Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea scored a dramatic late winner to shock Libya 1-0 in the opening match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations played at the 35,000-seat Estadio de Bata on Saturday. The victory makes the Equatorial Guinea squad $1m richer as they were promised the sum by the country’s government for the […]
On October 3, 2011, Enenche Akogwu on his facebook wall wrote, “I still cannot stand Boko Haram onslaught.” He said this after one of his friends teased him about being very prepared to face the Boko Haram sect because he (Akogwu) just finished a media training in Kenya that focused on covering conflict situations. Just […]
The burial of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has been shifted from February 3 to March 2, the national burial committee, has announced. Briefing newsmen shortly after its meeting in Enugu on Saturday, the Vice Chairman of the committee, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, said the burial was shifted following developments in the country […]
Six children were burnt to death on Friday in Dagoni village, Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. A relation of one of the deceased, Mallam Danjuma Mohammadu, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that fire broke out about 4.30 pm in a granary, burning the children and a large quantity of grains. […]
Five members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, suspected to be behind a plan to bomb government formations in Port Harcourt have been arrested by the army. Our correspondent learnt that the five suspects were arrested in the oil city last month and were being detained at 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt […]
The death toll of Friday’s multiple bomb attacks and shooting in Kano rose to over 160 on Saturday, making it the highest that the country has recorded in the history of Boko Haram bomb blasts. An official at the city’s main mortuary, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Agence France Presse, […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday consoled the families of the victims of the multiple bomb blasts in Kano on Friday. Jonathan also commiserated with the management of a Lagos-based private television station, Channels, over the killing of its Kano State correspondent, Mr. Enenche Akogwu, in the crisis. A statement by the Special Adviser to the […]
January 22, 2012 by Agency reporter 64 Comments The Deputy Head of Mission of the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria, Mr George Deek, has reiterated Israel’s willingness to partner with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that to mitigate the effects of terrorism, the authorities and the […]
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed an application filed by the suspected terrorists believed to be behind the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja. The suspects Charles Okah, Edmund Ebiware, Obi Nwabueze and Tiemkemfa Osuwo (aka General Gbokos) – had requested the court to stay […]
Saturday January 21, 2012 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The battle over the removal of fuel subsidy, which raged for almost a week all over the nation may, have come and gone, but the last is definitely yet to be heard on the intrigues and the behind-the-scene manoeuvres that […]
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