Determined not to be caught unaware, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has placed his men on red alert as the nation prepares for the 53rd independence anniversary celebration across the country. There have been security reports that the dreaded Islamist insurgents, Boko Haram may be planning series of attack, especially in the nation’s capital, Abuja during the celebration period. A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, stated that IGP Abubakar has directed all Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and Abuja, to put in place pre-emptive actions…
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By: Sunday Oyewole President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been politicized by the leadership of the body, describing it as unfortunate. Fielding questions from a team of senior journalists at the Presidential Media Chat on Sunday, the President wondered why ASUU would continue to harp on the need to upgrade infrastructures in the nation’s Universities as if that can be done overnight. Of concern to the President is also the alliance between lecturers in federal Universities and their counterparts in the state-owned Universities. He queried the rationale…
Former Senate President, Ameh Ebute has come under criticism over the explanation given for his recent attack on the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Anenih, on the grievances of the aggrieved G-7 governors. Senator Yisa Braimoh, a member of the Nigerian Senators’ Forum described the explanation offered by Ebute for attacking Anenih as ‘bogus’ and distorted. He therefore, asked him to apologize to the BoT chairman. The Edwin Clark’s Congress for Equality and Change (CEC), chaired by Ebute had slammed Anenih for admitting that some of the grievances of the seven…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as “senseless and tragic,” the murders of dozens of agriculture students gunned down in their sleep in Gujba, Yobe, saying it casts a “horrible image” on the events making the 53rd National Day Anniversary. “As a father, I am deeply saddened by these senseless murders. These were young Nigerians studying agriculture with a goal of helping to feed our nation,” Atiku said. “We must urgently review our strategy for confronting these cowards. The murders at the Gujba College of Agriculture are further proof we need to rethink how we provide security for our nation.” Atiku pointed…
President of the Senate, David Mark has sent message of Condolence to the government and people of Niger State over the ill- fated boat mishap in the Niger River near Malilli village in which no fewer than 42 souls have been confirmed dead. In the same token, Mark commiserated with the government and people of Yobe State over the massacre of scores of Students at the College of Agriculture, Gujba by gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in the wee hours of yesterday. Mark condemned the attack in the strongest of terms even as he…
By: Sunday Oyewole The leadership of the new PDP said it has uncovered plot by the Presidency to crackdown on its leaders and the seven governors (G7) supporting the splinter group, vowing not to succumb to intimidation but to fight on. In a statement on Sunday, the new PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Eze, said the group having received intelligence reports on the plot summoned an emergency National Working Committee (NWC) meeting to deliberate on the development. According to him, the fears they nursed were further confirmed when the leader of the defunct Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Mujahid Asari-Dokubo…
The peace in the House of Representatives was disrupted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 over an issue many believe was mismanaged by the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal. His unconscionable decision to bring the internal crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the House chamber, was clearly at the root of the ballyhoo that engulfed the chamber. On a day the House resumed from a long recess, Tambuwal had surprised members with the outlandish announcement during plenary that he would admit leaders of the splinter PDP into the House Chamber. The permission sought by the group led by Kawu Baraje…
President Jacob Zuma and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar during the visit of the latter to South Africa recently.
The deadly Boko Haram insurgents have attacked yet another school in Yobe state on Saturday night, killing several students. This time around, a College of Agriculture, Gujba, about 50 kilometers south of Damaturu, the state capital was attacked. Several dead bodies are still being recovered from the bush, hostels and classrooms, a staff of the school confirmed to Channels Television. Those who survived are at the moment said to be making efforts to re-unite with their families in fear of further attacks by the insurgents. On Wednesday and Thursday nights, the insurgents also attacked two villages in Borno, killing no…
Those who want to hear from God hear what they don’t want to hear. As I was driving on a bridge in Lagos, I asked God a question. When I looked up, I saw the answer boldly written on a billboard. I was so flabbergasted; I started debating with myself if what I saw was a vision. Therefore, I went back. When I got to the same spot, I saw the bill-board again. It had always been there, with its words as dead letters. But God gave life to those dead letters and used them to answer my question. Nevertheless,…