Service Chiefs brief lawmakers on extension The House of Representatives has approved President Goodluck Jonathan ‘s request for an extension of the State of Emergency currently in place in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The President had in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Hon Aminu Waziri and read on the floor […]
Youths in Ebonyi State have been urged to shun any form of political violence such as thuggery in the forthcoming 2015 general elections. The youths were, however, told to seek elective positions as they were already leaders of today against the notion that they were leaders of tomorrow and should stop being used as thugs […]
The authorities of the Nigerian Army on Thursday reacted to the mutiny of some soldiers of the Division 7 of the Nigerian Army by instituting a high-powered delegation to investigate the occurrence at the headquarters of the Division at Maimalari, Maiduguri. Investigations revealed that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Kenneth Minimah, also approved […]
Wasiu Jimoh Some suspected cult members have killed a 20-year-old man, Wasiu Jimoh, at Iba New Site, Ojo area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident happened during a tussle for the leadership position of a motorcycle riders association in the area. Our correspondent learnt that there had been tension in the Aratunmi […]
Ade Lexus (left) and Bobby | credits: Eniola Akinkuotu The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos State has apprehended three men for attempting to assassinate a Lagos socialite and businessman, Mr. Victor Adelakun, aka Ade Lexus. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects were allegedly hired by an Ibadan-based hotelier, Mr. Adebayo Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who […]
L-R: Suspected masterminds of the El-Rufai Motor Park bomb explosion in Nyanya, Ahmad Rufai Abubakar; Muhammadu Sani Ishaq; Ya’u Saidu; Adamu Yusuf; and Anas Isah, after being paraded at the Dss headquarters in Abuja… on Monday. | credits: Sam Adeko THE Department of State Service has arrested five persons in connection with the April […]
POLICE sources said on Monday that men of the Plateau State police command arrested a suspected spy for the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, while spying on policemen on parade at the Mobile Police Barracks, Sector 8, in Jos, Plateau State. The arrest of the unnamed middle-aged suspect followed recent complaints by members of the […]
Director General, National Space Research Development Agency, Prof. Seidu Muhammed in this interview with EVEREST AMAEFULE, addresses talks about the activities of the agency and why its satellites can’t track Chibok girls It is now 11 years since Nigeria launched an earth observation satellite – the NigeriaSat-1. How do you assess the odyssey to the […]
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 advertisement From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki Amiddle-aged man (name withheld) yesterday died in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State while allegedly having sex with a female student of the state university. The incident, which happened in the girl’s room near Presco campus of the university threw residents into confusion as […]
The catchphrase – “There is God ooo” – went trending on major social networking sites on Monday. The catchphrase was the statement the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, used repeatedly on Sunday night, while holding a stakeholders’ meeting over the circumstances surrounding the abduction of about 276 female pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno […]
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