Close to 100,000 policemen are at the moment illegally serving as guards to individuals who are not entitled to such privileges, Inspector General of Police Ogbonna Onovo said yesterday in Abuja. The police boss, who said this at a news … read more
On a day Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, told African leaders that foreign investors cannot be attracted in an atmosphere of failed leadership and civil unrest, Lamido Sanusi, governor of the central bank, added a critical caveat to achieving … read more
A group of Niger Delta militants, loyal to the dislodged militant leader, Tompolo arrived Abuja on Wednesday to see President Umaru Yar’Adua over the government’s amnesty plan for the youth in the region. Members of the group, led by Joseph … read more
Indications emerged yesterday that the major oil companies operating in the country have shunned the amnesty programme put in place by President Umaru Yar’Adua as a panacea to the lingering Niger Delta crisis. LEADERSHIP gathered authoritatively that the largest oil … read more
FOLLOWING allegations that Mohammed Yusuf, leader of the religious sect, Boko Haram, was hurriedly killed after he was earlier captured alive in order to shield his sponsors who are influential members of the society, President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday directed the … read more
The 60-day presidential amnesty proclaimed by Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for the militants in the Niger Delta zone of the country takes effect from Thursday. The amnesty package is the president’s effort to end years of attacks on the … read more
AS a way of finally nailing the resurgence of the type of sectarian violence unleashed on states of the North by the Boko Haram sect, the Federal Government is said to have engaged the services of some international security consultants … read more
THE Move ment for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and other militants are asking that the Federal Government should add to their term of amnesty, payment of N300,000 per AK-47 rifle and two magazines returned. MEND is also … read more
Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff ordered the execution of leader of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, on July 29 after he was captured by the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri Thetimesofnigeria.com investigation reveals. A police officer who … read more
At least 11 churches were burnt in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northern Borno state, during the four-day violence blamed on the fundamentalist Islamic sect Boko Haram (Western education is taboo) last week, according to Christian officials in the city. In … read more