The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has said that no ransom was paid for Monday’s release of Nigeria’s first Petroleum Minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was abducted on Friday.  The governor said Mr Monguno, who has since been re-united with his family, could not have paid any money to his abductors since he spent all his money on philanthropy, hence had nothing to give to the abductors. “Obvious ...

The Kaduna State Governor, Muktar Ramalan Yero has visited Aduwan Gida village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state where he promised to bring to book the culprits of last Saturday’s attack in which five members of a family were killed. The attackers reportedly stormed a compound and opened fire on the family members observing the anniversary of the death of the leader of the family. No group h ...

Gunmen on Sunday killed a guard and kidnapped seven foreign workers from the Setraco construction company site in Jama’are town in Bauchi State. The Associated Press, quoting the Local government Chairman, Adamu Aliyu reported that those kidnapped were from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon. The Commissioner of Police in Bauchi, Mohammed Ladan, who confirmed the incidence, said the gunmen attacked a police ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned religious violence in the country saying that those who kill in the name of religion cannot be said to be worshipping god. President Jonathan made the observation in his remarks at a service organised to mark the 30th Episcopal Ordination and Celebration of the Elevation of Cardinal John Onaiyekan as a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church at Our Lady Queen of Niger ...

Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to the Imo state Governor on Public Affairs, Nkiru Sylvanus, who was kidnapped last Sunday in Owerri the Imo state capital has been released by her abductors. Ms Sylvanus was kidnapped along with former Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie as both were together on that night. They were both released on Thursday night. Both Ms Sylvanus and Mr Okolie were kidnapped close to the C ...

The Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to investigate how criminals sacked the Police Area Command and Divisional Police Station, freed inmates and held Auchi town in Edo North hostage for over three hours with no response from the police. The governor, who made the call during a visit to the paramount ruler of Auchi, said there is need for ...

The Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Nigerian Compass and Westerner Magazine, Sina Kawonise was on Monday shot by suspected armed robbers while on his way from Anambra State. Mr Kawonise, a former Commissioner for Information in Ogun State had gone to attend the 17th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association which was held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka w ...

A presidential aspirants in the 2007 general election under the plateform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and a consultant to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Galtima Liman on Friday said the conditions for negotiation with the Federal government proposed by the fundamentalist group, Boko Haram are unrealistic and impossible to meet. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s program ...

A strategic security consultant, Max Gbanite on Friday said the conditions for ceasefire offered by the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram to the Federal Government are unrealistic insisting that the group should surrender unconditionally. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Gbanite said like the civil war and the insurgency in the Niger Delta, the uprising by the Boko Har ...

A policy analyst, Galtima Liman on Monday said vacuums in political as well as spiritual leadership is greatly responsible for the growing unrest in Borno state, North East Nigeria. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Liman said the security challenges in Borno state have been building up in the past 30 years. “Following the local government reforms that have taken away ...