Nigerian Troops Recapture Boko Haram Gwoza Caliphate
Nigerian troops on Friday recaptured the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram. The town was said to serve as the headquarters of the insurgents after the Boko Haram declared the town their “caliphate” last year. “Troops this morning captured Gwoza…
Buhari Escapes Disqualification, Eligibility Suits Adjoined Till April 22
Suits seeking the disqualification of presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, suffered setback as the court adjourns the cases till April 22 and 23, 2015, almost a month after Nigeria’s presidential election. By the adjournment…
Fear Grips APC Over Possible Disqualification of Buhari
Tension mounts over possible disqualification of the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s major opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) by the courts for lacking requisite academic qualification to contest rescheduled March 28, 2015 presidential election. The APC candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari,…
Corruption: Stop Celebrating Ill-gotten Wealth, Jonathan Urges Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to stop celebrating people with ill-gotten wealth in order to discourage corruption in the country. Mr. Jonathan, who participated in the Presidential Debate organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group on Sunday in Abuja,…
Gov Amaechi’s Deputy Dumps APC, Gives Reasons
Few days to Nigeria’s presidential election, the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, has has dumpped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing the APC of being a party of rebels and anarchists. Ikuru…
Nigerian Troops Foil Fresh Boko Haram Attack on Bama
Nigerian troops on Saturday quashed a fresh attempt by Boko Haram militants to recapture Bama, the defence headquarters said. Bama was retaken from Boko Haram last week. Spokesperson for the military, Chris Olukolade, a Major General, said that over a…
PRESS RELEASE: Avoid Pre-election Arrests
Seven days to the commencement of the 2015 polls, there is palpable fear in the opposition camp that the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) plans to clamp its leaders in detention using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In…
Damaging Documentary: Make Public Pronouncement on Alpha Beta, Others – Anti-graft Coalition Tells Tinubu
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) urged former governor of Lagos State Ahmed Bola Tinubu to go beyond obtaining injunction restraining African Independent Television (AIT) from airing documentary on him and make public pronouncement on his stake in a company…
‪Suspected‬ Fraudster Arraigned for Contract Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned one Ogbonaya Chibuzor before Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, Enugu State for offences bordering on advanced fee fraud and obtaining money by false pretence. Details later
Study: China has Grown to World’s 3rd-biggest Arms Exporter
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study…
War Against Boko Haram: South Africans Providing Technical Support, Training, Says Report
Nigeria’s senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of mercenaries against Boko Haram terrorists as a joke taken too far. The officers insisted the foreigners, who…
