Nigeria's Sacked National Security Adviser Defends Goodluck Jonathan's Administration In Fighting Boko Haram

Nigeria's Sacked National Security Adviser Defends Goodluck Jonathan's Administration In Fighting Boko Haram

Nigeria’s ex-national security adviser defended the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, saying the previous government had acquired sophisticated weaponry and recaptured several northeastern territories from Boko Haram. Retired Col.

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How it happened... Why I raped my friend’s teenage daughter – UNILAG lecturer

Why I raped my friend’s teenage daughter – UNILAG lecturer

For nine days, Shola (not real name) was in pain. The abdominal pain she endured felt as if a knife got stuck in her, she told Saturday PUNCH.

She was scared but she had no choice but to endure the pain since she couldn’t imagine telling her parents the unimaginable trauma she had been subjected to that led to the pains she was going through.

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APC Hails Buhari For Cleaning Up Ogoniland

Rivers state All Progressives Congress (APC) has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a better son of the Niger Delta than the immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

The state chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, in a statement published in Vanguard newspaper on Friday, August 7, praised Mr Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

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Nigeria To Produce Arms To Fight Boko Haram

Nigeria Ministry of Defence may produce own weapons to fight the deadly Boko Haram sect according to the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari has ordered the ministry to produce a plan for the establishment of a military industrial complex for the local production of weapons for the use of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

The president was speaking through his media aide, Garba Shehu.

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Bayelsa 2015: Jonathan Endorses APC Candidate Over PDP’s

As the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa state continues to gain momentum, there are indications that former first lady Dame Patience Jonathan has surprisingly thrown her weight behind the immediate past governor of Bayelsa state Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Breaking News!! Cash crunch hits House of Reps

The cut in the budget of the National Assembly from N150bn to N120bn is beginning to hit members of the House of Representatives hard, resulting in unpaid salaries.

The 360-member legislature has not paid the June and July salaries of lawmakers.

Findings by The Chat212 on Thursday showed that the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, took hours to lament the poor financial situation of the House during a crucial meeting with his colleagues in Abuja.

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