THE current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim delegation said on Wednesday in a report. The 12-member joint delegation was led by World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Olav Fyske Tveit, of Norway and Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, chairman of the […]
RIVERS, Nigeria, July 12 (Xinhua) — Police in southeast Nigeria’s Rivers on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in the early hours of the day. Spokesperson for the state police command Ben Ugwuegbulam confirmed the incident to […]
•Apostle Chinyere signs the MoU The less privileged in Rivers State can now start small-scale businesses that will improve their lives, thanks to N100m interest-free loan granted them by a Pentecostal church, the Omega Power Ministries (OPM), based in the state capital, Port-Harcourt. The General Overseer of OPM, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, at the […]
LAST weekend’s gory attack that claimed the lives of two high-profile politicians alongside more than 100 others in Plateau State was another in a series of condemnable visitation of violence on innocent Nigerians. A serving Senator, Gyang Dantong, and the Majority Leader in the state House of Assembly, Gyang Fulani, had their lives rudely snuffed […]
Candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, Maj-Gen. Charles Airehiavbere (retd.) in an interview with journalists, talks about his preparation for the poll. NIYI ODEBODE was there. People believe that Adams Oshiomhole administration has changed the face of governance in Edo State. What is your view on […]
Police recover human skulls, armsJuly 12, 2012 by Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Cross River State Police Command has recovered human skulls, charms, assorted rifles and ammunition used by cult members and armed robbers in terrorising the state in the last few months. Displaying the items at the command’s headquarters in Calabar on Tuesday, the state […]
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appointed the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, as one of the seventeen new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. Jonathan, according to a statement from the Office of the Head of Service, Mrs. Gloria Izonfo, on Wednesday, was appointed alongside 16 senior civil servants. […]
Bauchi State Government has debunked the rumour that the NYSC Orientation Camp in Wailo was bombed and a number of corps members killed. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Michael Adeyemi, the state government said the rumour was “baseless, unfounded”. The statement added, “The rumour is the handiwork of […]
Acting Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday said four persons had been arrested in connection with the killing of Mr. Olaitan Ojerinde. Ojerinde, who was the Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Deputy National Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, was killed in his Benin residence by gunmen […]
By Taye Obateru, with Agency report JOS —The police authorities, yesterday, disputed claims by Islamic sect, Boko Haram which claimed responsibility for weekend’s massacre in some villages in Plateau State. More than 86 people including two lawmakers were killed in the mayhem, even as there were fresh attacks on two villages yesterday. The Islamic sect […]
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