US President Barack Obama in his planned second visit to Africa has snubbed Nigeria again. Obama will head out on his first major African tour since taking office, traveling to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania from June 26 to July 3, the White House said Monday. The National Security Council announced the trip on its [...]
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta No fewer than ten students were arrested by the police Monday when students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the State staged a protest against the institution’s decision not to allow unregistered students write the examination scheduled to commence Monday. The students used two of [...]
Nigeria’s military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Boko Haram insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against them. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region, and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as [...]
Some 200 troops arrived in Yola on Monday in continuation of the deployment of troops in Adamawa state following the declaration of a state of emergency. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the three north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on Tuesday, May 14, following prolonged insurgency by the Boko Haram [...]
An orange seller who acts as a spy for Boko Haram has been arrested in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria. He was arrested in Kawo area of Kaduna by soldiers and N600 million was found in his account after he was investigated. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major-General Garba Wahab, disclosed this [...]
Nigerian army’s offensive against Boko Haram militants the north of the country has left 14 insurgents and three soldiers dead, the defence ministry said Sunday in its latest toll from the operation. “After a mop up of scenes of battle (since Saturday), 14 terrorists were confirmed dead… Altogether three soldiers died, while seven are wounded [...]
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, in an interview with Sahara Reporters, speaks on his relationship with compatriot, Chinua Achebe and slams those, he describes as ‘an incorrigible sect’, promoting lies that his Nobel prize poisoned the relationship. Excerpts… “Well then, this prospect that “my 1986 Nobel Prize in literature poisoned my personal relationship with a [...]
