Jonathan Assures On Soldiers Recapturing Old Territories

President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that it might take Nigerian soldiers “within a month” to recapture towns seized by Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country.
The President made the statement in an interview the BBC aired on Friday, March 20, 2015, in which Mr President said that the Nigerian military hopes to recapture towns seized by Boko Haram within a month, in what would be a swift victory after six years of bloody conflict.
Speaking during the interview, Jonathan, who is seeking re-election on March 28, said Boko Haram was “getting weaker and weaker every day”.
“I’m very hopeful that it will not take us more than a month to recover old territories that hitherto have been in their hands,” he told the BBC.
Experts believe Jonathan’s statement might be because the Islamist militants have proved recently that they are still capable of carrying out deadly hit-and-run strikes.

President Jonathan

Nigeria has recently recorded major victories against the insurgents with the help of coalition partners Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Check Out Vintage Photos of Old Lagos

These evocative vintage photos of Lagos will help you trace the growth and development, understand the transformation and evolution processes of the city for the last century. Let’s see if you can identify places of modern Lagos immortalized in these snaps!

Balogun street with tram tracks in about 1910, Lagos

A jolly ride at the Lagos Race Course

House Of Reps Candidate Lands In EFCC’s Net

A candidate in the forthcoming elections vying for the position of the House of Representatives has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Officials of the EFCC

According to Nigerian Pilot, the House of representative candidate on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Miss Oluwametomi Adetokunbo Adisa was arrested on Thursday for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142, 029,000 (one hundred and forty- two million, twenty-nine thousand naira) from a businessman, identified as Alhaji Isa Bello, under false pretence.

APC House Of Assembly Candidate killed

A former deputy speaker of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly, Okon Uwah, was killed late in the evening on Thursday, March 19, by yet to be identified assailants at Nkek village in Ukanafun local government area of the state.

Mr. Okon Uwah

Okon Uwah, a  staunch member  of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and a candidate for the Ukanafun state constituency in the forthcoming election,  was said to be on a house-to-house campaign tour of the area where he was  attacked.

See Pictures Of ISIS Recruiting New Born Babies

Women who live under the rule of Islamic State terrorists in Syria are taking photographs of their newborn children sleeping alongside handguns and assault rifles on social media.

According to Daily Mail the chilling images show innocent children being forced to embrace their parents’ extremism in ISIS’  capital Raqqa.

PDP Chieftain Reveals Who To Blame If GEJ Loses Poll

It is no longer news that some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have not been campaigning forcefully for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan as Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso had earlier pointed out.

Former South-South National Vice Chairman of the PDP, Chief Edet Nkpubre

Almost synchronising the assertion of Kano state governor, a chieftain of the ruling PDP has now revealed to Nigerians who to blame if President Jonathan should lose the March 28 presidential election.

Soldiers Attack Prof. Ango Abdullahi In Bauchi

Some soldiers in Bauchi shot at Professor Ango Abdullahi, the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on his way for an official assignment at Bauchi State University, Gadau.
According to Vanguard report, the driver of Abdullahi’s car overtook a military convoy and the soldiers opened fire on the car.
The former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, who narrated what happened to newsmen in Bauchi yesterday said he was trying to catch up for his a meeting at the University and so his driver overtook the military convoy which was moving slowly.

The Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi