FG releases Rivers’ aircraft as Jonathan’s friends woo Amaechi

A major political drama in the nation’s political landscape began to unfold yesterday with the revelation that close associates of President Goodluck Jonathan had advanced moves to woo Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State back to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

MEND Announces Readiness For Dialogue

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) today announced it is suspending hostilities against the government immediately, in response to yesterday’s appeal by President Goodluck Jonathan.

London Muslim Cleric Supports B/Haram's Kidnap Of Chibok School Girls

A London hate preacher jailed after calling for 9/11-style attacks across Europe has sparked fresh outrage after defending the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls.
In videos posted online, Mizanur Rahman praises Boko Haram, the terrorist group behind the kidnapping, for angering the West and suggests it is “not necessarily a bad thing” if they kill non-Muslims.
Scotland Yard detectives are now probing the videos after being alerted to them by the Standard.

FGM: Nigerian Mother Gets UK Deportation Reprieve

A woman who fears her daughters will be subjected to female genital mutilation in Nigeria will not be deported for at least another day, family friends say.
Afusat Saliu, 31, and Bassy, four, and Rashidat, two, from Leeds, had been due to leave on a Virgin Atlantic flight to Lagos at 22:20 BST on Thursday.

LIFE IN BOKO HARAM CAMPS, BY FEMALE EX-CAPTIVES

Many women and girls have been abducted by the Boko Haram sect in the past four years in Borno State, but this only attracted public attention after the abduction of more than 200 girls from the Government Secondary School Chibok on April 14.
Few victims of such abduction are willing to speak on their experiences after regaining freedom, findings show. 

TWO INDIAN TEENAGE GIRLS GANG-RAPED AND HANGED FROM A TREE IN INDIA

Two teenage girls, a 14 year old and her 15 year old cousin were gang-raped by five Indian men and then hanged them from a tree in a village in the northern stateo f Uttar Pradesh, police said today.

Update: UK Members Demand Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Whereabout

Members of the Christ Embassy Church in the United kingdom have expressed deep concerns about the whereabouts of Rev Anita Oyakhilome, wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome who heads the Believers LoveWorld Assembly, the mother body for the church worldwide.

Nigerian Military Claims Unnamed Northeast Politician Sponsoring Anti-Military Plot

Nigeria’s Defense Headquarters has claimed that a prominent political leader from one of the northeast states ravaged by members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, is sponsoring “a renewed campaign aimed at attracting international condemnation and indictment of the Nigerian military and its operations in the Northern part of the country.”

INSECURITY: IT WILL BE IDIOTIC TO ACT WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT’S CONSENT – OBASANJO

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, reacted to the news that he met with persons believed to be close to members of the Boko Haram sect, stating that he would not do so without the knowledge of the Presidency. Speaking to Channels Television at his hill top residence, he revealed that he was making moves to reach President Goodluck Jonathan before holding talks on the Chibok



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PRESIDENCY CONFIRMS LOCATION OF CHIBOK GIRLS

THE Presidency, on Thursday, confirmed that the location of the abducted Chibok School girls by the defiant Boko Haram sect has been discovered by the nation’s security forces. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, made the confirmation in a special interview with the Cable News Network (CNN), monitored in Abuja by the Nigerian Tribune, on Thursday.“As



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