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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
AS survivors of the Boko Haram attack on the town of Mubi continued to flee, a family man, who fled to Kano, has told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BB)C Hausa in an interview that parents were forced to collect N5,000 and surrender their daughters to the insurgents. Similarly, a woman, who also fled to […]
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Gombe, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, attacked the headquarters of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe state, North-East Nigeria on Tuesday, killing soldiers, an Islamic cleric and left no fewer than 10 persons dead. But the state Police Commissioner, Kudu Nma, however, said he had yet to hear of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Our Reporter Wednesday, November 5, 2014 British-Nigerian Man in UK Banned from Work over Ebola Fears advertisement A Nigerian man in the UK who is a British citizen, has been banned from his workplace over fears that he may have contracted Ebola during a recent trip to Nigeria. […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa cement producer, Dangote Cement, is currently not finding things easy in its quest to grow operations on the continent. The company is said to be constrained by power supply issues, and is seeking to generate its electricity in some African countries. On Tuesday, Dangote Cement applied for a licence to build a […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged motorists across the state not to regard officials of the federal task force who have been deployed in major roads in the state. The governor said this even as officials of the task force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority clashed on Monday. Fashola said […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has renamed Mubi as ‘Madinatul Islam,” meaning the city of Islam. The action is further confirmation that the sect was in total control of the town which it recaptured last week after troops stationed there withdrew. Boko Haram had earlier hoisted its flag in some parts of the town, including […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Dike Oklahoma State Football team forward Courtney Dike has rejected the $7000 paid to her by the Nigeria Football Federation for participating at 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada saying the honour of playing for the country was enough reward for her. The 19-year-old, who is the younger sister of Super Eagles forward […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake The General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, told FRIDAY OLOKOR in this interview that Christians will resist any plan to Islamise Nigeria A prominent Muslims argued recently that Muslims have been marginalised by the Jonathan administration in terms of appointments […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
Nigeria Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade The military authorities have deployed more fighter aircraft to intensify the action to retake the commercial city of Mubi from Boko Haram insurgents. It was learnt in Abuja, on Friday, that members of the sect captured Mubi and adjourning villages from Nigerian troops, after carrying out a […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
By JEFF AMECHI AGBODO, ABAKALIKI on November 2, 2014 National The leadership crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria has been laid to rest, following the dismissal and ex-communication of the former General Superintendent of the Church, Rev. Dr. Paul Emeka for alleged breach of constitution and peace of the church. The Church […]
