Boko Haram: Residents of Baga town flee over rumour of planned attack
Residents of Baga town in Kukawa local government area of the troubled north-eastern state of Borno state are now fleeing the town following rumour of impending attack by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram....
View ArticleLagos approves repatriation of South Africans killed in Synagogue tragedy
Following unrelenting demand by the South African Government and its citizens alike for the bodies of its nationals killed in the collapsed building inside the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN,...
View ArticleSaudi beheads 7th Pakistani on drugs charges in one month
A Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin became Thursday the seventh person from his country beheaded over the past month in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking. The execution of Niyaz Mohammed Ghulam...
View Article‘Stop begging for failed Law School students’
The Body of Benchers, whose responsibility is to admit and call successful students of the Nigerian Law School to the bar, has warned Nigerians to desist from begging for the students who failed their...
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UPDATE: Tension in Taraba as Suntai returns
There is apprehension in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, following the return of ailing Governor of the state, Danbaba, Suntai. Suntai, who had been receiving treatment in a London Hospital was flown...
View ArticleNo Nigerian child should be born with HIV – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that by 2016 no Nigerian child would be born positive with HIV/AIDS. The president was reacting to the recent protest staged by the Network of People Living With...
View ArticleSoldiers, hunters recapture Mubi
A combined team of local hunters, civilian JTF and the Nigerian soldiers on Wednesday night launched a fierce battle against Boko Haram insurgents and recaptured Mubi and its environ, which had earlier...
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Nuhu Ribadu’s Brother Escapes From Abductors
Sani Ribadu, the kidnapped brother of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has escaped from his abductors, family sources have told PREMIUM TIMES....
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Septuagenarian Arrested for N42m Stock Fraud
A 70-year-old man, Adebola Oyewole Asiwaju, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly attempting to fraudulently sell the shares of one Olalere Sunday...
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UPDATE: Three Crew Members Died In Latest Military Helicopter Crash In Yola
Nigerian Air Forces helicopter that crashed last night around the premises of the Federal University of Technology in Yola has killed all three crew members on board. A statement Defence Information...
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National unrest: All is not well with Nigeria – Catholic Bishops
A group, under the aegis of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, has declared that all is not currently well with Nigeria. The clerics, who visited President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday,...
View ArticleWe will soon recover all lost territories – General Minimah
The Chief of Army Staff, General Kenneth Minimah yesterday said that all territories lost to the Boko Haram insurgents will be recovered soon. Minimah also explained that the loss of some territories,...
View ArticleKano Suicide-Bomb Kills Six, Including Three Policemen
Three policemen were among six persons killed in Kano on Friday when a suspected suicide bomber detonated his bomb-laden vehicle in a petrol station queue on Maiduguri Road. Police commissioner Shinaba...
View ArticleBoko Haram militants capture Chibok again
Members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect have, again, seized Chibok, the home of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by the insurgents in April. The insurgents attacked and seized the town on Thursday...
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NEWS IN PICTURE: Benue Governor And Deputy In Auto Crash
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and his deputy, Chief Steven Lawani, were involved in a ghastly road accident on Friday in which eight people were injured.The accident came a day before the...
View ArticleThree confirmed dead in Adamawa Military helicopter crash
The Defence Headquarters has announced the death of three crew members aboard a military helicopter that crashed on Thursday night. According to the Defence authorities in a statement posted on its...
View ArticlePLOT TO RIG 2015 ELECTIONS: Jega goes tough, arrests two INEC staff
By Jide Ajani The National Chairman of Nigeria’s indepen-dent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday confirmed the arrest of two INEC Ad hoc staff for carrying out a...
View Article“I’ll shoot you and nothing will happen” – Sambo’s Police guard tells AIT staff
Journalists on their way to cover the presentation and acceptance of the presidential expression of interest and nomination form of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,...
View ArticleWho Would You Vote For President Of Nigeria?
President Jonathan General Buhari None of the above Gov. Okorocha Hon. Tambuwal Gov. Kwankwaso Alhaji Atiku
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