A wave of panic swept across Bayelsa State on Saturday after two explosives were detonated by unknown persons at strategic places in the capital city of Yenagoa. The explosives went off about 11pm, Friday, shortly after coordinated multiple bomb blasts rocked the ancient city of Kano in the northern part of the country. While many […]
MUDIAGA AFFE writes on the intrigues and power play in Cross River State as Governor Liyel Imoke faces Ambassador Sonny Abang on January 23, 2012 for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in the April governorship election The political climate in Cross River State has come alive following the clearance of Governor Liyel Imoke […]
Many public toilets in Lagos are unhygienic, as many of them are decrepit and neglected, reports SAMUEL AWOYINFA Have you been pressed and you had to make use of a public toilet in CMS bus stop or Agege area of Lagos? If your answer is yes, then you must have noticed the unhygienic condition […]
Six children were burnt to death on Friday in Dagoni village, Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. A relation of one of the deceased, Mallam Danjuma Mohammadu, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that fire broke out about 4.30 pm in a granary, burning the children and a large quantity of grains. […]
Five members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, suspected to be behind a plan to bomb government formations in Port Harcourt have been arrested by the army. Our correspondent learnt that the five suspects were arrested in the oil city last month and were being detained at 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt […]
The death toll of Friday’s multiple bomb attacks and shooting in Kano rose to over 160 on Saturday, making it the highest that the country has recorded in the history of Boko Haram bomb blasts. An official at the city’s main mortuary, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to the Agence France Presse, […]
Lagos State government yesterday refuted claims by the military authorities that the deployment of soldiers in the streets was on its request. The state government also carpeted the police for using tear gas on eminent Nigerians protesting the deployment of soldiers in the state. Speaking at a press briefing on the issue, the Lagos State […]
Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital were gripped with fear on Tuesday evening following sporadic gunshots by people suspected to be Boko Haram men. Sources said some gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect had ambushed some policemen along one of the bye-passes in the metropolis at about 6pm yesterday, a […]
Over 200 Christian families from Yobe State and environs have taken refuge in some church premises within Jos, the Plateau State capital for alleged increasing threats to their lives and property in that part of the country. The families who were mainly n COCIN headquarters and ECWA Jarawa said they decided to leave various parts […]
Akwa Ibom State Government workers have suspended the strike which they embarked upon since January 3, 2012 over some problems in the implementation of the new minimum wage. The decision to suspend the strike, according to the labour leaders, was a response to the pleas by elder statesmen, the clergy and the royal fathers whom […]
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