Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
We’ll rescue abducted girls -Security Council
TWENTY one days after 230 female students of a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists, with only 43 of them escaping so far from the terrorists’ den, an expanded National Security Council, yesterday, rose from an emergency meeting declaring that everything must be done to rescue the girls.
B’Haram scare shuts Lagos-Ibadan highway
There was panic in some parts of Ogun and Lagos states, yesterday, over reports that 18 suspected Boko Haram members had invaded the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, killing 11 civilians and nine police officers.
Gunmen kill another 50 in Taraba
Daring gunmen, yesterday, defied the dusk-to-dawn curfew and attacked Gidan Aku community on the outskirts of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing no fewer than 50 persons and injuring many others.
Abducted School Girls Latest: What we saw in Sambisa forest – Parents
Parents of school girls abducted last Tuesday from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists, yesterday, recounted their experience in the dreaded Sambisa forest in search of their daughters who are being held there.
INSECURITY: It’s civil war — Gowon
General Yakubu Gowon, who led Nigeria through a 30-month civil war, yesterday, lamented that the country had fallen into full scale civil war with the spate of crises in the northeast.
