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By Yahaya WAKILI, Maidugur Sect Attacks From Mystery Positions, Behead 15 Hunters, Kill 6 Soldiers In Renewed Ambus They Are Signs Of Desperation In Defeat – Army The one biggest wish of Nigerians is perhaps the end to Boko Haram terrorism. And so, when the President, Muhammadu Buhari announced the total conquest of the terrorists,…

FG Probes How Gov Rewards Kingpins With Appointments Council Boss Confesses Collecting 120 Heads of Cattle, N.5m As Deal Lobby Hits Brick Wall As Irabor Remains Adamant, Buratai Gives Marching Orders By Yahaya WAKILI, Maiduguri Until events began to unfold in Borno State, nobody ever read any meaning into governor Kashim Shettima’s frequent references to…

By Aaron Ossai In the words of the American Peace Corps Association when awarding him their Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award; “No private businessman in Africa has worked harder for democracy or contributed more to the progress of higher education than Atiku Abubakar.” Atiku Abubakar’s aspirations for the American University of Nigeria reflect his personal…

By Aaron Ossai As the world over expresses worry over increasing activities of terrorists, students of the American University of Nigeria, AUN have devised an initiative aimed at fighting violent extremism via social media. The interim Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Science, Mr. Jacob Jacob who disclosed this while fielding questions from…

By Our Correspondent Worried by incessant security breaches in the Niger Delta region, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has demanded the resuscitation of the BRACED commission; an economic block comprising the South-South States of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta, in order to deliberate on issues of common interest confronting the region,…

By Joseph Inokotong Nigeria’s economy recorded a total decline of $2.1bn in investment inflow in the first 12 months of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The amount when converted based on the N305.5 per dollar official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, translates to about N642bn. Investigations showed that since July 2015,…

To summon CBN Gov, Finance Minister *Orders release of N500bn Social Intervention Funds By Aaron Ossai Worried by the current economic recession and the accompanying hardship on Nigerians, the House of Representatives will on resumption from its recess on Tuesday September 20 summon the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the…

So Many Rams Very Few Buyers As Muslims Lament Fewer Nigerians perform Hajj Amidst Economic Hardship Borno Gov Flee Domain To Evade  Public Odium Evidence that Nigerians are passing through difficult times could be seen from the fact that so  many MuslimsS could not afford the sacrificial lamb, usually slaughtered to mark the annual Eid…

The latest Audit Report has revealed that the National Assembly management failed to account for a total expenditure of over N9.4 billion in 2014. The money according to the report included N9.39 billion for which no “documentary evidence” was provided and a N47 million to be returned to government coffers out of which only N360,000…

A man who claims to be a pastor and solely known as Pastor Chinedu (surname withheld) who heads a Pentecostal ministry in Ogidi, Anambra state has been arrested for kidnapping and in possession of 12 stolen kids. The police in Delta state smashed Chinedu’s syndicate which specializes in buying and selling of children. The syndicate,…