Convicted Kabiru ?Sokoto Asks for Pardon
Convicted Boko Haram member, Kabiru Umar (aka Kabiru Sokoto), has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan for pardon, promising to assist the government in its efforts to end the activities of...
NAF: First Nigerian Drone is a Prototype
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has disclosed that the Nigeria’s first indigenous drone, which was unveiled last year by President Goodluck Jonathan, was a prototype and still undergoing production. ...
NIGERIA: Senate C’ttee Submits Report on Immigration Tragedy Today
The Senate Committee on Interior will today submit its report on the March 15, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment tragedy. The committee chairman, Senator Atiku Bagudu, yesterday submitted its...
ONSA Denies Dabbling with Military Funds
The Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) has denied a media report that for some years now, it has usurped the management of military funds from the Ministry of Defence...
FG: National Security a Priority, Not Public Relations
Reacting to reports in some national and foreign dailies that the federal government was in the process of recruiting international public relations firm to “counter mounting criticism both inside and...
DHQ: New York Times Article on Nigerian Military Depicts Racist Sentiments, Crass Prejudice
The Defence Headquarters has described an article authored by Adams Nossiter and published in the May 23, 2014 edition of New York Times as one filled with “racist sentiments” and...
CSOs: No One Knows the Number of Girls Abducted from North-east
The ongoing military search should not be limited to the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls, the federal government was told yesterday. The government, which was equally advised to insist...
NIGERIA: Emir of Gombe Dies
The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar, died yesterday at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. A statement issued by the state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahm Hassan Dankwambo, and...
NIGERIA: Plans counselling centres for parents, abducted girls
The federal government has expressed regret that the abduction of the female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, may erode some of the gains made in promoting...
Obi Visits Akunyili in India, Calls on Nigerians to Pray for Her
The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to remember the former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, in their prayers. He made the...