Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau releases audio message, says ‘still in charge’
Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau said in an audio message Thursday he is still around despite his reported ouster as head of the Nigeria-based jihadist group by the Islamic State (IS). "People should know we are still around. We will never cause any discord among the people, we will live by the Koran," Shekau said in a 10-minute audio message.
There’s nothing wrong with restructuring, I did it in 1967—Gowon
ABUJA—Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has said there was nothing wrong with restructuring the country, provided it was done within the context of one Nigeria.
Oshiomhole will hand over to you, Edo North monarchs tell Obaseki
ROYAL fathers in Edo North senatorial district have assured Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the governorship candidate of the APC that he will win the September 10 election and Governor Adams Oshiomhole will hand over the baton to him on November 12, 2016.
We had gone into recession under Jonathan Goodluck – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that as chairman of Nigeria Governors’ forum, he knew that Nigeria had gone into recession under former President Goodluck Jonathan and that Jonathan’s Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, begged him not to say that Nigeria was broke then.
Woman suffering from ‘economic depression’ found dead in well
ILORIN—There was pandemonium in Oloje area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday, when a middle-aged woman, identified as Medina, was found dead inside a well.
Ebonyi youths besiege Employment Commissioner’s office for job
JOB seeking youths in their thousands have besieged the office of the Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Job Creation seeking for jobs in line with the state government’s campaign promise of providing jobs for the teeming youths of the State.
