Army Chief Brutai Says Boko Haram Militants Picked Wrong Fight With Wrong Enemy

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Saturday reassured Nigerians that the army will take every necessary step to restore normalcy across the northeast.

He says the Boko Haram militants that have in the last seven years pushed for the establishment of an Islamic State and an end to Western education in the region ‘picked the wrong fight against the wrong enemy’.

The COAS gave the assurance in Goneri and Buniyadi, two prominent frontline locations the Nigerian Army is currently prosecuting the Boko Haram war in Yobe State.

United States condemns Abuja bomb blasts

According to a release from the embassy of the United States in Abuja, the U.S. Government has condemned Friday’s bomb blasts in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.

A statement by Sean McIntosh of American Embassy in Abuja, said the U.S. government strongly condemned the multiple explosions in the Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja on October 2, as well as the suicide bombings and militant attacks in Maiduguri and Adamawa on October 1, Nigeria’s independence anniversary.

“We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured,” the statement said.

A Winning or Rigging Formula? - Gumi

Ringing the 2015 election this time will be very difficult indeed. Voters will remain until the results of their votes casted are pasted in front of them. And with a more potent competitor, the PDP that was once the only "national party' has further polarized the polity not just on the north-south divide but more dangerously on the religious one. Already some of them have already started calling APC an 'Islamic Party' to put in the Christian psyche the loathe of the party. Yet not acknowledging the fact that PDP especially with the recent South African $9.3m scandal, majority of Muslims believe the party is a CAN party.

With this ugly political scenario in situ, re-endorsing President Jonathan is their greatest political blunder because I know the Muslim North will totally reject him. That means the only option left for PDP to continue is by rigging.

PDP is then the epicenter of the most dreaded religious earthquake or the crater of volcano eruption that can shatter and destroy the nation. Because 2015 is not 2011. In 2011, the benefit of doubt which Jonathan enjoyed in the North is completely eroded by his style of governance.

THE GRAVE ALLEGATIONS OF STEPHEN DAVIS BY FANI-KAYODE

I read the grave allegations made by an Australian by the name of Mr. Stephen Davis about those that he believes are behind Boko Haram in the 29th August edition of Thisday Newspaper. He made some very serious allegations, he mentioned names and I would be interested in seeing the hard evidence that he claims to have.

I have always said that I believe that anyone, no matter which political party that person belongs to and no matter how highly placed or powerful that person may be, that is involved with Boko Haram ought to be captured, caged, flogged and brought to justice because I regard such people as nothing but bloodthirsty beasts.

I have also always said that I believe that some of the leading members of the opposition APC are secret sponsors and supporters of Boko Haram and I am glad that Mr. Davis appears to share this view and that he has indeed confirmed my worst fears in his celebrated interview with Arise TV.

"Jonathan’s Unbridled Ambition Will Destroy Nigeria’s Democracy - Bola Tinubu

The Presidency and the ruling PDP forcefully had their way in Adamawa. 

Governor Nyako has been impeached. Nigeria’s constitution suffers violence. 

Democracy has been setback.

Under the constitution, a governor can only be impeached for “gross misconduct.” For the PDP, Nyako’s crime was not the false allegations contained in the articles of impeachment. To them, his gross misconduct was leaving the reactionary PDP to join the progressive APC. His misdeed was to exercise his constitutional right of freedom of association and political expression by leaving their corrupt assemblage and joining the party that just may represent the best hope of rescuing Nigeria from its present descent into authoritarian darkness.

Perhaps, Governor Nyako’s greatest sin is his temerity to speak truth to power albeit in a courageous way. On two different occasions, he gave an unvarnished insight into the Boko Haram menace and the insecurity engulfing Northern Nigeria. At the Institute of Peace in Washington DC this year when he visited with other Northern governors, he placed the blame for the Boko Haran insurgency on the Jonathan presidency. He then followed this up with a detailed letter to the forum of the Northern governors in which he accused the Jonathan led government of genocide against the North. This rattled and unsettled the government.Repeated attempts to have Gov. Nyako withdraw his letter and apologize to the President failed. From the moment he wrote that letter, he became a marked man. The government savaged the governor through the media. This kangaroo impeachment is government’s way of punishing Nyako.

President Jonathan, Nigeria's number one enemy - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria's number one enemy because of his propensity to perpetrate impunity, abuse federal institutions and tolerate corruption, all in a dangerous clamour to win re-election at all costs.

In a statement issued in Osogbo on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said under President Jonathan's watch, Nigeria has been thrown into unprecedented crisis that is manifesting in the opposition strongholds of Rivers, Edo, Adamawa and Nasarawa States and elsewhere across the country.

