Friday, April 01, 2016

Boko Haram ; 'No negotiations, no surrender,’ new video says



Just a week after its leader Abubakar Shekau hinted at ending Boko Haram’s reign of terror in northeastern Nigeria in a video, the group released a new video Friday denying any suggestion it might surrender.

New Ebola Case in Liberia, one confirmed dead


Ebola Virus Disease has returned to Liberia. World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a new case of the deadly disease in the country. 
Authorities at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia have confirmed that the new Ebola case, a 30-year-old woman, has died within the last 24 hours.

Radio Biafra is back on Air- IPOB



 The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said Radio Biafra has come back on shortwave after the Federal Government blocked the airwaves last year following the arrest of its Director, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu by the Department of State Security (DSS) at Lagos Airport.

It’s Time to Put Nigeria First –By Reuben Abati



This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political partisanship, which has divided the country into the camps of rights and wrongs and a fierce and bitter contestation over who is right or wrong.