The City Reporters As far as the Barack Obama led American government is concerned, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is alive and well. The Nigerian military had claimed it killed Shekau long before now, and that one Bashir Mohammed, killed during recent clashes with troops in Konduga, was a lookalike who had been impersonating the […]
Agency Report The Senate on Thursday approved a request for external borrowing of not more than N1 billion dollars by President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle security challenges in the country. This followed the consideration of the report of the Joint Committees on Finance, and Local and Foreign Debts on the loan request at plenary in […]
Kenya is marking a year since the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre, in which at least 67 people were killed. A memorial plaque will be unveiled and a candle-lit vigil held. The siege at Westgate lasted four days, with CCTV footage showing terrified shoppers fleeing the gunmen and cowering behind counters. Somali Islamist group […]
Agency Report Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Thursday expressed optimism that the Nigerian military will soon end the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Shettima made the statement at the launching of the new 64 page e-passport in Maiduguri. He said that the recent victory by the military in different encounters with the insurgents […]
The City Reporters High ranking military and administrative Nigerian officials have accused the Barack Obama led American government of sabotaging its war on terror by indirectly helping Boko Haram insurgents. The officials, Wednesday, said the U.S. government has blocked orders placed by Nigeria for arms and ammunition, thereby frustrating the country’s effort to defeat the […]
Agency Report At least six terror suspects were arrested over the weekend in a raid on an al-Shabab cell that was apparently plotting an attack in this East African country, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday. Explosives were seized from the suspects, all of whom are of Somali origin and are currently under interrogation, said […]
By Rubby Obinna Chief Orji Uzor Kalu is not facing the greatest opposition because of the political animosity the man at the helm of affairs in Umuahia, Abia State, has been showing against him. What the international businessman, renowned peace-maker and ex-governor of Abia State does understand is that while he is persecuted unjustly by […]
By Mecha Udo I commend you for your write up of 9th August 2014 captioned “Reign of terror by Abia triumvirate”. It was Edmund Burke who said that “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. Your write up is timely if not even belated. The tragedy […]
The City Reporters I have been very reluctant for some time now to respond to the absurd and condemnable state of things in our state – Abia. I have also refused to join issues with the administration of Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji in its orchestrated and deliberate campaign of calumny, character-assassination and falsehood mounted against […]
By Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu NIGERIA stands at the doorstep of dynamic change. It is the principal oil producer in Africa and the world’s fourth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. In fact, it hosts the greatest natural gas reserves on the continent, coupled with a budding telecommunications sector and a steadily rising agribusiness industry […]