2 Jan 2015

Rescuers tow abandoned migrant ship to Italy

A cargo vessel carrying hundreds of migrants is being towed to Italy after it was abandoned by smugglers and left drifting without a crew in the second such case in just a few days.

Jonathan lacks capacity to tackle insecurity, corruption -APC

The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to use their votes to express their dissatisfaction with President Goodluck Jonathan for his inability to fight the two main challenges facing the country, corruption and security, despite having six years to do so.

Samantha Harris Opens Up On Telling Her Children She Has Breast Cancer! Find Out How She's Breaking The Sad News HERE!

Samtha Harris still has the difficult task of telling her daughters she has breast cancer.
Earlier this week, Samantha Harris publicly announced the scary news that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would undergo a double mastectomy later this month.
However, she still has the heartbreaking task of sharing the news with her two daughters, Josselyn Sydney Hess and Hillary Madison Hess.

2015’ll be tit for tat between Ajimobi and I – Akala

akala alaoFormer Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pick the ticket of rival Labour Party (LP) to recontest the seat he vacated in 2011, after dissatisfaction with his former party’s primary election, which he al­leged was rigged.

The LP candidate speaks on his latest move and challenges, insisting he is the man to beat in the February 28, 2015 poll in the state.

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Why America wants break- up of Nigeria –Tony Uranta

tony uranta1Tony Uranta is a former member of the National Dialogue Committee and Sec­retary of the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy. In this inter­view, he examined the ongoing war against Boko Haram, alleging US conspiracy to make Nigeria a failed state. Excerpts:

What is your reaction to the continuous terrorists’ bombardment of Nigeria?

15 killed in Boko Haram raid, Nigerian villagers say

A video of Abubakar Shekau, who claims to be the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, is shown in September 2013. Boko Haram is an <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/africa/nigeria-year-of-attacks'>Islamist militant group waging a campaign of violence</a> in northern Nigeria. The group's ambitions range from the stricter enforcement of Sharia law to the total destruction of the Nigerian state and its government. Click through to see recent bloody incidents in this strife-torn West African nation:Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least 15 people were killed and several homes burnt on Tuesday when Boko Haram gunmen raided a village in northern Nigeria near the town of Chibok, according to fleeing residents and a military officer.

Nigerian, Not Cameroon Airforce Bombed Boko Haram Terrorists in North-East – – DHQ

maj-gen-chris-olukoladeFollowing reports Tuesday, that Cameroonian air force jets on Monday launched air strikes on scores of Boko Haram terrorists who occupied a military base in Northern Cameroon and bombed them on the Nigerian side, the Defence Headquarters said yesterday that no foreign air force aircraft launched any airstrike on Nigeria’s territory.