Buhari vows to ‘lead from the front’ against Boko Haram
"We will give them adequate modern arms and ammunition, we will improve intelligence gathering... we will be tough on terrorists and tough on its root causes... in the affected areas."b"No inch of Nigerian territory will ever be in the hands of the enemy," - Buhari
Checking State Assembly legislative excesses
THE recent happenings in the Ebonyi State House of Assembly needs to be examined critically because of its political and constitutional implication and the danger it poses to the principles of separation of power as contained in the 1999 constitution as amended under our nascent democratic dispensation.
Ukraine poised to pull back arms while US, Russia trade barbs
Ukraine’s army awaited orders to pull back weapons from the frontline Thursday as a shaky truce settled, while the United States and Russia traded blame for delays in the peace plan.
Boko Haram: Okupe creates victory harshtag for Jonathan on twitter
Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe has created a victory harshtag for the president on its effort in successfully ridding parts of the northeast of Boko Haram.
220 Assyrian Christians abducted by IS in Syria – monitor
Islamic State group jihadists have abducted 220 Assyrian Christians from villages in northeastern Syria in recent days, a monitoring group said Thursday, more than twice as many as previously reported.
Bahrain court sentences 3 to death over police killings
A Bahraini court sentenced three Shiites to death on Thursday and jailed seven others for life after convicting them of killing three policemen in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state last year, prosecutors said.
One dead in Cairo bomb blasts: health ministry
One person was killed in a bomb explosion outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital Thursday, after three other blasts hit offices of cell phone companies, a health official said.
Man bolts after wife delivers armless baby
ABEOKUTA—A middle-aged man, Mudashiru Sheriffdeen, has reportedly run away immediately he was told his wife, Taiwo, gave birth to a baby boy without arms.
Teachers strip contractor naked for impregnating student
Enugu—A middle-aged man narrowly escaped death in Enugu, yesterday, following an attack by angry teachers of Metropolitan Girls Secondary School located at Ogui New Layout.
N1bn lost daily to rice importation —FG
ABUJA — THE Federal Government has said that the country loses about N1 billion everyday from importation of rice, even as it assured that Nigeria will soon stop importing the grains.
I did not rent crowd to boo Buhari in London—Fani-Kayode
Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied allegation that he has rented a crowd to boo the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rted) during his presentation at the Chatham House, London, on Thursday
