Igbo woman beheaded in Kano over Blasphemy

– Saharareporter Angry Muslims youths in Kano on Thursday evening decapitated a woman trader over allegations that she blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. The victim, who was said to be of Igbo extraction was accused of blasphemy during a religious argument at Wambai market. The woman, who sells plastics at the local market was in the company […]

Enugu Killings: Matters Arising – By Ikechukwu Amaechi

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | Lagos, Nigeria | June 3, 2016 – There seems to be some quiet in the South East after the national uproar that greeted the massacring of over 50 indigenes of Ukpabi Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State by Fulani herdsmen. There seems to be some quiet in […]

Sack LG secretaries, conduct poll, PDP tells Ambode

Toluwani Eniola The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to sack the executive secretaries appointed to head the local government areas of the state. The PDP said using executive secretaries to head the councils was contrary to Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution which made provision for only […]

I’ll contest (in other words, rig) Anambra gov election – Ubah

Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah Tony Okafor, Awka Oil magnate, Ifeanyi Ubah, has said he will contest the Anambra State governorship election next year. “I still want to be Anambra State governor,” Ubah said while interacting with journalists in his Nnewi hometown, on Friday. The Peoples Democratic Party member, who contested the Anambra State governorship election on […]

Buhari makes u-turn: Shuns Rivers, Ogoniland clean-up inauguration • Pipelines attacked in Bayelsa

Chukwudi Akasike and Ovie Okpare PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to perform the commencement of the clean-up of Ogoniland and other impacted communities in the Niger Delta region in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. This was against the popular expectation that the President would personally perform the ceremony […]

Boko Haram: Troops rescue 247 captives, capture 77 terrorists

Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 247 captives from the men of the Boko Haram Sect in Borno State. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday that captives were rescued by the troops of the 81 Battalion, the 251 Task Force Battalion, […]

Fayose begs Ekiti workers to call off strike (Can’t pay them after all that noise?)

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has urged workers in the state to call off their strike and hold talks with the government. The governor said the salaries for local government workers were ready for payment, with limited additional funds available for sharing. However, he said, […]

States suffering from Jonathan’s misrule, says Oshiomhole

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday attributed the cash crunch, which has made it difficult for state governments to pay salary to “the misrule of the past”. He said even governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party which ruled the country in the last 16 years […]

Gunmen kill two policemen in Abia

BY UGOCHUKWU ALARIBE ABA- Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead two policemen in Aba, Abia State, as they made to escape with a businessman they had abducted in the city. Police Area Commander in charge of Aba, ACP Peter Wagbara, had mobilised his men to block suspected escape routes that the kidnappers […]

I can’t sell myself or members of my family to pay striking workers – Gov. Fayose (After criticizing Buhari endlessly, he can’t even pay workers’ salary. What an incompetent loud mouthed governor)

  -Punch Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has said he has no immediate solution to the demands of striking workers in Ekiti State, stressing that he cannot sell himself or his family to raise funds for the workers. The governor said in a broadcast on Thursday that the workers must understand that strike […]

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