NGF is aberration, counter productive to Nigerian people – Akhaine
The crisis in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has worsened with two governors at daggers-drawn over who is legitimate chairman of the forum now factionalised. Its relevance to the development of the country’s democratic dispensation is scrutinised in this interview granted to Saturday Vanguard by an accomplished scholar, Dr. Sylvester Odion Akhaine, Department of Political Science, Lagos State University, LASU.
Army trains 3,000 soldiers on counter-terrorism
ABUJA—The Nigerian Army said yesterday, that 3,000 recruits will be undergoing training on counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency in four institutions in the country to further enhance their capability in the fight against terrorism. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru, who disclosed this, noted that the number was part of the 69 regular recruits intake […]
Traders ‘arrest’ 6 suspected Boko Haram members in Borno
Traders at Gamboru market in Maiduguri, Borno State, Wednesday, rounded up six suspected Boko Haram gunmen and handed them over to soldiers of the Joint Task Force, JTF, eyewitnesses said.
Over-sighting Education
IF officials of the Federal Ministry of Education, or any of the public officers with over-sight functions for education, had their children in polytechnics in Nigeria, they would have been more circumspect in joining the Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, who is celebrating the excellent standards of the institutions.
Military retirees lament non payment of pension arrears in 3 yrs
THE retired Army, Navy and Air Force Officers Association of Nigeria, RANAO, yesterday, demanded the payment of three years pension arrears of its members as approved since 2010.
ACF boss accuses Northern elders of betrayal
The National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Mohammed Aliko has accused some members of both the ACF and the Northern Elders Council, NEC, of betraying the north by endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in office, contrary to the north’s position that it was their turn to rule the country in 2015.
