Don't Extend Emergency Rule- North East Elders

Some elders from the North-East geo-political zone who met with President Goodluck Jonathan behind closed doors on Tuesday urged the President to drop the idea of renewing the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, investigation by The PUNCH has revealed.

Chibok girls: US, UK forces to arrive Nigeria in a matter of days – Gordon Brown

No fewer than 500 schools from Northern Nigeria will benefit from a $10 million “Safe Schools Initiative” in response to the growing attacks on the right to education in Nigeria.
The UN Special Envoy for Education, Gordon Brown, made this known when he briefed newsmen at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Abuja on Wednesday.

Michelle Obama Joins In Bring Back Our Girls Call

First lady Michelle Obama showed solidarity with the families of Nigeria on Wednesday, tweeting out a photo of her holding a sign saying “Bring Back Our Girls.”

Nigerian Government Promises N50 million to Chibok Girls Where about And Hotlines

The Nigerian Force Headquarters in Abuja has offered N50million to anyone with useful information on the whereabouts of the missing girls.

In a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, the police appealed to Nigerians to show concern in the security challenges faced by the country.

CHIBOK GIRLS: BRITAIN, CANADA, CHINA, FRANCE JOIN SEARCH

Federal Government’s efforts at tracking and rescuing the abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State has received a major boost from Britain, Canada, China and France.

Leaders of the four world powers, who met or spoke with President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, pledged to deploy technologies and personnel to help Nigeria rescue the girls, who were abducted on April 14 by Boko Haram sect members.

APC fixes monday for state congress in Edo

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo chapter, on Wednesday said it had fixed Monday, May 12, for its rescheduled State Congress.
The Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Godwin Erhahon, announced this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.
Erhahon attributed the delay in conducting the Congress to non conclusion of ward and local government congresses in the state.

China, Nigeria sign N2trn Railway Deal

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited has signed a contract for a $13.1billion, about N2 trillion, railway project with the Ministry of Transportation for a coastal railway line that will transverse ten states of Nigeria.
The length of the railway line will be 1,385 km in one-way mileage and a design speed of 120 km/h including twenty-two railway stations which is expected to be built along the line.
In a statement, the company said one of its subsidiaries, the China Civil Engineering Group Co., Ltd., signed the contract and that the two parties are still discussing details based on the released framework.

Breaking News: White Widow Found In Her Hiding Place With 15 Suicide Bombers

Samantha Lewthwaite also known as White Widow is the world’s most wanted woman. According to Daily Express, she is in Somalia and she is being guarded by about 15 AL-Qaeda suicide bombers. She has been hiding after she narrowly escaped death when Kenya Defence Forces jet bombed a training camp of the radical Islamic group AL-Shabaab.

I regret Clinton’s scandal – Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky, the onetime White House intern, whose 1990s affair with former President Bill Clinton nearly brought down his presidency, broke a long silence on Tuesday, saying she regretted what happened.
Writing in Vanity Fair magazine, Lewinsky, 40, said it was time to stop “tiptoeing around my past and other people’s futures.

General Buhari (Rtd) Should Be The Solution To End BOKO HARAM Insurgency– GAMBARI

A conflict resolution expert and former United Nations under Secretary–General, Professor Ibrahim Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, has scored federal government low in its effort at checking the activities of the Boko Haram group in the country.
Gambari, who is also a member of the ongoing national conference, specifically asked the federal government to enlist the services of former Head of state, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, and others who had served in peace operations in the past to bring their experiences to bear on the nation’s security challenges.