Over 50 feared killed, 68 injured in Borno market bomb blast
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Over 50 people including 16 members of the Vigilante Youth, a.k.a Civilian JTF were killed, while about 68 persons were seriously injured when a Peugeot 505 saloon car...
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See Pictures From Charly Boy’s Father’s Burial Raises Dust
A picture from the burial of late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, which was held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oguta, Imo State has got many tongues wagging.In the said photograph, son of the last...
View ArticleChief of Army Staff assures of end to terrorism
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Monday assured that the Federal Government would eradicate all forms terrorism and violence in the country. Minimah gave the assurance in a keynote...
View ArticleGowon Boko Haram is practising ‘imported Islam’ – Gowon
Gowon in an interview with newsmen at the flag-off of Peugeot 301 production in Nigeria, said from his experience as the country’s former leader, Nigerians practising Islam don’t use the religion to...
View ArticleNational Assembly confirms Shekarau, Adeyeye, others as Ministers
The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly has confirmed former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, as a Minister of the Federal Republic. The former presidential candidate in the 2011 election was...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Scores killed in Maiduguri market blast
Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in the northeast, Nigeria were on Monday caught in the explosion at El-kanami, in the busy area between office of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria,...
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Jonathan, Sambo, Gowon, Atiku, Mark, others mourn Dikko
By Soni Daniel, Luka Biniyat, Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Johnbosco Agbarukwuru SECOND Republic Transport Minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko died yesterday in a London hospital. Dikko, who died at...
View ArticleNational Conference wants State Independent Electoral Commission scrapped
The National Conference on Tuesday resolved to have the States Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) scrapped and recommended that its functions be transferred to the Independent National Electoral...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Dangote opens talks with Gboko community where soldiers killed 7
Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, opened direct negotiations, Monday, with the Gboko community of Benue State where soldiers at his multibillion dollar cement factory killed...
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Photo: Mrs Jonathan at work
FIRST LADY DAME PATIENCE GOODLUCK FAKA JONATHAN AT THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN FIRST LADIES AGAINST AID CONFERENCE(OFLA) IN MALABO EQUATORIAL GUINEA RECENTLY.
View ArticleRamadan: Muslim group condemns Boko Haram attack on Churches
An Islamic organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has condemned Sunday’s attacks on Churches in three villages near Chibok, Borno State, by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. Over 200...
View ArticleFani-Kayode To APC: Until Hell Freezes, I won’t Apologise
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday stood his ground on the claim that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sympathetic of the Boko Haram sect, saying until hell freezes, he...
View ArticleFlorence Ita-Giwa’s Daughter Set To Wed Lover
Daughter of Senator Ita-Giwa known as Koko, is set to be walked down in aisle by her sweetheart, Chimaobi Moore Obioho.Obioha is the son of late Chief Shawcross Godwin Moore Obioha. It was reported...
View ArticleIG Petitioned over Death of First Lady’s Nephew in Abuja Hotel
Christopher Onoriode Akpomowei Awin Following the death of 31-year-old Christopher Onoriode Akpomowei Awin, the nephew of the First Lady, Mrs, Patience Jonathan, a petition has been sent to the...
View ArticleLatest Bomb Threat In Abuja: Security Beefed Up In Markets, Parks
Chika Mefor, Chika Otuchikere, Igho Oyoyo Security agencies, comprising the military, police and SSS operatives, have intensified security surveillance in the nation’s federal capital following...
View ArticleWhy we removed Osun REC —INEC • As Agbaje takes over
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, said that the former Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Rufus Akeju, was removed from office because of the...
View ArticleRevealed: Why President Jonathan Appointed Tukur As Ambassador-At-Large
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, on Wednesday, said the desire by President Goodluck Jonathan to place Nigeria at the core of global affairs was the main reason he appointed the...
View ArticleNational Conference approves rotation of presidency between North, South
The National Conference on Thursday resolved that henceforth, the office of the President of Nigeria shall rotate between the North and South and revolve among the geo-political zones. It was also...
View ArticleBiafra, June 12, Boko Haram and the future of Nigeria – By Chido Onumah
Nigeria’s celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is an interviewer’s delight, whether she is talking about Nigeria, novels, feminism or hair. A few weeks ago, she was a guest of Stephen...
View ArticleEmir’s son arrested for causing bomb scare in Kano school
Mahmud Sayyaidi, (aka Mazaje), alleged to be a son of an Emir in Jigawa State (name withheld) was on Wednesday, at Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kano, caused a bomb scare, when he refused...
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