Nigerians may have to wait a bit longer to see an end to frequent attacks by the dreaded Islamist insurgents, in spite of the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three north-eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The sect, Boko Haram Saturday denied entering into any ceasefire agreement with the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North. In a new video obtained by AFP, the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, said the chairman of the Presidential Committee and Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki lied to have claimed…
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The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr Sunday Olatunji Makinde, is set to retire as the head of the Church in October this year having attained the age of 70 as prescribed by the church constitution. A new Prelate and head of Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) is expected to emerge on Sunday September 1st 2013 during the 44th special conference of the Church which would be held at Williams Memorial Methodist Cathedral Ebutte-Metta in Lagos Central Diocese of the Church with the outgoing Prelate presiding. Dr Makinde, a former Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), FCT chapter, has…
Vanguard: Rivers State Governor, Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi, has pleaded with the Police Service Commission, PSC, to immediately redeploy the controversial police commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu, from the State for his partisanship in the unfolding political crisis in the state. Amaechi, who reeled out a catalogue of offences committed by Mbu against him and the State, said that the police officer had compromised his post and professional ethics in the discharge of his duties. Mbu-Amaechi The Governor’s allegations against Mbu are contained in a petition he sent to the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Mike Okiro, which was…
Fellow Nigerians, please allow me to quickly confess that the title of this column is not my full creation. It is only an adaptation of the original title of the extremely hilarious play, Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again, by Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, who was famously known as Ola Rotimi. Rotimi was one of Africa’s greatest playwrights and Directors. Believed to have been born in Sapele, on April 13, 1938, to a Yoruba father, Engineer Samuel Gladstone Enitan Rotimi, and an Ijaw mother, Mrs Adolae Oruene Addo, Ola spent his early years at St. Cyprian’s School, Port Harcourt…
Bolaji Oyegunle, London: Nigerian diplomats in London owe the British government £3.8 million, about N21 million in parking and congestion fines. Foreign Secretary, William Hague told House of Commons that foreign diplomats owe the British taxpayer a whopping £67million in fines for dodging the congestion charge. Hague released the figures in the annual statements of outstanding fines, penalties and taxes not paid by foreign embassies. He however, said his officials had met with foreign missions concerned and asked them to pay outstanding fines or appeal against them. According to the breakdown, the United States embassy is the worst culprit with…
First Lady, Patience Jonathan has taken a swipe at the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Prof Wole Soyinka, calling on him to respect his age and stop misleading the public. Reacting to Soyinka’s accusation that President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife are responsible for the crisis rocking Rivers state, Mrs. Jonathan said as an influential global figure, he should consider all the shades of issue before making pronouncement. Speaking through her Media Assistant, Ayo Osinlu, the First Lady said Soyinka goofed by embarking on propaganda that is capable of threatening the fragile peace in the state. She…
The US has called on Egypt’s army to free deposed President Mohamed Morsi, amid ongoing protests on the first Friday of Ramadan. The appeal echoed a similar call hours earlier from Germany. The Islamist Mr Morsi, who was ousted last week after the army stepped in, has since been held at a “safe” but unspecified location. Dozens of people have since died in clashes during major demonstrations by pro- and anti-Morsi protesters. Mr Morsi’s supporters gathered in their tens of thousands in the east of the capital, Cairo, on Friday – the first Friday of the fasting month…
Rescue efforts are continuing to find the passengers of a train that crashed at Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, on Friday afternoon. At least six people have been killed and 30 injured, French officials say. The intercity train had just left Paris and was heading towards Limoges when it derailed, crashing into a station platform. Investigations are getting underway into the cause of the accident, which happened at 17:14 (15:14 GMT). Rescuers have been searching throughout the night for anyone who might be trapped in the wreckage. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, speaking from the crash site late on Friday, said:…
By: Sam Ade, Abuja: Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi on Friday inaugurated the Segun Adeniyi-led panel set up to investigate the Super Eagles’ bonus crisis that ensued in Windhoek, Namibia shortly after the 2014 World Cup qualifying match between the Eagles and the Namibia senior national team. He gave the panel two weeks to turn in its report. The NFF had offered to pay $5000 for a win and $2500 for a draw, but the players insisted on getting $10,000 for a win and $5000 for a draw. The stalemate was broken by the intervention of the Minister who got additional…
The Presidency has again, dismissed insinuations in some quarters that President Goodluck Jonathan is behind the crisis rocking Rivers state. Rather, it says, the state Governor Rotimi Amaechi should be held responsible. Political Adviser to the President, Ahmed Gulak while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Friday, defended his boss, saying Jonathan is also a victim of Governor Amaechi’s mischief. “He should not drag Jonathan’s name into this matter. Rather, it is the President that is the victim of Amaechi’s mischief plan. He is claiming the state is under siege and that the commissioner of police is…