The President has also abused national institutions perhaps more than any other President in Nigeria's history, deploying the police and the army to intimidate and harass ordinary citizens in general and opposition supporters in particular, as he did recently in Ekiti and he is allegedly planning to do in Osun state; shutting airports at will just to punish the opposition and muscling the electoral commission, INEC, to prevent incorruptible RECs from conducting elections, it said.

More than 60 women, girls escape their Boko Haram abductors;

Maiduguri - More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday, but more than 200 schoolgirls are still being held by the militants.

Local vigilante Abbas Gava said he had "received an alert from my colleagues ... that about 63 of the abducted women and girls had made it back home" late Friday.

A high-level security source in the Borno state capital Maiduguri, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, confirmed the escape.

Now That Sanusi Is Now The Emir Of Kano: Would the President Jonathan congratulate him on this?

The suspended Governor of Nigeria Central Bank, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is now the confirmed and installed Emir of Kano;  Would the President Jonathan congratulate him on this? 

Sanusi’s nomination as the new Emir of Kano signals the beginning of a new dawn in the history of the emirates. Whether or not, the federal government will bow to the new Emir is a question on the lips of many across the country.

Would he (the president) visit Kano for second term mission or campaign ? Would Sanusi stop talking like a parrot?


What happens to President Jonathan and the 1.1million votes that would come from Kano as Sanusi is on the Emir's seat?  What happens to Security in kano?

Is Kano state not on the road to join Emergency states like Borno, Yobe and Adamawa?

Senate renews emergency rule with 8 conditions

Nigeria Senate yesterday endorsed a six-month extension of emergency rule in three states in the Northeast. The endorsement was, however, with eight conditions which the lawmakers said must be observed in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

Some senators of Northern extraction had last week vowed to stop the extension. The lawmakers contended that one year of emergency rule had not yielded the expected results.

Before the upper chamber threw its back behind the extension it held over four hour closed door session to thrash contentious issues especially those raised by opposing Senators. Some observers were, however, taken aback with the turn of events, especially the unanimous adoption of the motion to extend the emergency rule.

APC PRESS RELEASE: FG's insincerity in the fight against Boko Haram/Search for abducted girls

APC PRESS RELEASE: 20th May 2014

After agreeing that the National Convention of the Party will now hold in Abuja on the 13th and 14th of June 2014 the party proceeded to express its views and concerns about the Federal Government's insincerity in the fight against the Boko Haram and search for the abducted girls.

FG's insincerity in the fight against Boko Haram/Search for abducted girls

We make bold to say that the Federal Government has been very insincere in its persistent call for national unity to combat the despicable Boko Haram sect.

This has been manifest, perhaps more than at any other time, since the tragic abduction of over 200 school girls from Chibok over a month ago.

Up to this moment, the Federal Government has yet to reach out to the APC, the main opposition party, on how to forge a common front against this despicable terror group, despite our incessant efforts to reach out to the government.

Boko Haram Ambush: Why Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire at Army Commander in Maiduguri

Witnesses confirmed that the Nigerian Soldiers opened fire on their commander in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

Reliable security sources also confirmed that men of the Nigerian Army who are Angered by the death of 12 of their colleagues in a Boko Haram ambush, on Wednesday, opened fire on the vehicle of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed bu that GOC escaped unhurt after soldiers shot at his car at the Maimalari barracks, the sources said.

Senate Summons Service Chiefs, IGP, NSA, Defence Minister, Police Affair Minister Over Emergency Rule Extension

Following the the latest request by the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan for further extension of emergency rule in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the Senate has on Wednesday invited the Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, IGP to appear Thursday to brief the Nigerian Upper legislative Chamber on the security situation in the affected states where state of emergency was imposed before commencing debates on the president's request for extension of the emergency rule.

Others invited by the Nigeria Senate are: National Security Adviser (NSA), Defence Minister and the Minister of Police Affair.

BREAKING NEWS: President Jonathan asks National Assembly for six months extension of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan has requested from the National Assembly an extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe by six months.

The request was read on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning.

The state of emergency rule was first introduced by president Jonathan in the three states in May last year, before it was extended by another six months in November when it became difficult for the government to contained the activities of the dreaded Islamist Terrorist, Boko Haram who are hell bent in their attacks in the Nigeria North-Eastern states .

INEC PROCEDURE FOR 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS: Only those with Permanent Voters' Cards will be allowed to vote

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said only those with Permanent Voters' Cards will be allowed to vote during the 2015 general elections.

According to the INEC, Voters are expected to check their names in the displayed voters' register. Those who registered before but do not see their names in the displayed register are to re-register during the Continuous Voter Registration process.

The CVR exercise is not for those who wish to transfer. Those wishing to transfer should write to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in their new states of domicile well before the election, as no transfer will be approved less than 30 days to the election.

Boko Haram: World Power Are Interested In Our Downfall - President Jonathan

The Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has again re-stated his position on the increasing attacks by the Islamist Terrorist, Boko Haram, saying that that the world powers are the brain behind the dreaded group.

