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Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in our beloved country. 2. Our dear nation, Nigeria, has certainly come a long way and made notable progress since our first Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and handed over to a democratically-elected government, marking the true beginning of a government of the people, by the people, for the people.” 3. Although I have ordered a low-key commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day in deference to the current mood of the nation, there can be no doubt that the past 15 years, the longest period of sustained democratic governance in our country, have been a blessing to us, as a people. 4. As we commemorate 15 years of our Fourth Republic today therefore, I believe that it is fitting that we pay tribute once again to all those who played a part in restoring our nation to the true path of democratic governance, built on the f

The much awaited Google self-drive car is out. google has revealed a prototype of its latest driverless car -- and this one doesn't even have a steering wheel. The car will only have a stop and go button. No steering wheel. No pedals. Unlike Google's previous self-driving vehicles , which have been based on conventional cars adapted to navigate around without a driver, this model has been designed from scratch. "They won't have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal... because they don't need them," Google said in a statement. How smart tech is shaping the future Driverless cars could let you sleep The car can carry two passengers and has a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour. Google says the car's most important feature is its safety. "They have sensors that remove blind spots, and they can detect objects out to a distance of more than two football fields in all directions, which is especially helpful on busy streets wit

Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family members, guess what is her crime? Because she eloped with the man she loved rather marring the man the family chose for her. The terrible fate of Farzana Parveen, 25, is one shared by all too many women in Pakistan and elsewhere. She was killed in the name of "honor," on the grounds her actions had brought shame on her family. According to a report published in April by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 869 women in the country were the victims of honor killings last year. And activists say the true number may be much higher. Parveen's brutal killing is all the more shocking because it was so public. She was beaten to death with bricks close to the high court in the eastern city of Lahore by a group of about 20 people, including her brothers, father and cousin, police said. One family member made a noose of rough cloth around her neck while her brothers smashed bricks into her skull, said Mushtaq Ahmed, a po

Four girls out of the 168 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, that were abducted by Boko Haram in April, have escaped. The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders meeting for validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the abducted girls. The meeting was organised by the National Emergency Management Agency. Lawan, who was represented by the Director for Personnel and Management, Mr. Musa Elijah, said the number of escapees had risen to 57 as against 53, while 164 girls were still held by the terrorist group. He said, “The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not be opportuned to welcome back their daughters. “Latest report reaching us is that instead o

THE Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has said that the military will not use force to rescue over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram on April 14 because of the need to save their lives. Badeh, who received members of the Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness outside the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, insisted that the military had since located where the girls were being held. The CDS assured that the military had the capacity to bring back the girls alive and therefore advised that it should be allowed to do its work. He said, “We want our girls back; our military can do it, but where they are held, we cannot go with force. “If we go with force, what will happen? they will kill them . So nobody should come and say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing. We know what we are doing; we can’t go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back. So we are working. “The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we ca

Real Madrid are a football club who define themselves by their performance in the Champions League, which is why they will consider anything but victory in Saturday’s final a disaster. Real Madrid came from behind to claim the Champions League crown in extra time at the expense of Atletico Madrid . Diego Godin profited from an Iker Casillas error to head Atletico in front after Gareth Bale had fired wide. Real fought back after the break and Sergio Ramos finally broke Atletico's resolve in the 93rd minute. Bale put Real in front before Marcelo scored a third and Cristiano Ronaldo added a penalty to seal victory and a 10th European Cup for Real. Anyone who plays for or manages Real is left in no doubt about the top priority every season, and if you are unsure about what is expected upon moving to the Bernabeu it is made clear to you very quickly. You can win league titles and domestic cups, but that will not keep you in a job for

Two blasts has hit Jos Terminus Market today in Nigeria, Dozens has reported to be killed in the blast, this is coming as the tension in kano State after earlier blast in the area; Report said that, the two bombs blast in Jos were concealed inside a truck and a minibus the military said. “There were two separate blasts,” at the New Abuja Market, Pam Ayuba said, referring to the attack at about 3:00 pm (1400 GMT). “We are yet to know the casualty rate,” he added. “The first IED (improvised explosive device) was in a truck. The second was in a minibus,” said Kingsley Egbo, of the military State Task Force (STF) in Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital. “The market was really crowded,” he added. “We are having a problem of crowd control… The emergency services have evacuated the casualties,” he told AFP.

