By Aniete Ekong | Abuja, Nigeria | June 27, 2012 – In 2006, a certain young man, Godswill Obot Akpabio had indicated his intention to serve Akwa Ibom people as the Governor. Apart from having served as a Commissioner in three key Ministries in Akwa Ibom State, he was largely untested. His ambition was seen […]
Third Mainland Bridge Olaolu Olusina Contrary to reports that the Third Mainland Bridge would be partially closed during the period of repairs which will commence by July 1, Lagos State Government has said traffic will only be diverted during between 12 am to 12 noon when repair work is being carried out. The Commissioner […]
State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris By Ibrahim Shuaibu Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it has killed 17 of the suspected gunmen, who attacked the police post at Dala division with explosives and gun fire on Tuesday night. State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris said three of the suspected gunmen […]
They are often blamed for any and every social disturbance in the northern part of Nigeria. In fact, to many, the Almajiri are nothing but irritants. But Hannah Hoechner, a researcher from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, UK, who spent a year in Kano working with the Almajiri, does not see them as such. […]
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Tuesday raided three commercial banks in Wukari, Taraba State and carted away large sums of money. The Police Commissioner in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Maishanu, who confirmed the robbery in a telephone chat with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Wednesday, said the operation lasted for […]
Font size: •STEPPING IN: The new National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja…yesterday -Policeman, four gunmen dead-Security tips for churches, mosques Guns boomed again in Kano, the North’s commercial engine-room, and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, last night. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEAs) were set off in attacks on a police station […]
RESIDENTS have continued to flee Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, two days after terrorists launched multiple attacks on churches, schools, and a satellite prison where over 50 lives were lost. A worried ward head, who sought anonymity, lamented that the affected residents had been living peacefully in Pompomari, Pawari and Bundigari areas of the metropolis […]
RESIDENTS of Kaduna and environs, who rushed to the famous Kasuwan Talata (Tuesday market) at Kawo to restock, were shocked to the marrow as no single bag of garri was available in the market to buy. Similarly, there were no chicken feeds in the market for poultry farmers to buy because the suppliers could not […]
Borno State governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has declared that Nigeria will not break up on account of the recent wave of terrorism blowing across the North. Governor Shettima, who made the declaration at a technical session of the ongoing Senate retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said Nigerians needed to imbibe the spirit of living […]
Prince Tonye Princewill was the Rivers State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in 2007. He has however defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. In this interview with journalists, Princewill speaks about the country’s security challenges among other issues. OLUSOLA FABIYI reports Some believe that the situation in the country is as a […]
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