Agency Report President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja assured the international community that Nigeria would remain politically-stable and united after the 2015 general elections. Mr. Jonathan gave the assurance when he received new ambassadors of Spain, Finland, Ireland and Ghana. The new envoys are Alfonso De Erice (Spain), Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury (Finland), Sean Hoy (Ireland) […]
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 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 […]
AP and Our Reporter The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the […]
The City Reporters The United State government said it has committed over $14.55 million to support the fight against the dreaded Ebola virus since its outbreak in March, 2014. The US Consul General, Jeffery Hawkins, disclosed this, Wednesday, during a conference at his Ikoyi residence. He also emphasized on the need to work closely with […]
The City Reporters Relief has finally come the way of the West African countries being ravaged by the deadly Ebola virus as the US Company that manufactures the experimental drug for its treatment said it has sent all its available supplies to West Africa. AFP reports that the company said this on Monday in responding […]
The City Reporters The President of United State of America, Barack Obama recently advised African leaders who used the opportunity provided by the just concluded US-African summit to clamour for the exportation of the experimental drugs that cured the American doctors affected with the virus to rather focus on building a strong public infrastructure than […]
The City Reporters President Goodluck Jonathan, for fears over his safety, has aborted his visit to Chibok, the town where Islamic extremist Boko Haram kidnapped over 250 school girls, Nigerian officials said. Presidency sources said, Friday, the President would instead head straight to France for a conference on the threat Abubakar Shekau led Boko Haram […]
The City Reporters The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday claimed it has what it takes to free the abducted female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, and condemned a report that said it lacks capacity to free them from their captors. The military in a statement issued and signed by the spokesman of the […]