Trial of Fani-Kayode: Aide not coerced, says EFCC’s witness
Lagos – A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that an aide to Femi Fani-Kayode, Mr Ojo Agbor, was invited only once by the...
View ArticleConfab Committee Says Over 2,000 Nigerians In Prisons Abroad
The National Conference Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters said on Tuesday that no fewer than 2,048 Nigerians are serving various jail terms abroad. The committee, headed by former...
View ArticleFreed Christian woman detained trying to leave Sudan
KHARTOUM (AFP) – A Sudanese Christian woman was detained at Khartoum airport on Tuesday, one day after an Islamic court annulled her death sentence for apostasy and released her from prison. The exact...
View ArticleJonathan cuts short Equatorial Guinea trip, to return Thursday over Abuja blast
President Goodluck Jonathan has immediately suspended his plan to attend an African Union, A.U., summit in Equatorial Guinea, and will return to Nigeria Thursday after a car bomb killed at least 21...
View Article21 killed, 17 injured as explosion rocks Abuja shopping mall
A major shopping complex, Bannex plaza, at the Wuse II area of Abuja, the Federal Capital territory was the target of insurgents on Wednesday as a bomb was detonated. Unfortunately however, the bomb...
View ArticleAbuja Explosion: Soldiers kill suspect, arrests another
Abuja - The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, said on Wednesday that soldiers killed one of the suspected bombers of EMAB Plaza in Abuja and arrested another. Omeri told newsmen...
View ArticleNigerian Military frees 144 out of 486 Abia “travellers”
The Nigerian Military has released 144 out of 486 Port Harcourt – bound travellers suspected to be members of the extremist Boko Haram group. The men were arrested last week in Aba, Abia State, along...
View ArticleUpdate: Adamawa explosion “just roadside bomb” – Police
The Adamawa police on Tuesday said the explosion that occurred at the Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi area of Adamawa State was just a roadside bombing. The Adamawa State Public Relations Officer, Othman...
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BLAST: Four died in Lagos
No fewer than four people were feared dead when an explosives-laden car went off , Wednesday night, at Folawiyo Fuel Depot, Creek Road, Apapa, Lagos. Vanguard gathered that the explosion occurred at...
View ArticleKutigi expels journalists from confab session
THE National Conference Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi (rtd) on Wednesday sent journalists covering the conference out over discussions he said bothered on national security. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleChibok abduction: Parents turn to old traditions as snakes fight insurgents...
Boko Haram members are now fleeing the Sambisa forest to local governments areas across Borno State owing to strange developments in the forest, believed to be a spiritual attack. This hint was given...
View ArticleAbuja Deadly Explosion Aftermath: How Suspects Were Caught, One Killed And...
The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, said on Wednesday that soldiers killed one of the suspected bombers of EMAB Plaza in Abuja and arrested another. Omeri told newsmen in Abuja...
View ArticleBoko Haram Worse Than Civil War – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday maintained that the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeastern part of the country is worse than the country’s civil war. He made the remark while receiving a...
View ArticleRivers: Judiciary workers refuse to call off strike after three weeks
The Rivers State Chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has vowed to continue with their over two-week-old strike. The members of the union, who held a congress at the Choba Magistrate...
View ArticleGunmen kill two policemen, injure three others in Edo state
The Edo Police Command said on Wednesday that unknown gunmen had killed two policemen and injured three others on Ikiran-Oke road in Akoko/Edo Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court stops Adamawa Assembly from impeaching Nyako
The Assembly has been trying to serve impeachment notices on Governor Nyako and his deputy, Bala Ngilari. A High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has barred the state House of Assembly...
View Article“Stop insulting Ekiti people” – Fayose warns Fashola
The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has cautioned the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola to refrain from insulting Ekiti people with his comments on the last Saturday governorship...
View ArticleWhy Nigeria’s Insurgency Isn’t Worse Than Civil War – Shehu Sani Tackles...
A northern-based activist and President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Shehu Sani, on Thursday tackled President Goodluck Jonathan on his assertion that insecurity in the country,...
View ArticleI will run an all-inclusive government – Fayose
Abuja – Ekiti state’s governor-elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has pledged to run an all-inclusive government in order to move the state forward. Fayose said Forum in Abuja on Thursday that good governance...
View ArticleTerrorism: “Boko Haram wants to divide Nigeria’s unity” – Navy
The Nigerian Navy says the Boko Haram sect is out to destroy and break the unity of Nigeria. This is coming on the backdrop of the continuous attacks on innocent citizens, with most recent bombings in...
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