Two shot dead in Rivers prison revolt

Two inmates of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada, headquarters of Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, have been shot dead by the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and policemen. They were attempting to escape through the ceiling after a jail break. Despite the quick intervention of the security agencies, four of […]

China protests killing of national in Nigeria

China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and demanded that Nigeria take “concrete measures” to better protect its nationals. Gunmen shot dead the Chinese construction worker in the violence-torn city of Maiduguri on Friday last week, the second killing of a Chinese national […]

Allison Attah, wife of ex Akwa Ibom gov., Victor Attah, passes on

caption: Alison Attah The wife of the former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Allison Attah has died. Mrs Attah, originally from Barbados, died in a Lagos hospital at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday after she lost a six-year long battle to a terminal kidney condition that left her depending on regular dialysis. Family sources told […]

Prostate cancer kills 14 Nigerian men daily —Expert

Prostate cancer kills 14 men everyday in Nigeria, Dr Abia Nzelu, coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), Lagos State branch, has said. Nzelu, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, noted that the figure was based on studies. She said that most men report their cancer […]

Woman killed by royal gunman

THE celebration of Eid-el-kabir  turned sour on Monday at the palace of the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Awal Ibrahim, as  a royal gunman attached to the  Suleja Emirate Council  shot and killed a woman while watching the annual durbar (horse race) that marked the end of the Muslim festival at the palace ground.  Nigerian Tribune gathered […]

Suntai ignored hired pilot’s warning —Report

IT emerged on Tuesday that the recent crash of Cessna 208, a private jet piloted by Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State could have been prevented if he had heeded the professional advice of his hired pilot not to fly to Yola airport at sunset. According to reports, the hired pilot had earlier warned the […]

Gunmen attack Zamfara community

TRAGEDY struck in the early hours of Tuesday when gunmen, numbering about 50, stormed the village of Kaboro in Dansadau district of Maru emirate council of Zamfara State. An eyewitness told the Nigerian Tribune that the hoodlums came on horses and motorcycles, carrying dangerous weapons and AK47 rifles around 2.00 a.m. to attack the small […]

Oyo’s First Lady reportedly arrested in London for £400,000 money laundering

AMIDST reports that she was arrested in London for alleged money laundering, wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, on Tuesday, described the report as a rumour sponsored by people playing dirty politics. Reports of her alleged arrest by the London Metropolitan Police, went viral on the internet on Tuesday with the Nigerian […]

10 dead as Nigeria church bombing sparks reprisals

KADUNA, Nigeria — A suicide attacker drove a car bomb into a church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, sparking fierce reprisals that saw a Christian mob burn a man alive in day of a bloody of violence that left at least 10 people dead and 145 wounded. Christian youths took to the streets of the […]

Boko Haram: Kaduna church hit in Nigeria suicide bomb attack

_At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing during mass at a Catholic church in northern Nigeria, officials say.   The attack happened in Kaduna, scene of many sectarian attacks.   The blast was caused by at least one vehicle being driven towards the church loaded with explosives, witnesses […]

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