Nobody Can Intimidate North Over Demand For More Oil Wealth-Governor Babangida Aliyu

Insisting that the North had been short changed with regards to he sharing of the nation's oil wealth, Niger State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governor's Forum, Babangida Aliyu, has reiterated the North's demand for access to more oil wealth.

In fact Aliyu may have stunned some who heard about his words when he said there could not be peace in Nigeria without justice, apparently referring to the North's desire for more oil wealth. This no doubt will cause people to believe that there may be a connection between the agitation for more funds and the Boko Haram insurgency, particularly as the CBN governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, had voiced such sentiments locally and internationally. Add a comment

Qaqa, Sokoto: Our Plan’s to Islamise Nigeria

Further revelations emerged Wednesday  from the interrogation room of the State Security Service (SSS) when the two principal suspects of the Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa, who was the spokesman of the group, and his recaptured colleague, Kabiru Sokoto, gave insights into why the group attacked Muslims, Churches and schools.

The revelation also came on the heels of another attack by suspected gunmen believed to be members of the sect in Borno State, on a police station and local government secretariat, killing four persons in the process. Add a comment

March 2012 Q&A With Presidential Spokesman - Reuben Abati (Part 1B)

Boko Haram/Security

Mr. President revealed a few months ago that there are Boko Haram sympathisers in his government. If that is the case, why has the President been reluctant in releasing their names or in apprehending them especially in the wake of the frequent attacks in Kano, Kaduna, Maiduguri and other Northern cities?

Abati: Well let me put it like this, you know that the Boko haram challenge is a security challenge, and no one should doubt the fact that President Jonathan has been working hard at addressing these issues. Indeed he has been working very hard, and the security agencies, if you have been following the news very closely, have their charge to deal with this challenge, get to the root of it, and to use every means possible to tackle it, and government has expressed its total commitment to providing the political will and infrastructure, to make sure that both the Boko haram challenge and other security challenges are resolved. Add a comment

Boko Haram Tears Elrufai and Fani-Kayode Apart!

It started like a joke. After being so close to each other during the hey day of the Obasanjo administration, the relationship between Malam Nasir Elrufai, the controversial former minister of the FCT and Femi Fani-Kayode, the equally controversial former minister of aviation has reached the stage of a cold war.

Atiku Is A Surprise Show At Obj Birthday Bash!

After the on and off quarrels and exchange of public insults by the duo, many Nigerians were nonetheless surprised to see former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, at the recent 75th  birthday party held for former  President Olusegun Obasanjo.

It will be recalled that during the run off to the PDP primary where Obasanjo supported the incumbent, President Goodlck Jonathan, and said of Atiku's president chances that "I dey laugh o" the Atiku team took pot shots at the former President. Add a comment

Nigeria-South Africa Diplomatic Row: MTN, Multi-Choice Jittery as Nigeria Deports 28 South Africans

As Nigeria and South Africa engage in a diplomatic row over the unceremonious deportation of 125 Nigerians from the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johanesburg after denying them entry into the country for allegedly possessing fake yellow fever certificates the two giant South African firms in Nigeria are beginning to feel jittery for fear that the Nigerian government may hit at them in order to show the South African government it's displeasure over their action. This is even as the Nigerian government denied entry to 28 South Africans at the Murtala Mohamed International Airport, Lagos, last night.