The People of Osun state, irepodun L.G.A where shocked with bizzare news of a man found dead, Head upside down, half of the body buried in a hole dug beside a grave through which he attempted to cut the head of the buried, no body could really explain what happened, but Abdullahi was believed to have suffocated with half of the body buried in the hole near the grave,  the incident which happened around Imam Aroun compound in the ancient town kept the villagers pondering , Nemesis must have cut up with Abdullahi described as a member of a notorious youth gang in community. Or may be he was strangled to dealt by the corpse.

"Members of a vigilante group in Madagali, a town in Adamawa State, have killed more than 70 Boko Haram members and and handed over seven captured militants to the police. The vigilantes acted after they were tipped off by a local food vendor that the militants were coming to get food before heading out for a major operation to raid villages in the area, usually carried out at night. The vigilant group mobilized, laid ambush and waited patiently for the militants, a source in the village disclosed. The source added that as soon as the Islamist insurgents numbering more than 100 showed up in the village to pick up their favorite meals, the vigilantes attacked them, killing most of them in a hail of bullets. Today's attack is the second time this week that local vigilantes would defeat the rampaging militants. The first time was two days ago when well-armed vigilantes in Kalabalge, Borno State, ambushed a squad of Boko Haram militants. A security source told SaharaReporters t

Made-in-Nigeria Cars will soon be rolling out from next month, Dr. Samuel Ortom, stated this when a delegation from Automobile Peugeot, France led by its Vice President, Mr. Yves Moulin, visited him at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Ortom said following the commencement of the new auto policy, the Federal Government had received a lot of interest from vehicle manufacturers. This, according to him, is a demonstration of the confidence that investors have about the new auto policy. As a way of sustaining the policy, he said the Federal Government would be reviewing it periodically to make it more effective. The minister said, “The automotive policy is derived from the National Industrial Revolution Plan, and we are happy with the response we have been getting from the automotive industry worldwide; and with your coming, it shows that this policy is working. “When the policy was introduced, people criticised it and most of them do not understand the benefit of the policy. We hav

With out any sentiment, we present to you six (6) outsatanding ministers in President Jonathan's government! Mr. Olusegun Aganga -Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment  Dr. Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina    -Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mrs. Omobola Johnson   -Minister of Communication Technology Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe -Minister of Water Resources Arc. Mike Onolememen -Minister of Works Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala -Federal Ministry of Finance This is our candid opinion, you are are free to criticize, comment, commend, add and subtract  We will be bringing you details of their performers, and why we choose them as outstanding, kindly comment or send an emaill to Abujatalk@gmail.com

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to show them praying. Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from northern Nigeria on 14 April and threatened to sell them. The BBC's John Simpson in the northern city of Maiduguri said that Boko Haram's comments showed signs that the group were willing to negotiate. Three of the girls are shown speaking in the 17-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP, wearing the full-length hijab. Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim. Correspondents said the girls appeared calm and one said that they had not been harmed. BBC

Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the perpetrators of the two bomb blasts that killed and injured many in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory have been arrested and are currently helping the security agencies to trail their financiers

 Four fake brides and an ex-security guard fixer involved in an eight-month sham marriage scam have been jailed. Azuha Izegbune, 38, was the mastermind of the visa con, He arranged fake Nigerian and Hungarian weddings so 'couples' could stay in UK Arranged for Nigerian and Hungarian nationals to wed in fake ceremonies Jailed for 31 months for five counts of conspiracy to breach immigration law Ivett Szanto, 31, jailed for taking part in a marriage and arranging two others Three other brides Hellen Adedjumo-Dani, 31, Nwabunwanne Eze, 35 and Chioma Nwangwu, 28, also jailed: Read Full Story Here DailyMail.co.uk

Boko Haram Shows Video Of kidnapped girls US Experts Set to Start Work Chibok, Nigeria Kidnapped Girls: Chibok women protest in Abuja Again Boko Haram kills 300, Abducts 11 more girls Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kidnap 8 More Girls Over a 100 School Girls Abducted in Borno

US Secretary of State John Kerry says a specialist team is set to start work in Nigeria to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants. He said the US team, working with the Nigerian government, would do everything possible to free the girls. Earlier, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he hoped "a turning point" had been reached in the fight against Islamist insurgents Boko Haram. Nigeria has been criticised for its slow response to the kidnappings. The schoolgirls were seized from their boarding school on the night of 14 April in the town of Chibok in north-eastern Borno state. The Nigerian group's latest actions have attracted such unanimous international condemnation that few will want to be publicly associated with them for quite some time” It is believed they are being held somewhere in the vast forested areas that stretch from near Chibok into neighbouring Cameroon. "Our inter-agency team is hitting the ground in Nigeria n

“Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into the wilderness. If they are dead; we want to see their corpses.” Some women of Chibok, Borno State, on Tuesday marched to Nigeria’s National Assembly, urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue the remaining 230 female students abducted two weeks ago. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that 273 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on April 14. Of the number, 43 girls had so far escaped from their abductors unharmed. However, the women, led by Naomi Mutah, said since the incident, no government official had reached the community to explain the efforts being made to rescue the girls. “Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into the wilderness. If they are dead; we want to see their corpses. For the past two weeks that the incident occurred, nobody has talked to us; has the government thrown away the bath wa

IN another daring operation, members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday night killed about 300 people in Gamboru Ngala, Borno State. Gamboru Ngala is a border town with Cameroon. The insurgents reportedly drove into Gamboru Ngala in armoured vehicles. It was learnt that the insurgents, who seemed to have targeted a local market, shot sporadically at traders at the market before proceeding into the town to wreak more havoc. Gamboru is situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border and is the administrative headquarters of the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. It is about 200 kilometres  from Maiduguri, the state capital city. Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is representing the area in the Senate, confirmed the killings. He said the invaders spent about 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless Nigerians. He revealed that several other persons were injured in the attack, while almost all the houses and shops in the town were burnt down. The senator, who spoke in a

"Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls aged 12 to 15 from a village near one of their strongholds in northeast Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. "They were many, and all of them carried guns. They came in two vehicles painted in army colour. They started shooting in our village," said Lazarus Musa, a resident of Warabe, where the attack happened. A police source, who could not be named, said the girls were taken away on trucks, along with looted livestock and food. The Islamist rebels are still holding more than 200 girls they abducted from a secondary school on April 14. Reporting by Lanre Ola; Writing by Tim Cocks Related articles Boko Haram kidnaps more girls in Nigeria Gunmen abduct eight more girls in northeast Nigeria: police - Reuters

There was tension this morning in Nyanya, were the recent bomb blasts occurred, When News came in that some school children of Divine Kiddies Academy has been abducted by boko haram, The News was later confirmed as rumor. Information reaching us has it that the bus, which belongs to a private school, Divine Kiddies Academy was said to have dropped off students of the school having routinely picked them from their various homes when some armed men invaded the school premises and made away the bus. For the safety of the children, parents has been asked to with draw their children from schools Related articles President Jonathan Visit Nyanya Bomb Blast Scene Breaking News:Bomb Blast at Nyanya Axis of Abuja, Scores Killed Legislators Vacates Offices Because of Bomb scare at National Assembly 2nd Nyanya Bomb Blast, Eye Witness Accounts Jonathan Vows to Find Abducted Girls Amid Mounting Pressure Nairobi Bus Blasts Kill At Least 3 People, Wound More Than 60 In Kenya

 At least three people were killed when two buses driving on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi were struck by explosive devices on Sunday, the day after attacks in Mombasa. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Kenya has blamed similar attacks on the al Qaeda -linked Somali group al Shabaab, which killed at least 67 people at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September. "So far three people have been confirmed dead, one was killed at the scene and two died in hospital," Moses Ombati, the deputy police commander for Nairobi told Reuters. "The final report will be known later tonight or tomorrow, once we check with all the hospitals." More than 60 wounded - at least 20 of them in critical condition - were taken to various hospitals with shrapnel injuries and torn limbs, medical officials said. Somali Islamist militants have been carrying out such attacks in retaliation for Kenya's intervention in neighbouring Somalia

The call for the rescue of the abducted girls by the Islamic sect  boko haram, is almost turning to a fun fair, all we want is, GET BACK THE GIRLS WHERE EVER THEY ARE TO THEIR PARENTS  After so much noise internationally and domestically for failing to respond to the kidnapping of hundreds of children by Boko Haram three weeks ago, Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday promised to rescue the more than 200 girls kidnapped by militant Islamists After weeks of silence, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged during a nationally broadcast speech on Sunday to find an estimated 230 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school by insurgent group Boko Haram in mid-April. “Wherever these girls are, we’ll get them out,” said President Jonathan on live television Sunday. However, he accused some of the victims’ parents of withholding information about their daughters and called for “maximum cooperation” from parents. Jonathan’s speech comes in the wake of heavy