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Borno, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Monday, February 16th, 2015
Maj-Gen. Mohammadu Buhari The Borno State government has declared Monday (today) a work-free-day for the visit of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to the state. Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Ahmed Jidda, announced this on Sunday in a statement in Maiduguri, the state capital. Jidda said that the […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 16th, 2015
February 16, 2015 by Fidelis Soriwei Troops of the Nigerian Army have completely secured Monguno, Marte and other communities in the North of Borno State from Boko Haram occupation. The members of the Boko Haram Sect had launched a massive attack on Monguno from different directions and captured the town on January 25, 2015. The […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Plateau, State News
Monday, February 16th, 2015
Gunmen on Sunday night killed the ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kurra Falls of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, Rev. Samuel Doro. Doro was said to have been killed late on Sunday night by some gunmen, who invaded his compound. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Emmanuel Abuh, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
A 25-year-old man, Kingsley Churchill, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for raping a four-year-old girl. It was gathered that the victim was raped on January 24, 2015 at her parents’ house on Adeshokan Street, Ayobo, Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Churchill had first inserted his fingers into the victim’s private […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
A scene of Boko Haram attack. | credits: www.bbc.com The main market in Biu, the largest town in the southern part of troubled Borno State, was attacked on Thursday with a bomb detonated by a female member of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. The blast led to the death of five persons, including the female […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Kayode Fayemi A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that some soldiers are ready to testify in support of the leaked audio file on how chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party connived with the military to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti. The audio file released by Sahara […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party and President Goodluck Jonathan had failed to deliver on promises made to Nigerians and as such, there was no reason to trust them. Fashola, who spoke during the All Progressives Congress campaign rally in the Oshodi-Isolo […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 7th, 2015
Nigerian soldiers have recaptured Gwoza, a town in northeastern Borno state, from members of the Boko Haram sect. A top security source who confirmed the development to TheCable said that Baga and Marte, also in the state, have been recaptured by a combined team of Nigerian and Chadian soldiers. Kukawa, another Borno town, […]
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Adamawa, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 7th, 2015
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Murtala Nyako, former governor of Adamawa state, and his son, Abdul Aziz, wanted. Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the commission, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday. “The duo of Murtala Nyako, former governor of Adamawa state and Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako, are wanted by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ekiti, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Feb. 5, 2015 – The recent advert by Ayo Fayose, the controversial governor of Ekiti state, in which he presented photographs of some formers rulers of the country from the North who died in office and then used innuendo to ask if retired General Muhammadu Buhari would suffer […]
