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Kolapo Olapoju September 16, 2014

If GEJ is re-elected, Nigeria will fall apart – Senator Ahmed Zanna

by James Sambo Senator Ahmed Zanna has warned that Nigeria will disintegrate if President Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected at the 2015 presidential elections. Zanna, who represents Borno Central Senatorial zone,…

Emmanuel Chidiogo September 11, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: 150 days and still counting…

by Mayowa Aboah It has been 150 days since over 200 girls from Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, were kidnapped, and they are yet to be rescued. A statement, issued…

YEditor September 11, 2014

#BringBackGoodluck2015: Nigeria’s shame revisited

by Joe Igbokwe The moment the American newspaper, The Washington Post, hit the news stands, President Jonathan ordered his handlers and campaigners to dismantle the shameful campaign billboards across the…

Sola September 11, 2014

Boko Haram to swap 30 Chibok girls for 18 detained members

by S'ola Filani A report in the Nation newspaper claims that Boko Haram has agreed to swap some of the abducted 219 Chibok girls for 18 members. According to the…

Kolapo Olapoju September 10, 2014

The Presidency says it wasn’t aware of #BringBackJonathanIn2015 … but, Doyin Okupe championed it

by Kolapo Olapoju The Presidency has claimed that it was not aware of the #BringBackJonathan2015 campaign banners, despite those banners being placed around many parts of Abuja, the federal capital. Bowing to the…

Kolapo Olapoju September 9, 2014

Herbalists are angry! They want Federal government to probe Sheriff and Ihejerika, or else….

by Azubuike Azikiwe Herbalists have given the Federal government an ultimatum to probe the alleged sponsors of Boko Haram, else they would personally deal with them. The Northern Nigeria arm…

Kolapo Olapoju August 28, 2014

One ‘foreign expert’ like that is telling us what we already know about politicians and Boko Haram (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju Dr Stephen Davis, an Australian based international adviser has revealed that the operations of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, are being sponsored by some Nigerian politicians. During…

Op-Ed Editor August 28, 2014

Oby Ezekwesili: We cannot afford to move on without our daughters

by Oby Ezekwesili Today marks 136 days since April 14, when 219 daughters of Nigeria were taken captive from our midst at close to midnight while we all slept. The…

YEditor August 25, 2014

Opinion: Simple and short, the Chibok girls show Nigeria as a failed state

by Simon Ateba The abandonment, by the Nigerian government, of 219 school girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram Islamist sect on 14 April is a global tragedy and a clear…

Op-Ed Editor August 15, 2014

Bukola Saraki: Mr. President, this is how to defeat Boko Haram

by Bukola Saraki For the President to say, when he met the girls’ parents this week, that he has had to “remain quiet” because it could hamper the work…

Kolapo Olapoju August 7, 2014

GOOD NEWS: U.S surveillance planes spot Chibok girls [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju According to the Washington Post, a recent U.S. surveillance flights over northeast Nigeria, reportedly showed what appeared to be large group of girls being held together…

August 4, 2014

Ebubedike Akabuwa: Unity in Chibok storm

by Ebubedike Akabuwa Contrary to some reports that it took the government two weeks to respond, the government responded promptly. The captain walked briskly around the scene. His men had…

August 1, 2014

Tunde Leye: Why – and how – the Press needs to do better

by Tunde Leye We don’t want a press that asks us if the president gave the Chibok parents Hundred Million Naira. Rather, the press should investigate what really happened, get…

July 30, 2014

Were the Chibok parents given N100 million? What do you think?

A spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has denied claims that the President disbursed the sum of N100 million as compensation to parents of the abducted Chiboks girls. In…

July 28, 2014

Opinion: Why the Chibok girls may never return to us

by Nnaemeka Oruh But if the presidency truly believes that the abduction is real, and the Department of State Security truly knows the location of the girls, then please, one…

July 23, 2014

100 days after, will the Chibok girls ever be found? Join the debate

by Emmanuel Chidiogo It is 100 days today since over 200 secondary school girls at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, were abducted. A few days after the kidnap,…

writer July 23, 2014

Female Footballers organize ‘100 days football Match’ for abducted Chibok girls

by Kolapo Olapoju To mark the 100th day since the abduction of the 219 Chibok girls and to keep the conversation alive, Nigerian Female Footballers in Abuja took partook in…

photoeditor July 22, 2014

We wait: Jonathan meets parents of #ChibokGirls behind closed doors

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently in a meeting with parents of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14 2014. The meeting is being held behind closed doors inside…

writer July 15, 2014

Kidnapped Chibok girls to get FG scholarship – Jonathan

by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has made a promise of educational scholarship for all the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State once they are rescued and back home. The…

writer July 14, 2014

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau apparently thinks bombing Lagos, Abuja is funny (WATCH)

by Kolapo Olapoju A video has been released, where Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the June 25 bombing in the Federal Capital Territory…

writer July 9, 2014

Chibok hunters rescue 32 Boko Haram abductees (Report)

by Kolapo Olapoju According to The CableNG Newspaper, 30 out of the over 200 Chibok school girls kidnapped from the community by Boko Haram in April and an additional two…

July 8, 2014

Opinion: Chibok survivors and multiple narratives of victimhood

by Jibrin Ibrahim Yes indeed, time is passing and the agronomy of the parents and relations continue to grow. So far, seven of the parents of the girls have died…

July 5, 2014

Tunde Leye: Executive President sir, could you please execute?

by Tunde Leye The President failed to be executive when it took 18 days to react to the kidnapping. He failed to be executive when the Chibok parents had to…

July 3, 2014

‘What the Nigerian president should have written’: The Washington Post rips Pres. Jonathan’s article apart

by Isi Esene After publishing a piece written by President Goodluck Jonathan last month, The Washington Post's Karen Attiah has penned down what, in her opinion, the Nigerian president should…

July 1, 2014

The violence continues: Gunmen burn down police station, raid armoury in Borno

by S'ola Filani Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked and burnt down a police station in Shani, Borno State late Monday afternoon. The…

June 29, 2014

BREAKING: Many people dead, several churches burnt down as gunmen attack village near Chibok

by S'ola Filani A massive attack is reportedly ongoing in Kautikari and Kwada village, seven kilometres away from Chibok town, Borno state with many villagers feared dead. The attackers,…

June 26, 2014

Abimbola Adelakun: Chibok – Is Nigeria still serious?

by Abimbola Adelakun Instructively, two cardinals were missing from the President’s response to his fact-finding committee: A sense of urgency about rescuing the abducted girls and, that of culpable responsibility.…

June 24, 2014

Not so fast: We’re yet to confirm kidnap of 60 women in Borno – FG

by Akan Ido The Federal Government has said that it is yet to confirm media reports that 60 women were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Chibok, Borno State almost 70…

June 21, 2014

Singer, Adokiye offers her virginity for the release of Chibok girls

by S'ola Filani Pop singer and Imo State Peace Ambassador, Adokiye, shocked her fans recently when she revealed that she is a virgin, adding that whoever wants her virginity should…

June 18, 2014

Dele Agekameh: The forgotten girls of Chibok

by Dele Agekameh Unfortunately, days have turned into weeks and months, and nothing tangible or cheering has been on the horizon about the girls’ return to reunite with their loved…

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