NIGERIA: The Burden of Re-election
Whenever an election approaches, certain issues tend to define the thinking of those seeking to occupy office. What, however, defines the issues varies, including the factors of place and circumstance...
NIGERIA: Eight More Girls Abducted in Borno as World Stands Against Boko Haram
Nigeria’s nightmare got worse Tuesday when word got out that eight more teenage girls might have been abducted since Sunday from another Borno community, drawing more global outrage. As...
Another 300 Killed in Attack on Border Town with Cameroun
No fewer than 300 people were killed on Monday night in Gamboru Ngala, a border town with Cameroun, when heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents laid siege to the town in...
NIGERIA: FG, New Power Investors Miss Post-Privatisation Targets
Exactly six months after private investors took over the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the federal government and the new owners have failed to meet...
Angry Mob Sets Suspected Female Kidnapper Ablaze in Lagos
Peeved by the running blight of kidnapping, an impatient Lagos mob descended on a middle-aged woman accused of abducting three school children. And before help could come the way of...
Sambo: FG Anxious to End Insurgency
Vice-President Namadi Sambo Tuesday expressed the deep concern of the federal government over insurgency in the country and the abduction of the students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State....
NIGERIA: Ogbeh, Odumakin Urge Jonathan to Take Actions against Cameroon, Chad and Niger
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), now chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take high level...
NIGERIA: FCT School Bus Robbery Raises Fear of Another Abduction
The residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, still smartening from the devastating attacks in Nyanya and the abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls Secondary School...
Orji, Amsoun, Umeh Condole with Oputa’s Family
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, his Ogun State counterpart, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe and the National Chairman of the All...
Committee Recommends Creation of Ministry of Homeland Security
As the various committees of the National Conference are gradually winding up, the Committee on National Security headed by the former Inspector General of Police (IG), Gambo Jimeta, has recommended...