One would think that as a prominent northerner, he would join in the campaign by the leading opposition party and some of his kinsmen to edge President Goodluck Jonathan out of office in 2015. But that card is not on the table.

Barely 24 hours after suspected members of Boko Haram sect dislodged the National Police Mobile Training Camp in Limankara village of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state, another set of heavy terrorists stormed Pulka village of Gwoza and sacked the whole community before hoisting their black and white flags Thursday night..

WHEN on February 19, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan, who was running for his first term, said his “political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian” that nobody should rig for him as every vote would be made to count, many observers, especially the opposition did not take him seriously.

Nigeria said on Friday that two more people had tested positive for Ebola, taking the total number of confirmed cases of the deadly virus in the country to 14, including five deaths.

The Nigeria Air force yesterday buried late flight Lieutenant Akweke Junior Nwakile who died in a helicopter crash in Bama, Borno State on 21 July amidst wailing and grieving by family members and friends of the young officer.

Ohaneze Ndigbo, the umbrella sociopolitical body of Igbo in Nigeria, has hailed the unrelenting efforts of the Nigerian military in the battle to dislodge Boko Haram (invaders) terrorists from the nation’s shores even as the group sympathized over the casualties and sacrifices troops were being subjected to.

The Military Pensions Board has cried out that following the high casualty recorded by the military in the on-going battle to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from the North East and North West parts of the country, is making it difficult for the board to pay death and other benefits.

THE just-concluded National Conference succeeded largely because of non-interference by the Presidency in the deliberations, Deputy Chairman of the conference, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, has said.

Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the kidnap and murder of a 20-year-old undergraduate, identified as John Chinedu Okere, who until his death was a 300 level Electrical Engineering student at Covenant University, Otta in Ogun State.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has commended the Federal and Lagos state governments for curbing the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.