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Jonathan didn’t believe girls were abducted — Obasanjo JUNE 1, 2014 BY LEKAN ADETAYO, LEKE BAIYEWU AND BAYO AKINLOYE Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: www.gbooza.com Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to immediately order the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, spoilt the chances of rescuing them. The sect had abducted some female pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14. The group later released a video where its leader, Abubakar Shekau, threatened to sell the girls. According to Obasanjo, the President did not believe the pupils were truly abducted until after 18 days. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, which was aired on Saturday, ex- president Obasanjo said, “On the kidnapping or abduction, the President did not believe that those girls were abducted for almost 18 days. If the President got the information within 12 hours of the act and he reacted i...

Vengeful Boko Haram Terrorists Overwhelm Local Vigilantes In Kalabalge, Kill 40 Villagers Posted: May, 31 2014, 4:05PM by Michael Akins Photo Credits: SaharaReporters, New York A horde of armed Boko Haram terrorists today descended on Kalabalge, a community in Borno State whose vigilantes had recently repelled an attack by members of the extremist Islamist sect—and left a horrific scene, with at least 40 dead people and widespread destruction. A security agent and a community source told SaharaReporters that more than 500 Boko Haram fighters arrived in the town in numerous pick- up vans and were able to overwhelm local hunters and vigilante members within the community. Today’s attack by Boko Haram originated in Gamboru Ngala, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, and lasted for several hours. Our security agent source disclosed that the religious militants also attacked Ankulkule, Chekobe, Izge and five other communities. The source told SaharaRepo...

Professor Dora Akunyili is alive says family members. By Michael Akins on May 31, 2014. Few hours ago a website (names withheld ) posted online that the ill-health  former minister of information and communication and Nafdac boss, Professor Dora Akunyili has passed on, eliciting messages of “RIP” on the social media, but fresh reports from the stable of TheCable, an online news site,  revealed that the former director-general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is alive and her family are “ very baffled ” by persistent rumours of her death. A family member who – declined to be named– spoke with TheCable said, “ She is not dead ,” “ It’s appearing to us that while many people are genuinely concerned about her health, some are actually wishing her dead. We cannot understand the motive .” He told TheCable that the family is “ baffled ” by the unrelenting rum...

Reports have it that the founder and Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, advised President Goodluck Jonathan to find means of resolving the crisis rocking some states in the North so as to prevent the country from turning into a war zone during a workshop organised by the African Leadership Development Centre held on the university campus early in the week. Speaking on the theme: “The Leadership Imperative: Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution Demands for Inspiring Transformation and Driving Change”, Oyedepo stated that though conflict was unavoidable in any part of the world, it was important that the leadership of the country dealt with such in order to avoid a state of war. “War is a sucker. It sucks the resources of a nation. Only those who don’t know its cost propagate it. We must not have war in Nigeria. We should not even think of it. Its consequences are unimaginable. War is a crime against humanity. It erode...