Monday, 15 August 2016

I’m available to be picked up by the Army, says woman declared wanted

Aisha Wakil
Aisha Wakil
Aisha Wakil, a Nigerian lawyer declared wanted by the military on Sunday has said she is available for interrogations.
In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, Ms. Wakil said she received news of her being wanted with “rude shock,” because she is “not a stranger to the military” hierarchy in the country.
“They know me very well. Right from [former President Goodluck] Jonathan’s time. I am not hiding,” Ms. Wakil said.

Boko Haram: Wanted Bolori returns to army barracks in Maiduguri


Ahmed Bolori
Ahmed Bolori
One of the three persons declared wanted by the Nigeria Army, Ahmed Bolori, who had turned himself in on Sunday evening but was asked to go back home without questioning, has returned to the army barracks.
Mr. Bolori has continued to update his trip to the barrack on his Facebook page.
At about 10am, Mr Bolori posted a picture that showed him signing a security post visitor’s book with a comment that reads: “I have signed the visitors register since and I am still waiting to be taken in. Although, the Army guard doesn’t have airtime to contact his heads”.
An hour later, he posted another photo saying, “Finally, I am driving into the Army Operation Headquarters now”.

Sunday, 17 July 2016

Five reasons why France is a prime target for jihadists


In 18 months France has been the target of three major terrorist attacks claimed by jihadists in which more than 230 people have died. Candles and white roses are displayed on the French flag in Toulouse on November 14, 2015 as a tribute to the victims of the attacks in Paris in which 128 people were killed. Islamic State jihadists on Saturday claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed at least 128 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium. AFP Candles and white roses are displayed on the French flag in Toulouse on November 14, 2015 as a tribute to the victims of the attacks in Paris in which 128 people were killed. Islamic State jihadists on Saturday claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed at least 128 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium.File Photo

Saturday, 16 July 2016

Any attempt to impeach Buhari will be resisted as it was done in Turkey – APC Govs


GOVERNORS of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of the Progressives Governors Forum, Saturday at the flagging off of the governorship campaign of the candidate of the party in the September 10 governorship election in Edo state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, declared that the peoples power are behind President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigerians would resist any attempt to impeach the President.

You, your spin doctors can continue to cook up stories, Fayose tells EFCC


The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said that he is unmoved by the media trial, allegations levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and that “the anti-corruption agency and its collaborators in the All Progressives Congress (APC) should not be in a hurry in their ill-motive, rather they should wait till 2018 after my tenure when I will confront their lies.”

Failed Turkey military coup leaves 90 dead, 1,500 injured •They’ll pay for their treason, Erdogan vows

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MORE than 1,500 rebels have been detained after their failed military coup that killed at least 90 and wounded more than 1,000 as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed revenge for the bloody uprising.
Erdogan made his triumphant return back to Istanbul after his forces quelled the coup on Friday evening, as he warned that the members of the military behind the plot to oust him would pay a ‘heavy price for their treason’.

NJC compulsorily retires Justices Oloyede, Yunusa

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has compulsorily retired a judge of Osun State Division, Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede who attacked Governor Rauf Aregbesola in a controversial letter.
Also, compulsorily retired is Justice Yunusa, mentioned in the Ricky Tarfa bribery saga, though he was fired for a different corrupt act.