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Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno market

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Boko Haram sect | credits: File copy The terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Sunday reportedly killed 15 persons, mostly traders in a local market in Daku village in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The terrorists were said to have stormed the market in the early hours of Sunday, armed with AK47 rifles, […]

PDP woos Osoba, others

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Osoba | credits: File copy There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party are wooing a group, led by a former governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, in Ogun State’s All Progressives Party to the PDP. The PUNCH’s investigations on Sunday in Abuja revealed that since the crisis in Ogun State’s […]

Okorocha wants monarch recalled from Confab

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, said the certificate with which the former Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, was appointed as the traditional ruler in the state had been withdrawn. He therefore stated that since he had been dethroned, the monarch should give way for […]

High fare: Passengers damage newly-inaugurated luxury train

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

THERE was pandemonium around communities in Agbado Railway Crossing in Ogun State, on Tuesday, as angry train passengers destroyed the newly-inaugurated multi-million naira luxury passenger train. The destruction took place less that 24 hours after it was inaugurated by the Federal Government in Lagos. Many people, including officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), were […]

Bomb scare: Markets shut, reopened in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

OMB scare, on Tuesday, caused confusion and temporary closure of markets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), notably the Garki modern market. Trouble started when some traders at the market raised the alarm that improvised explosive devices had been planted in one of the shops. News of the explosion instantly spread like wild fire, prompting […]

Allah has destined Sanusi to be Emir – Nyako (Is it Allah or money?)

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

HE Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyaku, has described the appointment of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano as well deserved, saying Allah had destined that he (Sanusi) would be the 14th emir of the ancient city. He said this when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and Sanusi over […]

Soldiers, residents flee Borno towns

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh | credits: http://www.mydailynewswatchng.com These are hard times for residents of border towns on Borno State following the refusal of the military authorities to heed their calls for the deployment of soldiers to protect the embattled villagers. As a result, the residents, who are said to be in […]

Sanusi resumes, rules Kano from govt house

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi receiving the paraphernalia of office in Kano State Government House … on Tuesday The Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido, has yet to move into his palace more than 24 hours after he received his appointment letter and staff of office. As of 8.02pm on Tuesday, the palace was still under […]

Osaze, Nwofor can lead Eagles to glory –Rufai

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Osaze Odemwingie Former Super Eagles captain, Peter Rufai, has commended Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi for picking Stoke City’s Osaze Odemwingie and Uche Nwofor for the World Cup, saying the two forwards could be potent weapons for the team in Brazil. The 2014 World Cup in the South American country kicks off on Thursday. The Eagles […]

Boko Haram abducts 20 women near Chibok –Reports

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, June 9th, 2014

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram have reportedly abducted about 20 women near Chibok, the Borno State community where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped on April 14. The women, according to Bloomberg, a United States-based news agency, and The Guardian of London, were taken after the gunmen attacked a nomadic settlement known as Garkin […]