UPDATED: 71 killed, 124 injured in Abuja motor park bombing

  Security men at the scene of explosion | credits: PUNCH Photos Security agencies have confirmed that 71 persons have so far lost their lives in the bomb explosion that occurred at a motor park in Nyanya, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday. Police spokesman, Frank Mba, disclosed this to […]

Pictures: Boko Haram kills scores in Abuja motor park bombing

Abuja motor park blast | credits: ‘Lekan Adetayo Scores of people were killed and maimed as an early morning bomb explosion rocked a motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday. Nyanya is a satellite town bordering the FCT and Nasarawa State. The explosion reportedly occurred in a section of […]

North can survive without oil, says Lamido Adamawa (What a joke)

A delegate to the National Conference and the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Mustapha, has said that the North can survive economically without proceeds from petroleum resources. The controversial monarch noted that but for the laziness on the part of the people of the region, the proceeds from agricultural produce would have made the region […]

5 escape death in Lagos collapsed building

BY SEYE OJO No fewer than five persons cheated death when a three-storey building in Ojo Alaba, Lagos collapsed in the early hours of yesterday. It was gathered that the first part of the building still under construction on Adeyemi Street, People’s Bus Stop, Ojo Alaba, collapsed at about 2:00a.m, but no life was lost. […]

New Anambra governor, Obiano, swears in commissioners, special advisers

Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano yes­terday swore in 19 new commissioners and 10 Special Advisers. Those sworn in are Chief Tony Onyinma ( Information) and Dr Chinedu Emeka ( Water and Pub­lic Utilities.) Two former commis­sioners in Gov. Peter Obi’s admin­istration including Mr. Callistus Ilozumba and Mrs. Azuka Enemuo were retained in their former […]

Ibori London trial: Prosecution seeks fresh trial

It has no precedent in law – Defence counsel The confiscation hearing against the former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori reopened yesterday at a London Crown Court with the British Crown prosecution lead counsel, Sasha Wass, calling for a full retrial of the entire case. Wass informed the court that the crown prosecution […]

Gunmen bomb police station, court, bank in Jigawa State

Boko Haram members Bandits suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday bombed a police station, a bank and a Sharia Court, killing seven policemen and a civilian guard in Gwaram Sabuwa,   Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Four other persons were also said to have been injured during the incident which occurred between […]

Chime, Nnamani test political strength in Enugu East

Nnamani and Nweke Jnr. | credits: File copy The 2015 general elections may be one year away, but political gladiators seeking to represent Enugu East Senatorial District in the Senate are leaving nothing to chance, OZIOMA UBABUKOH writes All appears set for what many consider a clash of the titans in Enugu East senatorial zone […]

Picture: Environmental officials kill 17-year-old pupil

Chidiebere | credits: Family A 17-year-old boy has died after being beaten up with sticks by men of the Enugu State Waste Management Agency. Before his death, the boy, Chidiebere Edeh, lived with his parents at 20 Ifenze Street in the Abakpa area of the state and was sitting for the ongoing Senior School Certificate […]

I’ll back Wike to succeed Amaechi –Patience Jonathan

Comments     Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: en.wikipedia.org Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday said she was solidly behind the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take over from the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, in 2015. Wike, who was at a time Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, has been at […]

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