Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Nigerian Military authorities to re-consider the death sentence passed on the 54 soldiers as disciplinary measure for misconduct in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the country. Fashola made the appeal at the Interdenominational Service to mark year 2015 Armed Force Remembrance Day, held at The […]
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Nigerian military denies 2,000 killed in Baga; says about 150 died
January 13, 2015 
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The Nigerian military has denied media reports that over 2, 000 people were killed in a terrorists attack in Baga community, Borno State, by extremist group, Boko Haram. The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday. He said that 150 people including a large […]
Continue reading Nigeria’ll make it to Promised Land – Jonathan
January 12, 2015 2 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said the current happenings in the country reminded him of the troubled journey of the biblical Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land. The President said all obstacles in the way of Nigeria’s progress would be crushed the same way the Israelites overcame the various challenges they encountered on their […]
Continue reading FG postpones 70 percent tariff for Tokunbo as charge on new cars take effect
January 6, 2015 2 Comments
The Federal Government has postponed implementation of the 70 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles to April 30, 2015. This is the third time in six months that the tariff implementation date will be shifted. It was first moved from July 1, 2014 when the government decided to implement the policy in two phases […]
Continue reading Civilians, soldiers flee as Boko Haram takes over Baga
January 5, 2015 1 Comment
Baga, a town that has suffered several attacks from the Boko Haram in the past two years, fell to insurgents who overpowered soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, and wrecked havoc on residents and property on Saturday, witnesses, a lawmaker, and security officials have said. Many resident of Baga, a fishing community in […]
Continue reading Nigerian Navy takes delivery of new warship donated by United States
January 3, 2015 0 Comments
The Nigerian Navy on Friday took delivery of a new warship, NNS OKPABANA, donated by the United States government as part of efforts to tackle security challenges in Nigeria’s waters and the gulf of guinea. Ownership of the ship was transferred to Nigeria from the U.S. Coastguard in May 2014. It was the second ship […]
Continue reading Cameroon recruits 20,000 to fight Boko Haram
January 2, 2015 1 Comment
Cameroon has said it is recruiting 20,000 more defence and security forces to fight Boko Haram following reports that the terrorist group, based in Nigeria, is recruiting young Cameroonians to fight for them. This is just as nine persons were killed, including two suicide bombers, as multiple bomb explosions rocked Yobe and Gombe states on […]
Continue reading Chibok schoolgirls’ parents blast Jonathan, accuse the government of having a hand in the abduction with evidence
January 2, 2015 4 Comments
Two-hundred and sixty-two days after their daughters were kidnapped from school, some of the distraught parents of the students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on Thursday criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for not fulfilling his promise to rescue the girls from the custody of Boko Haram. The abduction of the 219 girls from their […]
Continue reading 2015: Jonathan vows to crack down on troublemakers
January 1, 2015 2 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to deal decisively with anyone who may decide to foment trouble before, during and after the 2015 general elections. He said he would wield the big stick against troublemakers because of the post-2011 elections violence that erupted in some parts of the country. Jonathan read the Riot Act in his […]
Continue reading Senate withholds NIS recruitment tragedy report
December 30, 2014 2 Comments
Nine months after the Senate Committee on Interior submitted its report on the investigation of the March 15, 2014 tragedy that attended the recruitment by the Nigeria Immigration Service, the upper legislative chamber has refused to release the findings of the panel. No fewer than 21 people reportedly died during the stampede that occurred at […]
Continue reading Jonathan to Nigerians: Endure hardship that comes with fallen oil price
December 29, 2014 1 Comment
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigerians to endure the effects of the current drop in global oil prices, saying the nation will survive it. Mr. Jonathan, while speaking at the Christ Apostolic Church in Abuja on Sunday, said the oil price drop is nothing compared to 2008 to 2009 when oil was sold for $40 […]
Continue reading FG tackles ISIS threat
December 28, 2014 0 Comments
Following intelligence reports that the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is making frantic moves to recruit Nigerian youths, the Federal Government has taken a decision to restrict Nigerians from travelling to Iraq, Syria and other volatile countries in the Middle East. Punch gathered on Friday that intelligence agencies such as the Defence Intelligence Agency […]
Continue reading Military warns Amaechi, others
December 27, 2014 0 Comments
The Military on Friday in Abuja called on politicians in the country to refrain from using political campaigns to undermine its operations. It will be recalled that Rivers state governor and Director-General, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chibuike Amaechi, recently, encouraged soldiers to protest against the Federal Government. A statement issued by the Director […]
Continue reading Nigerian military sentences another 4 soldiers to death for mutiny
December 26, 2014 1 Comment
The Nigerian military court-martial sitting in Abuja has sentenced another group of four soldiers, accused of mutiny, to death by firing squad. The court delivered its judgment Wednesday night in another case involving five soldiers. Bankole Taiwo (lance corporal), Ayodele Olawale (lance corporal), Isaiah Olofu (lance corporal) and Adebayo Gbenga (private) were convicted and sentenced […]
Continue reading Nigerian military to court-martial 118 more soldiers
December 24, 2014 0 Comments
The Nigerian military is set to court martial at least 100 more soldiers for a series of offences related to its fight against the terror group, Boko Haram, military sources told Premium times Tuesday. Officials said 118 soldiers have been transported from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to face charges in Abuja, a week after 54 […]
Continue reading We asked for better weapons, got death sentence – Condemned soldier
December 20, 2014 3 Comments
One of the 54 soldiers sentenced to death by a Nigerian Army court martial for mutiny and conspiracy to commit mutiny has taken to the social media to express his frustration. The soldier, who bears the name Fahat Fahat, posted on his Facebook page on Friday that all the soldiers asked for were better weapons. […]
Continue reading Death sentence on 54 soldiers, miscarriage of justice…
December 19, 2014 3 Comments
54 soldiers, who were sentenced to death on Wednesday by the General Court-Martial following their conviction on a two-count charge of conspiracy to mutiny and mutiny, have described their sentence as gross miscarriage of justice which cannot stand. Fifty nine soldiers were put on trial by the court-martial, while five of them were discharged and […]
Continue reading Stop punishing Nigerians with strikes – Jonathan to Labour
December 19, 2014 1 Comment
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday cautioned labour unions against punishing Nigerians with “unnecessary industrial actions.” Specifically, the President wondered why the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers would embark on a nationwide strike over issues involving an oil worker and his employer. […]
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