Following the successes recorded in the debut edition of Internet Business Summit in Nigeria, organisers of the event have concluded plans to make the second edition more successful. At the first edition, several people gave testimonies of how their lives were positively impacted by the programme and anticipation for the second is now high. Renowned…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said it has increased its efforts in fighting terrorism in northern part of Nigeria. In a statement released on its website on Saturday, DHQ said the deployment of troops in the troubled regions has already been yielding meaningful results and stressed that the war against insurgency in the country would be…
Pandemonium broke out on Saturday in Akwa-Ibom State at the ward congress of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, when some people engaged in a free-for-all. Several party members were reportedly injured during the fracas, which turned out to be bloody. The incident occurred at Eastern Obolo local government area of the state during the congress.…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to remove the National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki; and the Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau. This call was made by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The Christian body in Nigeria said this following the recent attacks in Adamawa and Gombe State, where some people lost…
Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, supposedly killed by both the Nigerian and Cameroonian security forces in ‘two’ different gun battles, has rubbished claims by the Nigerian Army that his group sealed a ceasefire deal with the Nigerian government. In a new video released on Friday, the Boko Haram leader, in his usual style, insists…
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, has obtained his nomination form of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kaduna State governorship election in 2015. He will be hoping to emerge the candidate of APC at the poll. El-Rufai, a Deputy National Secretary of APC, picked his form on Friday at…
Four management staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, have been relieved of their jobs, a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources on Friday has revealed. No reason was given by the Ministry for the sack of the affected persons. According to the statement by the Head, Press and External Relations,…