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Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
Three dead as Champions League fans targeted in another Jos blast on May 25, 2014 / in News 8:42 am / Comments At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities […]
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Headlines, Kano, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwanso, is not fit to govern at any level. Speaking on behalf of the party at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, said it was fortunate that Kwakwanso could […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Bayo Olupohunda | credits: File copy Dear Sir, I hope this appeal meets you in good health. As you wind down on the final year of your administration, I have decided to draw your attention to one of the challenges that make Lagos one of the most hazardous places to live in the world. The […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
The victim An elderly woman escaped lynching on Wednesday after being accused of being a bird and witch in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State. According to residents of Ojo Road, where the purported transformation took place, the woman was a black bird before suddenly turning into a human being. Hundreds of residents were said […]
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Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram. “The police in Kano today… (at) about 9:00am (0800 GMT) averted what could have been another devastating bomb […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
OVER 120 shops were, early on Sunday, destroyed, and goods worth millions of naira razed as fire ravaged Daleko Market in Mushin area of Lagos. The arrival of fire fighters from Isolo, Ilupeju and Ikeja fire service stations prevented a total disaster as the market would have been completely razed by the ravaging fire. The […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, said the presidency could salvage its battered integrity over the botched Chibok trip by arranging a surprise one, which would not leak before the trip. A statement by its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, also knocked the presidency for manhandling what could be a belated but redeeming trip. It described […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
THE relative peace in Maiduguri was, on Sunday, shattered, as youths took to the streets to protest the killing of a civilian at the West End area of the metropolis by a police officer. Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri gathered that, the angry youth, in their hundreds, barricaded major roads in the area and also made […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram. “The police in Kano today… (at) about 9:00am (0800 GMT) averted what could have been another devastating bomb […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt with Agency Report SEVEN people were feared dead on Sunday morning during a fire explosion which occurred at the Okrika, Port Harcourt jetty of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This was as scores of others were said to have suffered severe degree of burnt during the fire incident, which […]