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Reps may take over Edo Assembly

Posted by admin Edo, House, Legislature, State News Monday, June 30th, 2014

MEMBERS of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of Representatives have warned the factional lawmakers in the state Assembly that the National Assembly could to take over their legislative activities if they fail to resolve the three-weeks old crisis. In a statement to newsmen in Benin City Sunday, the House […]

48 feared killed in attack on churches near Chibok

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, June 30th, 2014

Abubakar-Shekau-Boko-Haram-leader• APC condemns Abuja, Bauchi blasts • Urges fresh strategy against terror FRESH violence in Borno State claimed about 48 lives Sunday as suspected Boko Haram insurgents armed with explosives invaded many churches in villages near Chibok. Besides, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the terrorist attacks on Abuja and Bauchi that killed at […]

110 victims of Kaduna attacks get mass burial

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Friday, June 27th, 2014

By Luka Binniyat KADUNA— NO fewer than 110 victims of Monday and Tuesday’s killings in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State were, yesterday, given mass burial. Chairman of the local government, Mr. Emmanuel Adamu confirmed this development in a telephone interview with Vanguard. The National Chairman of Ninzom Progressive Youth, Mr. Bezard Wuyah, who […]

Imo 2015: My plans, prospects and preparations – Chris Anyanwu, Imo guber aspirant

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, Top Stories Friday, June 27th, 2014

Broadcast journalist and politician, Senator Chris Anyanwu was a refreshing face on Nigerian television in the early eighties with her unique reportage of the National Assembly, and subsequently, her gripping narratives of the dynamics of the international energy market. Trained in American journalism schools, Anyanwu following her days at the NTA and stint as Commissioner […]

15 men gang rape 16-yr-old girl in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, June 27th, 2014

By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT — POLICE have arrested members of a 15-man gang that allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in Gbuga area of Ogbunabali, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, told newsmen, yesterday, at the Police headquarters in Port Harcourt that the girl allegedly attended a party organised in […]

Our close shave with death — Abuja blast survivors

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, June 26th, 2014

SAM EYOBOKA, OKEY NDIRIBE, BEN AGANDE, FAVOUR NNABUGWU, IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, VICTORIA OJEME LAIDE AKINBOADE GABRIEL EWEPU, FUNMI OLASUPO ABUJA—As outrage from within and outside Nigeria continues to trail last Wednesday’s bomb blast in Abuja, which claimed 22 lives and left 50 others injured, some of the survivors have narrated their close shave with death. The […]

Mysterious snakes, bees attack Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest (Why not bomb them as you have been doing to churches, etc?)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 26th, 2014

By NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI-Some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, arrested yesterday at Mairi ward behind University of Maiduguri by members of the Civilian JTF vigilante group, have confessed that most of them are fleeing the Sambisa Forest to areas across Borno State owing to what they believe is spiritual attacks from mysterious snakes […]

Look beyond the North for the sponsors of Boko Haram —Ex-Governor Aliero

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Kebbi, Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

-Punch *Chibok: ‘Asari’s statement puts govt in bad light’ Alhaji Adamu Aliero is a former governor of Kebbi State. He was also a Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a senator. He is currently a delegate to the National Conference in Abuja. In this interview, he speaks on the state of the nation, […]

Ekiti election was fraudulent, says Aregbesola

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the All Progressives Congress lost the Ekiti State governorship polls due to fraud but maintained that it was impossible to rig him out in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun. The governor spoke in Ikirun on Tuesday during the continuation of his campaign which […]

Insurgents subject women, girls to servitude, sex slavery –Report

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]