Again, Jonathan meets Chadian President over insurgency

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital reiterated the need for Nigeria and her neighbours to intensify joint actions and cooperation to win the war against terrorism and insurgency.

A statement by the his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, quoted the President as speaking to reporters at the Presidential Palace in N’Djamena after a closed-door meeting with his Chadian counterpart, President Idris Deby.

Muslim Body Alleges Jewish Symbol On News N100 Note

A Muslim body, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has expressed concern over what it termed a Jewish symbol on the country’s new N100 note.
The new N100 note was unveiled to Nigerians recently by President Goodluck Jonathan in commemoration of Nigeria’s 100 years’ anniversary.

Borno Government Appeal To Parents To Release Their WardsTo Come To School

Borno state government has appealed to parents in the state today, after the re-opening of public primary schools in Maiduguri last week, to allow their wards to back to school.
Chairman of the State Committee on the Resuscitation of Primary School Education,Dr Mohammed Dongel made appeal in Maiduguri, after studies carried out after one week of resumption date, less than 13 per cent of the students showed up in the state public schools.

“I have not slept with another woman since I got married in 2007- Kenneth Okonkwo”

Actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, in an interview with City People mag this week said since he got married to his wife Ifeoma in 2007, he has been 100% faithful

How ‘My stepfather serially raped, impregnated me!’ -13year old girl tell her story

13 -year-old Blessing Chia allegedly fell victim to regular beating by his step father, Mr Benjamin Richard, 35, who, as she claimed, later lusted after her.
The allegation by the girl that the step father serially raped her to the point of her getting pregnant is a subject of police investigations.
Blessing told Sunday Vanguard, “The first time my mother was not around, he took cane and was beating me and told me that if I messed up, he would kill me, that if I shouted or if my mummy heard anything about it, he was going to kill me.

Rape: Stephanie Okereke urges prosecution of brother, pledges support for victim

Actress Stephanie Okereke-Linus has reacted to the alleged rape incident involving his brother, Prince Daniel Okereke as reported by Vanguard Newspaper over the weekend.
I am distraught and devastated to hear of the recent allegation of rape brought against a relative of mine, Daniel Okereke (my brother).
While it is a very difficult time for me, and my family; I feel the need to make clear my position, lest there be any doubt. Rape is rape, regardless of who the face of the accused is.

Oil spill: Shell ordered to pay N75m compensation to impacted communities

Bayelsa State Government and National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, have ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to pay N75 million compensation to Biseni communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area impacted by the Adibawa North East 6″ Test Line oil spill.

The government and the regulatory agency threatened more severe sanction should the company fail to pay up before November 30 and also engage an independent team of experts to undertake a comprehensive technical assessment of the impacted area.

‘B’Haram slits throats of some fish vendors, throw others into lake’ Chad

Suspected Boko Haram extremists ambushed and slaughtered 48 fish vendors near Nigeria’s border with Chad, the head of their association said, the latest violence to hit the country’s volatile northeast.

“Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders? on their way to Chad to buy fish,” Abubakar Gamandi, head of the fish traders association, told AFP.

Be Prepared To Arrest 100 Legislators With Tambuwal – Dr. Ali Warns

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Justice, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has warned the police against trying to make any attempt to arrest the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, stating that 100 legislators would be prepared to follow him to prison. Ali made this statement yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State, while inaugurating the vocational centre of the University of Ilorin Students’



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Bokoharam has damaged Jonathan’s administration- Cardinal Okojie

Retired Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, said those with links to Boko Haram have infiltrated President Goodluck Jonathan’s government set up, hence the fueling of insurgency in the country.He told Sunday Independent that such Fifth Columns leak information to terrorists, thereby endangering the lives of the Nigerian forces.“If the president can be bold



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