THE Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, has declared that it is erroneous to trace the roots of the Boko Haram insurgency to Borno State, insisting that insurgency was “imported into this state” from one of the four neighbouring states in the North-East sub-region of the country. El-Kanemi, who spoke on Thursday when […]
Truck-loads of rice of different sizes, branded with pictures of the President Goodluck Jonathan, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the March 28 election, have flooded Benue State. It was learnt that the branded bags of rice will be used as a strategy by PDP handlers in the state to woo the electorate to […]
F/Eagles book final ticket The Flying Eagles beat Ghana 2-0 Wednesday at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, to reach the final of the 19th edition of the African U-20 Championship. A goal in each half from Obinna Nwobodo and Musa Muhammed ensured Nigeria confirmed their place in the ultimate game of the […]
Women and children are among dozens of people killed in a dawn raid on a village in central Nigeria. Police say 45 people died in the attack by unidentified gunman on Egba village in in Benue state. But local politician Audu Sule told the BBC 81 villagers had been killed by the attackers, who were […]
Sarah Ibikunle Fifteen-year-old Sarah Ibikunle, a fried fish hawker, who was killed by a stray bullet around the Lekki area of Lagos State on Thursday during a bank robbery, had an ambition to become a lawyer. The deceased’s aunt, who identified herself as Mrs. Omolafe, told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday that Ibikunle was eager […]
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 […]
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