The visit of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, to Edo State, was on Saturday disrupted when some men, suspected to be aggrieved youths of the Peoples Democratic Party, pulled down some banners bearing the image of the First Lady, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the state capital. Mrs. Jonathan […]
Kneeling, bowing or prostrating for the wife of Akwa Ibom State governor, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, is a common feature in Akwa Ibom State. Those who do not tow this line are often considered to be anti-Akpabio’s administration. A member in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, representing Mbo State Constituency, Mrs. Alice Ekpenyong, knelt […]
Members of Boko Haram sect Thirty-four persons were killed and 12 wounded in a fresh bomb attack on the Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday. Eight others were killed and 15 others injured in another highway ambush by members of Boko Haram at Ngamdu, a village along the Maiduguri/Damaturu Road at about […]
The Nigerian Army has launched a major operation to liberate the strategic town of Bama, Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents. Investigation revealed on Tuesday that deployment of ground forces and equipment was preceded by days of targeted aerial operations in Bama and its environs. An intelligence source, who made this known, said that the […]
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: igbofocus.co.uk The All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State on Tuesday said the Kaduna State government denied the party’s presidential candidate, Maj. Gen Muhammmadu Buhari (retd.), access to the Murtala Mohammed Square, Kaduna, for his North-West zonal rally ahead of the rescheduled March 28 and April 11 general elections. Our […]
COORDINATED multiple bomb blasts, separately detonated by three suspected female Boko Haram suicide bombers, Saturday, rocked the Maiduguri Monday Market (MMM), Borno Express Terminus motor park and Baga road fish market, killing 55 people and injuring 86 others within an hour. This came as the Nigerian Army through a signed statement announced the recovery of two […]
Boko Haram fighters are preparing in mass at their headquarters in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza, Maiduguri, Borno State for a showdown with Multinational Joint Task Force, residents and an intelligence officer told The Associated Press. A woman, who was trapped in the town since it was seized in July, 2014 told her daughter […]
All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) (left); and Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, during the APC presidential rally in Borno State. | credits: Borno State Government House The All Progressives Congress is today holding a one-million-man march. The march, which kicks off from the Maryland area of Lagos at 8am to […]
APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday engaged in a war of words over the fate of Prof. Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the the Independent National Electoral Commission. Fayose began the verbal onslaught when he described […]
Mr. Ayodele Fayose Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has awarded a N1.2bn contract to the Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State. The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government on the contract. The Chief of Staff to Fayose, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, who represented the governor at […]
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