IS stones 2 ‘gay men’ to death in Syria – NGO
The Islamic State group stoned two men to death in Syria Tuesday after claiming they were gay, a monitor said, in the jihadist organisation’s first executions for alleged homosexuality. “The IS today...
View ArticleLay down your arms, Ohanaeze begs Boko Haram
By Henry Umoru ABUJA – OHANAEZE- Ndigbo, the apex Igbo Socio Cultural Organisation has pleaded with members of the Boko Haram sect that have continually engaged in killings and wanton destruction of...
View ArticleUPDATE: 64 killed in Maiduguri market blast
Barely 24 hours after suspected Boko Haram members disguised as traders and attacked two villages in Abadam local government area, near the Nigerien border, killing no fewer than 50 persons, Maiduguri,...
View ArticleLATEST: National Assembly Is Largely An Assemblage Of Looters And Thieves —...
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday lampooned the National Assembly, saying it is largely an assemblage of looters and thieves. Mr. Obasanjo, who was speaking at the public...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Borno Launches Free Uniform, Feeding In Primary Schools
The Borno State Government today launched free school uniform and feeding for primary school pupils in order to encourage school enrollment in the state. For over eight month schools in the state were...
View ArticlePDP will never rule Lagos; Obasanjo never wanted me as Oba – Akiolu
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will never produce a governor in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The monarch is known to have a cordial relationship...
View ArticleSenators, security chiefs in 6-hr closed door meeting
SENATORS and security chiefs were locked in a six-hour meeting on Tuesday, in an effort to resolve the lingering insurgency crisis in the north-eastern part of the country. The senators had invited the...
View ArticleNo more joint account for local/state govt —Tambuwal
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday, said there would be no more joint account between local and state governments, as all necessary steps towards ensuring...
View ArticleRevolution is possible in Nigeria —Justice Akanbi
Former chairman of the Independent Corrupt practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd), has said. There is likely to be a revolution if the nation continues to...
View ArticleREVEALED: PDP About To Plant One Of Its Members As A New Speaker
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is working behind the scenes to plant one of its members as a new Speaker of the House of Representatives as part of an elaborate plan to undermine the...
View ArticlePDP killing Nigeria With Corruption – Buhari
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday carpeted the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleging the party of...
View Article30 houses razed in P-Harcourt inferno
PORT HARCOURT—Two persons were burnt in an inferno that razed about 30 makeshift houses at Elechi Beach in Diobu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the early hours of yesterday. Vanguard...
View ArticleJonathan flags off Great Green Wall initiative in Kebbi
BIRNIN KEBBI—President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday flagged off the Nigerian component of the Great Green Wall, GGW, progamme at Bachaka, Kebbi State. The GGW is aimed at checking desertification in 11...
View ArticleKano bomb blasts: My heart bleeds – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the latest bomb blasts at the Kano Central Mosque on Friday, November 28, 2014. The former Vice President also condemned previous bomb blasts in...
View ArticlePolice To Introduce New Squad For Crime Eradication In Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, says the command is set to introduce a new squad to further fight crime in the state. Aderanti made the disclosure in an interview with the...
View ArticleKano Govt. condoles with families of blast victims
Kano – The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has condoled with the families of those who died during the twin blasts at the Kano Central Mosque on Friday. Ganduje expressed the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Over 100 feared dead in Kano Mosque multiple blasts
More than 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured in multiple bomb attacks at the Central Mosque in Kano on Friday, witnesses say. The exact number of deaths are still unclear as police have...
View ArticleKano mosque blast: Death toll rises to 120
At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria’s top Islamic...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gunmen kidnap Nsukka town union president
Nsukka (Enugu State) – Mr Augustine Alumona, the President, Nsukka Town Development Union, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Alumona was kidnapped on the new Opi-Ugwugo Nike road on his way to Enugu on...
View ArticleFalling oil prices : Utomi blasts Federal Govt
A FORMER presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi has attributed the current panic over the global slump in oil prices to what he described as the Federal Government’s poor budgetary management,...
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