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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Party Politics
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
The battle for the control of the structure of the opposition All Progressives Congress appears to have taken a dramatic twist. This followed an unprecedented decision by the Rochas Okorocha-led Progressive Governors Forum, to install the Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko and Senator Chris Ngige as chairman and secretary of the National Convention Planning Committee. […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
The BBC’s Will Ross: “For the last two years Jos has been fairly free of attacks” The bodies of at least 118 people have now been recovered from the sites of twin bombings in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the nation’s emergency management agency says. The first blast was in a busy market, the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, May 19th, 2014
by Idris Adesina Ad Info Sani Kaita advertisement Sani Kaita has scored his first goal for his new club, Enyimba, on Sunday in the 1-0 Week 13 win in the Nigeria Professional Football League match against Kaduna United at the Aba Township Stadium. The former Super […]
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Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram. “The police in Kano today… (at) about 9:00am (0800 GMT) averted what could have been another devastating bomb […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
OVER 120 shops were, early on Sunday, destroyed, and goods worth millions of naira razed as fire ravaged Daleko Market in Mushin area of Lagos. The arrival of fire fighters from Isolo, Ilupeju and Ikeja fire service stations prevented a total disaster as the market would have been completely razed by the ravaging fire. The […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, said the presidency could salvage its battered integrity over the botched Chibok trip by arranging a surprise one, which would not leak before the trip. A statement by its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, also knocked the presidency for manhandling what could be a belated but redeeming trip. It described […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
THE relative peace in Maiduguri was, on Sunday, shattered, as youths took to the streets to protest the killing of a civilian at the West End area of the metropolis by a police officer. Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri gathered that, the angry youth, in their hundreds, barricaded major roads in the area and also made […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 19th, 2014
THE 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon are most likely taken back across the border to the Nigerian Islamist group’s strongholds, a police official said on Sunday. “We are almost certain that the 10 Chinese have been kidnapped and transferred to Nigeria. We have no fresh news about them,” the official […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram. “The police in Kano today… (at) about 9:00am (0800 GMT) averted what could have been another devastating bomb […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt with Agency Report SEVEN people were feared dead on Sunday morning during a fire explosion which occurred at the Okrika, Port Harcourt jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This was as scores of others were said to have suffered severe degree of burnt during the fire incident, which […]
