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Sani Kaita scores first goal for Enyimba

Posted by admin 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 […]

Police foil new attack, probe into deadly Kano blast

Posted by admin 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 […]

Fire destroys 120 shops in Lagos market

Posted by admin 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 […]

Jonathan should make surprise visit to Chibok —APC

Posted by admin 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 […]

Youths on the rampage in Maiduguri •Over killings of civilian

Posted by admin 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 […]

Abducted Chinese likely in Nigeria —Cameroon

Posted by admin 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 […]

Police foil new attack, probe into deadly Kano blast

Posted by admin 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 […]

7 feared dead in Port-Harcourt refinery fire

Posted by admin 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 […]

B/Haram may release over 100 girls next week – Report (Can’t feed them all?)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Monday, May 19th, 2014

Seyi Gesinde with Agency Reports May 19, 2014 – BOKO Haram, the terrorist group that abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, may have abandoned its prisoner swap for Chibok girls position, as it plans to begin the release of the girls from next week. According to Telegraph, a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper, it […]

Northeast governors created Boko Haram – Son of Tafawa Belewa

Posted by admin Headlines, Tafawa Belewa (1960-66) Monday, May 19th, 2014

Dr Jeleel Tafawa Balewa is a son of the late first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He speaks on how Nigeria should handle the Boko Haram insurgency; the main problem facing the country and how he has been pressurised to contest the presidential election, among others. Excerpts: HOW would you introduce yourself […]