If the Senate approves President Jonathan’s request, it would be the second extension of the emergency rule in the three states
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Jonathan explained that the security agencies had done creditably in fighting terrorism
Gulak has been in the eye of the storm following his several outbursts against perceived enemies of Jonathan
He said the state also has coal and other natural resources, quoting a recent survey conducted by foreign experts, which confirmed the availability of the mineral resources
Governor Nyako claims that President Goodluck Jonathan is from the Eastern region which according to him was responsible for the killing of Northern political elites on the 15th of January 1966! This is a very disgraceful remark by the governor and a pathetic embarrassment to the Nigerian Military from where Nyako derives his career antecedents.
The Interim Committee Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Salihu Baba-Ahmed, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Saturday
Nyako told newsmen in Yola that grazing reserves and ranching were in line with standard best practice that ensured maximum benefit to nomads
The decision by Marwa to defect to the PDP followed a meeting held on Sunday with his supporters in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, after their complaint of being marginalised in the APC
The statement said the need to give a detailed account was necessitated by the failure of the Defence Headquarters to put it in proper perspective and its politicisation by the Peoples Democratic Party
The Provost of the college, Dr. Johnson Pongri, who confirmed the closure at a news conference in Yola, said the move was based on the advice of the Military Task Force in the area
Nyako’s position on the attack imputed it was premeditated
The commission equally called on the National Assembly to urgently reconvene plenary in memory of the dead children and all others that died in the ongoing crisis in the North East
One of the sources said many of the villagers were currently missing while those lucky to be alive have started moving in droves out of the village
Some of the students who spoke to newsmen on the issue on Thursday, said it had caused tension in the school, resulting to mass exodus of staff and students.
The duo urged other party supporters to ensure that they participate in the registration exercise
They set off bombs and fired into the congregation in the Catholic church in Waga Chakawa village in Adamawa State on Sunday morning, before burning houses and taking residents hostage during a four-hour siege, witnesses said
They set off bombs and fired into the congregation in the Catholic church in Waga Chakawa village in Adamawa State on Sunday morning, before burning houses and taking residents hostage during a four-hour siege, witnesses said
The UNHCR, in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had been killed, their villages bombed and at least two villages burned to the ground
In a statement endorsed by the National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National media Director,. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA urged the Senate to save Nigeria from the spectacular global opprobrium that has characterized the recent appointment of the duo by turning down the confirmation of Haruna as a minister and also advising Mu’azu to quit his post
Handing over the money to the Chairman of the operators, in Mubi, the Commanding Officer of the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Beyidi Martins, said N3.5 million, 12.5 million Cameroon Francs and 50,000 Central African Republic Francs, among others, were recovered