President Jonathan made the disclosure during the 7th presidential media chat. This is not the first time the president will be making the allegations that with the level of the Boko Harm operations and the kind of sophisticated weapons in their cares, they are getting more than domestic backing but also foreign sponsors too.

According to the president: “Were are receiving an unfair share of the global terror.”

President Jonathan said while trying to blame external [foreign] forces targeting the destruction of Africa’s largest economy [Nigeria]. He argued that because of Nigeria’s size and economy, many world forces are interested in its downfall.

DailyTrust Interview : What Boko Haram Fighters Told Me About Sect - Governor Kashim Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima is, probably, Nigeria’s most troubled state Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the moment. Before he was voted into power in the 2011 governorship election, the insurgency in Borno State had begun to fester. In spite of all peace moves and military action, the crisis has not been brought to an end.

In this exclusive interview conducted last Wednesday, Governor spoke on the abduction of over 200 school girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok some two weeks ago, the state of emergency, the Boko Haram crisis generally, among many other contemporary issues

What’s the latest good news that you have for the parents of the 270 school girls abducted by Boko Haran two weeks ago? What are you doing about their rescue?

That incident is one nightmare that troubles me very much - as a father and leader. It remains the worst in my entire life. As a father I can imagine what a parent feels when a daughter is in the hands of abductors who are very capable of forceful marriage, rape, slavery and who are against education. As I said at a courtesy call earlier today, we are at a brokenhearted time in our dear Borno State because as we speak, over 200 precious daughters of Borno, 200 young enterprising school girls working towards a bright future, are being detained somewhere by our fellow men who claim to be devoted Muslims, whereas Allah who created all of us, has mandated us to protect women, to support them, to serve them with special attention and to even spare them during Islamic holy wars that the Boko Haram claim to be fighting.

Boko Haram: Murtala Nyako, Ibrahim Gaidam blast Edwin Clark, Akpabio

Following the call for a full scale state of emergency declaration which will replace the Governors of the affected states in the North-east with sole administrator by the an Ijew National Leder,  dwin Clark, the Governors of Adamawa and Yobe state, Murtala Nyako and Ibrahim Gaidam, on Sunday expressed their displeasure over such a call by Clark.

The three North Eastern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno have been under emergency rule declared by President Goodluck Jonathan since May 2013 with the democratic structures in the state remaining despite the emergency rule. But Mr. Clark has asked President Jonathan to heed his advice and appoint the sole administrators with immediate effect.

As a result of the called by Clark, Messrs Nyako and Gaidam issued a joint press statement through their respective spokesmen, Ahmad Sajoh and Abdullahi Bego, blasted him for liken the security situation in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States with the situation in Ekiti state when an emergency rule was declared in that state during a previous administration.”

Boko Haram Threats: Jonathan Deploys 6,000 Troops for WEF Summit

Boko Haram Threats: Jonathan Deploys 6,000 Troops for WEF Summit

Following the shifting of the battle ground by the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents from the Northeast to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, the Nigeria President , Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the deployment of more than 6,000 police and soldiers to protect Abuja during a World Economic Forum (WEF), holding next month.

President Jonathan's order on Tuesday follows a bombing attack by the suspected Boko Haram militant group at a crowded Nyanya bus station in Abuja on Monday.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) Summit will see Heads of state and business leaders from Africa flowing to Abuja between May 7-9.

ISLAMIST BOKO HARAM SECTS OVERPOWER SOLDIERS, KIDNAP Over 100 SECONDRY SCHOOL GIRLS IN BORNO STATE

The  Boko Haram Islamist Insurgent, today kidnapped over 100 students of Government Girls secondary school in Chibok in Borno state abducted, a day after a deadly Nyanya bombing in Abuja.

The heavily armed Insurgents kidnapped more than 100 girls from the Government Girls secondary school in Borno state and torched the surrounding town,

Many girls were reportedly abducted by the rampaging Islamist gunmen who stormed the school in a convoy of vehicles," Emmanuel Sam, an education official in the town of Chibok, where the attack took place, told AFP. According to him, the attackers came "in trucks and on motorcycles and headed to the school", where they overpowered soldiers deployed to guard it, a witness who requested anonymity said.

15 States, Include Osun and Ekiti Are Most Prone To Electoral Violence by 2015 General Elections

A non-governmental organisation CLEEN Foundation has revealed through its research that 15 states in Nigeria may be destabilised by electoral violence during the 2015 general elections.


The organisation made the revelations in Abuja on April 9, 2014, Wednesday, while presenting the report titled 'Third Security Threat Assessment'. The NGO, which promotes public safety, security, and access to justice, warned of high security risks in the spotted areas during the 2015 general elections.

According to CLEEN Foundation, the states to watch out for as 'most volatile' are: Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.