Britain pledges £200 mn to help Nigeria fight Boko Haram
Britain will give Nigeria aid worth £200 million over five years to help it cope with the brutal insurgency being waged by Boko Haram jihadists, the foreign ministry in London said Wednesday.
I didn’t hand over official vehicles to Ativie —Oshiomhole
BENIN CITY—IMMEDIATE past governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, ordered the former Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, to return her officials vehicles to the new leadership of the House or risk prosecution.
Troops kill 82 terrorists, rescue 468 hostages in Borno, Yobe
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 82 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 468 people during fighting patrols and clearance operations in Borno and Yobe states.
Gunmen kill 4 soldiers, civilian in Bayelsa
YENAGOA—UNKNOWN gunmen, suspected to be militants, have killed four soldiers and a civilian in an ambush along the creek of Letugbene in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Power comes from God, Makarfi tells PDP members
ABUJA—Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has enjoined party members to be guided by the principles of mutual accommodation and the knowledge that power comes from God.
APC, PDP bicker over Wike’s transparency
PORT HARCOURT— The All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday disagreed on the transparency and capability of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
