices of the Court of Appeal in Abuja by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, following the exclusion of a female jurist, Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo whose name was removed Read More »
How Uwazuruike made Rochas governor – Bianca
The Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and widow of former Biafran leader, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu has revealed how her late husband and leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Read More »
Biafra declaration: Police arrest 400 BZM members
Leader of the Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM), the group that has assumed leadership of the struggle for the Independence of Biafra, Mr. Ben Onwuka, was arrested yesterday in Enugu alongside about 400 BZM Read More »
US heads for cliffhanger election
US presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face a final sprint across swing states for undecided voters, on their last day of campaigning. Romney travelled to Florida, where polls suggest he has the edge, and will head to Virginia Read More »
In Abia, policemen turn tax collectors
Some policemen in Abia State have jettisoned their constitutional duties. Instead of fighting crime and enforcing the law, they now go about with tax and revenue collectors in the state. And their bosses aren’t happy with such unedifying preoccupation Read More »
Residents count losses, as flood wreaks havoc in Lagos community
People in other climes pray for rain to refresh their land. But for residents of Iyekantan Street, off old Ojo Road in Lagos State, rainfall brings showers of pain and sorrow. Located at the back of the royal palace of ... Read More »
I doubt Boko Haram’s ceasefire –Oritsejafor
The president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has doubted the real identity and sincerity of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram who recently issued a ceasefire offer to the Federal Government, emphasising that there were more ... Read More »
