Boko Haram Leader Boasts of Attack on Nigeria Military Installation
Nigeria December 12, 2013
The leader of an Islamic extremist group in northeastern Nigeria boasts in a new video of a daring attack on military bases in a provincial capital and threatens to attack the United States next. Few believe the Boko Haram terrorist network currently has the capability for such complex... Read more
Nigeria’s Senate launched an investigation on Wednesday into a letter written by the central bank (CBN) which said that the state-oil firm NNPC failed to pay $50 billion of revenue from oil sales into government accounts. NNPC earned $65.3 billion from crude oil sales between January 2012 and July... Read more
Four winners of the 2012 Local Government Area cultural parade have been presented with cash prizes. The first prize of One Million Naira went to the Calabar Municipal council, while three local governments – Ikom, Odukpani and Bakassi tied and were given Three Hundred and Sixty-Six Thousand Naira each. Presenting... Read more
As the nation warms up for the conduct of general elections in 2015, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has warned youths against being used as canon folders to forment trouble by selfish politicians, advising them to take education seriously with a view to increasing their... Read more
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it received with shock the news of yesterday’s judgment of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, which declared as unconstitutional, the taking over of the Rivers House of Assembly by the National... Read more
By Henry Omoregie 1. Boko Haram does not believe in the Nigerian Constitution (only the Quran and Sharia) 2.Boko Haram says President Jonathan and ALL NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS must convert to ISLAM before anything like DIALOGUE (and also rejected any offer of truce, saying it is the... Read more
Amid cheers and song for the prisoner who became peacemaker, President Barack Obama energized tens of thousands of spectators and nearly 100 visiting heads of state Tuesday with a plea for the world to emulate Nelson Mandela, “the last great liberator of the 20th century.” Obama’s eulogy was... Read more
Southern African Universities Win Top Slots in Team Events at 6th Pan African Universities Debate
Uncategorized December 11, 2013
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The 6th Pan African Universities Debate Championship ((PAUDC-2013) ended in Calabar Sunday with South Africa’s University of Cape Town’s team A emerging champions in the week long event Our correspondent reports that the championship involved participants from universities in about eight African countries and had as... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN) will today launch its Anti-Hunger and Poverty Campaign as part of efforts in support of the global fight to end poverty and hunger in the world by 2025. A statement signed by the Executive Director of Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria/Justice... Read more
Investigative journalism took a leap as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism honoured journalists and others at the award presentation ceremony of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting on world anti-corruption day – 9 December. The event held at the NECA Hall, Ikeja, Lagos. Professor Ropo... Read more
