Insurgency in North East can affect 2015 elections, Senator Ike Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu warned that if drastic action was not taken to tackle headlong the activities of Boko Haram, it would derail the 2015 elections. Senator Ekweremadu...
View ArticleEbola: NAFDAC arrests importers of fake Ebola kits
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC has apprehended two men in Lagos for sale of unevaluated Ebola Virus test kits and expired hand sanitizers. The Director...
View ArticleI’m facing hard times – TB Joshua
Founder of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, says he has been facing hard times since the collapse of his church guesthouse in Lagos. He, has however said that he would...
View ArticleTroops kill 200 Boko Haram terrorists
Kingsley Omonobi, Ben Agande, Abdulsalam Muhammad, Luka Binniyat, Ndahi Marama & Mayen Etim ABUJA—No fewer than 200 members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, were reportedly killed, yesterday, in a...
View ArticleSynagogue reluctant to release names of victims as death toll hits 80
By Evelyn Usman Lagos—Six days after a five-storey building used as guest house by the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN collapsed, killing scores of persons and injuring several others, the...
View ArticleNigerian Islamic Group Rejects Jet & Cash Story, Alleges Grand Conspiracy...
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed alarm over the issue of a Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor-owned private jet, loaded with $9.3 million in cash belonging to the Nigerian government, which was seized...
View ArticleFG approves N147.4bn for Benin-Ore, Lokoja-Benin, Shagamu road
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday reviewed progress on two major roads Benin-Ore Express way as well as Okene-Benin Express way. It approved...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills Adamawa acting gov’s uncle
The father of Mr. Tanko Wazimtu, personal assistant to acting Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, was among the people killed by Boko Haram insurgents in his Madagali residence last week. Pa...
View ArticleStop death sentence on soldiers, Ubani, ex-chairman, Ikeja NBA, tells Jonathan
By Onozure Dania Lagos — Former chairman of Ikeja branch of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Monday Ubani, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to stop the execution of soldiers sentenced to death on...
View ArticleKano Suicide Bombers: We won’t keep quiet again —Emirs
TRADITIONAL rulers from the North, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, have told President Goodluck Jonathan that they have resolved not to keep quiet again, in the face of Boko Haram...
View ArticleProfessor Who Claims Ewedu Cures Ebola To Be Arrested By NAFDAC
For fear of another horrible deaths that was caused by the deceptive intake of salt and warm water, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is all set to arrest and...
View ArticleJonathan Vows To Actualize United Nigeria
By Larry Martins President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his readiness to actualize a peaceful and more united Nigeria where unemployment would be a thing of past and future of youths in the country...
View ArticlePapa Ayo Oritsejafor: The Spoilt Child Of A Religious Nation By Imoh David
Our polithiefcians and legislooters will always be safe and encouraged so far our minds are controlled by the priests. The priest is to the polithiefcian what the river is to a crocodile....
View ArticleTroops recover 3 vehicles, 1 APC from insurgents —Laleye
THE Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, recovered three Hilux vehicles mounted with machine and anti-aircraft guns, one Mowag Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and other assorted arms and ammunition from...
View ArticleAsiwaju Bola Tinubu Returns With a Smile, Denies Rumors Of Sickness
Former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State, who is also one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), returned to Lagos today after a prolonged trip abroad and denied rumors that...
View ArticleNigerian Army Sees Recent Victories Over Insurgents As Turning Point
“We are now doing more in terms of providing soldiers with the weapons and logistics to battle these Boko Haram people and crush them,” said a colonel, who is based in Maiduguri. He added, “You can see...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Things’ll change by next month — Jonathan
By Kingsley Omonobi & Henry Umoru ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday that by next month, the security challenge posed by members of the Boko Haram sect who have engaged in massive...
View ArticleCBN Boko Haram “sponsor” Reveals
WHEN the Australian negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, alleged that an unnamed top official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was among the sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria many people...
View Article$9.3m scandal: S’Africa insists on criminal probe
There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting...
View ArticleMilitary reveals Boko Haram’s tricks to use mechanics, others to deploy IEDs
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — In the aftermath of the heavy casualties inflicted on Boko Haram insurgents in recent weeks, indications have emerged that the group is recruiting auto-mechanic and car...
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