Elechi declares tomorrow public holiday to celebrate electoral victory

ABAKALIKI — EBONYI State government yesterday declared tomorrow public holiday to enable it hold a special thanksgiving in appreciation to God over Governor Martin Elechi’s electoral victory in court. Commissioner for Information and  Orientation, Mr. Chike Onwe, who disclosed this to newsmen, explained that the public holiday would enable every citizen of the state come […]

Lagos bizman committed suicide – Police

By Evelyn Usman Lagos — Police investigation into the discovered  lifeless body of a businessman,  weekend in Ajagbandi area of Lagos, yesterday, revealed that the  deceased committed suicide. Although the deceased, Ahmed Omobumbe did not leave a suicide note, investigation by the Lagos State Police Command revealed that the man hung himself out of frustration. […]

Northern Christians disagree over association

KADUNA—The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has questioned the formation of the Northern States’ CAN, describing it as not only unconstitutional but illegal. Kaduna CAN said the association’s constitution made provision for the formation of six geo-political structures of CAN, and not based on the old regions, as the Northern […]

Easter Day bombing: At least 20 dead in bomb attack near Kaduna church

KADUNA (AFP) – A car bomb attack outside a church in Kaduna on Easter Sunday left at least 20 dead and scores wounded, a rescue source said. The explosion, a stark reminder of Christmas Day attacks that left dozens dead in the country, occurred where motorcycle taxi drivers and passersby caught much of the blast. At […]

Court strikes out suit against Calabar Monarch

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Calabar A State High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Obojor Ogar has struck out the suit challenging the selection of the paramount ruler of Calabar South Local Government of Cross River State, His Majesty Muri Munene Effiong Okokon Mbukpa. Four Kingmakers from the six ancestral clans of Efut nation […]

Death toll rises to seven in Ibadan school bus fire

PARENTS were weeping yesterday in Ibadan as the death toll in Tuesday’s school bus fire rose to seven. They besieged the University College Hospital (UCH) where 17 pupils are hospitalised. Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Godwin Ogagaoghene confirmed the death toll. Ogagaoghene criticised the kind of buses being used […]

51 rocket launchers seized in Gombe

Nigerians security operatives may have to contend with a new challenge with the seizure of 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis yesterday. The house was being used to manufacture rockets and improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Security agencies in the raid include the State Security Service (SSS) and the Army. […]

FG reverses suspension of 4 UNIABUJA programmes

THE Federal Government has bowed to the protest by students of the University of Abuja against the suspension of four programmes of the institution and has reversed the decision. The reversal of the decision came after the students from the university in hundreds stormed the Federal Ministry of Education to further protest the sudden suspension […]

Army uncovers plot to bomb Kano during Easter

April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning  of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning  by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab,  came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of  Boko Haram in a gunfight  in […]

Gunmen kill 9 in Maiduguri •As JTF kills 3 in Kano

NO fewer than nine people were said to have been killed at separate locations when gunmen opened fire at the Maiduguri Monday Market at about 2.00 p.m on Wednesday, leaving several injured, eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Nigerian Tribune also gathered that one Tajudeen, a mechanic on the Lagos […]

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