Drunken police officer shoots hotel steward in Kano

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Emeka Ubani, attached to the 35 Squadron in Jigawa State is now explaining the circumstances surrounding the shooting of an employee of a hotel, where he lodged. The victim of the riot policeman, Friday Onwuka, a steward in the hotel is currently in critical condition at the Aminu Kano Teaching […]

Boko Haram: Sen. Ndume to remain in custody till Dec. 6

A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ali Mohammed Ndume has pleaded not guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony. However, an Abuja Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Oyebode Oyewole has convicted the spokesman of Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga of conspiracy to commit a felony and breach of official trust contrary […]

Shocker: Serving Senator, Ali Ndume arrested as chief sponsor of Boko Haram

A serving Nigerian senator, Ali Ndume has been arrested following confessions of a Boko Haram extremist currently in custody of the State Security Services (SSS). The Boko Haram suspect Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, confessed yesterday to agents that a certain serving Senator,  ex-governor and some politicians in the North were sponsors of the radical Islamic […]

The Beating of a Journalist by Gov. Okorocha’s Supporters – By Kenneth Uwadi

By Kenneth Uwadi, Owerri, Imo, Nigeria, Nov. 22, 2011 – When I was a teenager, my Dad would take me to Leventis Supermarket in Port Harcourt with him on Saturdays. The very first thing he does was to ask for ice cream, and then we will stroll around the supermarket, making purchases, licking our ice […]

Why Jonathan is against Sylva – Waku

Vice President of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Senator Joseph Waku, has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan is persecuting the Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, because the latter did not support Jonathan’s presidential ambition. Waku, a former Senator, who represented Benue North/West Senatorial District from 1999 to 2003 in the Senate, said the situation playing out […]

Soldiers take over Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta •As ex-militants threaten to bomb oil facilities

THERE was security alert in the Niger Delta, on Monday, following a threat by a group of ex-militants to bomb oil facilities in the region in response to the Federal Government’s alleged failure to address some issues that border on their welfare. Heavily armed security agents posted to oil facilities were positioned to ward off […]

Kwara govt moves to ban okada riders

Kwara State police command is on the move to stop the activities of commercial motor bike business, popularly called okada, in all parts of the state, following the incessant hacking of innocent people with cutlass and planks by men using unregistered okada to commit crime in the state. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Monday, the Commissioner […]

Bayelsa guber race: Why Jonathan stayed away –Presidency

THE Presidency, on Monday, advanced reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan stayed away from the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his home state of Bayelsa, at the weekend, where Honourable Seriake Dickson emerged as the standard-bearer of the party. Jonathan, together with members of the National Assembly from the state, except Honourable Dickson, was […]

7 killed in fresh Fulani attack in Plateau

NO fewer than seven people were killed in renewed hostilities between the Berom and Fulani in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday, while 20 others sustained injuries. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday, when some Fulani herdsmen on revenge mission for their cattle […]

Tell me my sins, Gov. Sylva asks PDP Chairman

Embattled Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva has challenged the national leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, [PDP] to disclose the sins he committed which informed his exclusion from the governorship primary conducted by the party at the weekend. Addressing journalists in Lagos at the weekend, acting national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje […]

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