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Monday, 31 December 2018 09:28

Six Borno towns fall to Boko Haram

Despite denials by Nigerian military, Boko Haram fighters seized Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns of Borno State after three days of fierce battles from Wednesday to Friday last week, Daily Trust learnt from impeccable military and political sources in Maiduguri yesterday. All six towns are major population centres in Kukawa local government area of northern Borno. There are currently no Nigerian or Multinational forces in the areas, Daily Trust learnt from multiple sources last night. The insurgents, driving in a convoy of more than ten fighter vehicles, used the main road from Kros Kawwa to launch…

Monday, 31 December 2018 09:25

FG orders $877m arms to fight Boko Haram, others

Of the $1 billion approved by National Assembly for procurement of military equipment, $877 million has been released. There has been some controversy over the whereabouts of the money. Immediately after the Metele, Borno State attacks on the military last month, the controversy got bigger. Chief of Army Staff, Mr Tukur Buratai said the military had not received such cash from the government to boost the anti-Boko Haram and other campaigns. However, The Nation can confirm that $496,374,470 was released from Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the purchase of Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. The payment has been…

Monday, 31 December 2018 09:23

Buhari, Tambuwal ride in same vehicle

President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Tambuwal shared the same vehicle on Sunday. Mr Tambuwal would have been the main challenger to President Buhari in next year’s presidential election had the Sokoto governor won the ticket of the main opposition party, PDP. The governor emerged runner-up, losing the ticket to current PDP presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar. Messrs Buhari and Tambuwal on Sunday joined sympathisers and family members to offer special prayers for the repose of the soul of late former President Shehu Shagari at his private residence in Sokoto State. Tambuwal and his counterpart from Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu, as…

Monday, 31 December 2018 09:20

House of Reps loses another member

Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the death of Mr Abayomi Ayeola, a member of the House of Representatives, as sad and shocking. Aiyeola (APC-Ibeju Lekki Federal Constituency) died on Sunday at a private hospital in Lagos, after a brief illness. The two-term lawmaker had clinched APC ticket at the party’s last primary to seek a third term in the federal lower chamber come 2019. He was leader of Lagos caucus at Federal House of Representatives until his death. Confirming the lawmaker’s demise, Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Abiodun Salami, said…

Monday, 31 December 2018 09:17

Nigerian youths revolting with drugs, crime - ASUU

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has raised the alarm over Nigerian youths increasingly loosing hope in the country, stating that they are revolting with drugs and crime. The union urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to destroy future of the country by failing to invest in education. The Chairman, ASUU University of Ibadan chapter, Mr. Deji Omole, in a statement issued yesterday, said all development plans being developed will fail unless the teeming youths of the country are taken along and onboard the plans, stating that it should be clear to Nigerians that more than ever before…

Sunday, 30 December 2018 06:27

Shagari: FG orders flags fly at half-mast for three days

President Muhammadu Buhari again paid tribute to the late President Shehu Shagari on Saturday, directing that Nigerian flags at government buildings fly at half-mast for three days, starting from Sunday. Mr Shagari, Nigeria’s first elected president who held office between 1979 and 1983, died Friday evening at National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness. He was buried on Saturday at his hometown, Shagari in Sokoto state. He was 93. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Buhari said, “The late President represented almost the last link with the government of our Founding Fathers under Mr Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He was also…

Sunday, 30 December 2018 06:25

Hundreds flee Boko Haram attacks to seek refuge in Maiduguri

Hundreds of people in northeast Nigeria who fled a town targeted by militants linked with Islamic State have sought refuge in capital of Borno state, Reuters witnesses said on Saturday. An uptick in attacks by Islamists and the resulting upheaval in the region comes in the run up to an election in which President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term. Security has become a campaign issue following a series of attacks. A faction of Boko Haram, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from the insurgency in 2016 claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in…

Sunday, 30 December 2018 06:21

Hundreds flee Boko Haram attacks to seek refuge in Maiduguri

Saturday, 29 December 2018 05:52

Shehu Shagari, ex-President, is dead

A former President, Mr Shehu Shagari, is dead. Shagari, 93, died Friday evening at National Hospital Abuja after a brief illness. The death of the elder statesman was announced by his grandson, Bello Shagari, via his Twitter handle. Shagari was elected president in 1979 and led Nigeria between 1979 and 1983 on the platform of defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN). He was removed from office via a military coup in December 1983. The coup plotters eventually named Mr Muhammadu Buhari, then a Major General, as Head of State. Shagari’s death was also confirmed by governor of his home Sokoto…

Saturday, 29 December 2018 05:50

Army launches nationwide ‘Exercise Python Dance’

Nigerian Army says it will conduct exercise “Egwu Eke III – Python Dance” nationwide, to tackle already “observed upsurge’’ in security challenges as 2019 general elections draw nearer. According to Chief of Army Staff, Mr Tukur Buratai, who announced this at a news conference on Friday in Maiduguri, said the exercise will be conducted from January 1 to February 28, 2019. 2019 general elections are due to commence with presidential and National Assembly elections slated for February 16. Nigerian army has suffered a string of losses in its nine-year-old war against Boko Haram, amid an upsurge in insecurity nationwide. Armed…

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Thursday, 27 December 2018 04:25

Calabar carnival kicks-off with record attendance by states

At least 25 states of the federation have so far graced 2018 Calabar Cultural Carnival which began in Calabar, Cross River State, on Wednesday. Speaking at the inauguration of the event, Governor of the state, Mr Ben Ayade, said the 2018 carnival with the theme: ”Africanism”, would be used to tell the African story. Ayade said Africa was not about poverty, adding that the organisers“, in conjunction with writers like Wole Soyinka and Ngugi Thiongo must tell the African story from our own perspective. ”Why should Africa wait for the Western world to tell its story and show its own…

Wednesday, 26 December 2018 04:31

Buhari to Aisha: Prove that a cabal controls me

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged his wife, Aisha, to prove the existence of a cabal that she claimed is in control of his administration. The president’s wife had in an interview with BBC in 2016 threatened to withdraw support for her husband if he chose to seek re-election unless he shakes up his cabinet and includes more people who worked for his success in 2015. Mrs Buhari said although the victory of APC in 2015 ”was a collective effort of millions of people” she said ”only for us to find out that the government is being operated by a few…

Wednesday, 26 December 2018 04:30

Aisha attacks Buhari over Zamfara killings

Foremost activist and co-founder of Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Mrs Aisha Yesufu, has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of recent spate of killings in Zamfara state, North-West Nigeria. Yesufu in a minute and 43 seconds video recording made available to our correspondent accused the President of playing the ostrich and doing too little to curtail the senseless killings going on in some parts of the country. Questioning the rationale for replacing President Goodluck Jonathan with the incumbent, the fiery activist said the same missteps of the immediate past President are today being replicated by…

Wednesday, 26 December 2018 04:27

Britain commissions review of Christian persecution worldwide

Britain has commissioned an independent review into the persecution of Christians to find practical steps to support followers of a religion that it said has been subject to a dramatic rise in violence worldwide. Some 215 million Christians worldwide faced persecution for their faith last year, it said, with Christian women and children particularly vulnerable and often subject to sexual violence as a result of their beliefs. Last year, on average, 250 Christians were killed very month because of their faith, it said. “So often the persecution of Christians is a telling early warning sign of the persecution of every…

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