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"President Jonathan Is Invincible Boko Haram"

A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, in an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters as described President Jonathan as an incompetent leader, while accusing him of being a Boko Haram sponsor. Farouk Adamu Aliyu Farouk Adamu Aliyu, who is currently in Washington DC, at the time when US president Barack Obama was meeting some 50 African leaders said he wants to seek for President Obama’s assistance to arrest President Goodluck Jonathan, as he is allegedly collaborating with the dreaded Boko Haram sect. He said he has documented evidence that could lead to the arrest of President Jonathan, while claiming the leader of Nigeria is conspiring with alleged Boko Haram sponsors. Farouk Aliyu further said there are two Boko Haram: one which is led by the Boko Haram leader, by Shekau, and the other led by President Goodluck Jonathan. Farouk, who said President Jonathan is an invincible Boko Haram also made reference President Jonathan that there are Boko Haram me...

Gwoza Boko Haram Use Captured Policemen As Trainers

Disturbing news come from Gwoza town in Borno state, as Boko Haram members now allegedly use captured police college as their training grounds and its instructors as teachers. The college is a riot police academy in Liman Kara, on the outskirts of Gwoza. It was overrun by terrorists on August 20, 2014, Wednesday. The attack left dozens of people dead, while 35 policemen were declared missing. Mr. Gideon Obasogie, who is the Director, Catholic Social Communications, Maiduguri Diocese of the Catholic Church, shed some light on the fate of the missing officers in an interview with Punch on August 29, 2014, Friday. According to his information, the police instructors are alive, at least those of them who have agreed to cooperate with the dreaded sect. “The world must know the truth. People were captured and taken to the police training ground for serious training as combatants. It is now one of their strongest bases,”Obasogie stated. Captured policemen have two options, become Boko Haram ...

2015 Potential Candidates And Their Endorsements

The presidential elections scheduled for February 14, 2015, are slowly approaching with no aspirant officially declaring his interest. However, this does not mean that the race for a place at the Aso Rock has not started yet, as endorsements are already rolling in for potential candidates. Naij.com would like to recall some of them for top 5 potential participants: None of the potential candidates declared for the ticket so far. 1. Goodluck Jonathan The number of pro-presidential groups growsday by day. The current leader of the nation was endorsed by South South group ‘De Servants for Jonathan’, while Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) vowed to mobilise 3 million of its membersto actualise Jonathan’s re-election bid. Pro-Jonathan activists from TAN during South South Zonal rally in Port Harcourt on August 30, 2014, Saturday. Photo: TheNation At the same time the Northern Elders Forum issued an ultimatum for President Jonathan, to bring the Chibok girls back by October 2014...

FG Assures Of Stable Power Supply By October 2014

The Federal Government of Nigeria made a highly-controversial statement on August 29, 2014, Friday, promising to ensure stable power supply by October 2014. This has been contained in the statement by the Minister of Power Prof Chinedu Nebo, who declared at the State House, Abuja, while briefing the newsmen upon the termination of a meeting hosted by Vice President Namadi Sambo. The minister attributed the improvement to the fact of improved gas supply for Nigeria. He explained that repair and maintenance works at major facilities were coming to an end. Prof Nebo also informed that the FG was doing its best to ensure that the bills of power generating companies were paid promptly. “We hope that by the beginning of October, we will see a much better stabilisation of the entire power delivery system in the country.” The Minister of Power informed that the power generation had been averaging over 4,500MW. Extra reliability and stability are expected when about 300MW of spilling is inclu...

Tambuwal Advises Jonathan On 2015 Elections

Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday, 30 August, 2014, advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to over-militarize the upcoming 2015 general election in the country. Tambuwal, who made his indignation of the undue use of military operatives during election known in Benin while speaking at the residence of the deputy governor of Edo state, Dr. Pius Odubu, described the president’s action as“undemocratic”. He added that the states must not be over-militarized during elections in order not to discourage people from voting. ‎The speaker advised that heavy military presence should rather be deployed at the front line in Northeast states like Adamawa, Borno and Yobe where men of the dreaded Boko Haram have continued to reign supreme. “I have made my position known at the NBA conference about a week ago. And I said that it is not the best of fashion in a democracy that you militarize a process to the extent that voters get intimidated and scared an...

» #BringBackOurGirLs: 4 Months Gone:Give Us Our Daughters’ Corpses, Chibok Parents Say.

The mothers and fathers of the over 200 girls who were kidnapped from Chibok in Borno have lost hope that their daughters can be found alive. They said that they had already performed funeral rites for their daughters in their minds and now only wanted to officially bury their corpses. The girls were abducted 131 days ago and despite constant reassurances from the government that they would be found, they are still missing. The parents are now urging the government to at least return their daughters’ bodies so that they can receive honourable burials. This decision was revealed at the meeting of the #BringBackOurGirls movement in Abuja yesterday, August 22, 2014 in commemoration of the 130th day of the girls’ abduction. The schoolgirls were kidnapped on April 14, 2014.

»Security Watch: DSS warns of planned suicide bombing by women dressed in Catholic sisters attire.

The Department of State Services has raised alarm over fears that some female suicide bombers are planning to carry out bombing attacks in Nigeria while dressed in Catholic Reverend Sisters attire. According to a press statement signed by the Deputy Director Public Relations of the DSS Marilyn Ogar, some unidentified persons stormed a local tailoring store in Odutola street in the Sabongari area in Kano state on Wednesday August 20th and stole 13 pieces of Catholic Reverend sisters attire. The DSS says with the recent increase in female suicide bombings, the stealing of the attires calls for great concern. The DSS called on all Nigerians to be extra vigilant and observant of anyone wearing such regalia. Find the press statement after the cut... Press Release On 20th August, 2014, about 0400 hours, some unidentified persons broke into a tailoring shop located at No.55 Odutola Street, Sabon Gari, Kano, and stole about thirteen (13) pieces of Catholic Church Reverend Sisters’ regalia....