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I am one of those who have wondered why President Goodluck Jonathan has been unusually slow in taking a decisive action on the ‘kidnap’ of 234 students of the Government Girls’ Secondary school, Chibok in Borno state.  I was alarmed because the President has usually reacted much more swiftly to those wanton acts of terror since the Boko Haram insurgency took a turn for […]Read More

 The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has raised an alarm over what it described as a desperate attempt by some nondescript internet fraudsters to desecrate the character and personae of its Group Managing Director, Engr. Andrew Yakubu.     According to a press release signed by Group General Manager Group Public Affairs […]

As this is the first plenary session of this Conference, let me use this opportunity to welcome you all to Abuja for this gathering of the World Economic Forum. Nigeria is proud to host this event, the first time the Forum is coming to West Africa. We wish you a fruitful conference and a productive […]

Just when Nigerians thought the Nigerian police have hit the lowest ebb in its dereliction of duty, the police have managed to find a way into further depths of ignominy. In the wake of the global outrage and frustration over the government’s insensitivity and incompetence in rescuing the 234 abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno […]

In furtherance of efforts by the Federal Government to locate and rescue the schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, President Goodluck Jonathan has requested and received a commitment from Britain to deploy its intelligence gathering resources in support of Nigeria’s security agencies currently engaged in the search and rescue operation. According to […]

Christian Assosiation of Nigeria (CAN) has accused Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima of conspiring with Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok of to kidnap the more than 200 girls. CAN made the accusation on Wednesday, through a statement released by   its northern chapter’s secretary-general Prof. Daniel Babayi and its public relations officer, Sunday Oibe. […]

The Nigeria Police declared on Wednesday that it was offering cash reward of N50 million to anyone who volunteers credible information that will lead to locating and rescuing the schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Through a statement released by Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the Force, urged all patriotic […]

The Federal Capital Territory administration has denied the abduction tale that was rife in some sections of the media on Tuesday There was panic among residents of Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital when they learnt that gunmen invaded a school in the area and successfully abducted some children. This resulted in mass confusion forcing many parents […]

The United States has agreed to send a team of experts to Nigeria to help find the over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls amid a wave of outrage over their abduction. US Secretary of State, John Kerry, confirmed this in a phone call to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, while US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said […]

Just four days to the 10th May deadline for the submission of final list of players selected to represent their countries at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Super Eagles chief coach Stephen Keshi, has released his 30-man list. Keshi released the list on Tuesday, after a three-hour meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation Technical […]

Nigeria’s seeming inability to stem the rise of Boko Haram, a shadowy Islamist rebel insurgency, poses severe existential threats to Africa’s largest economy and democracy and to the continuation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency. This month’s kidnapping of 234 girls from a Northern Nigerian training school, where the girls were sitting exams, is only the […]

Boko Haram is the greatest security challenge to Nigerian since the civil war some forty years ago. We stridently oppose Boko Haram because the Nigeria it craves is not the place of democratic good governance and economic opportunity we seek. Nigeria’s current security situation jars the mind and troubles all those who have a touch […]