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Boko Haram, Headlines, National Politics, Niger, State News, Top Stories
Monday, February 20th, 2012

Minna -A blast at Morocco road in Suleja town in Niger on Sunday injured one person and destroyed five vehicles. Morocco road is at the heart of the commercial area in Suleja. The people in the area became suspicious of a parked vehicle without number plate and immediately took measures to keep away from it […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, February 16th, 2012

BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI Apparently miffed over the ease, with which Boko Haram sect attacked some military formations in the country recently, the Army high command, yesterday did a major stock taking and redeployed 72 Generals including three General Officers Commanding. GOCs, 26 other Major Generals and 43 Brigadiers- General. The GOCs include those of the […]
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General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Former Head of State and one time minister of oil resources, General Muhammadu Buhari, (rtd) has been ejected from his Abuja residence following his inability to pay the N20 million rent demanded by his landlord, Newsdiary Online, a news portal has disclosed. According to reports monitored by our reporter in Abuja, the retired general who […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, February 11th, 2012

The alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko (a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto), who was rearrested by a combined team of the State Security Service and the military on Friday, has been moved out of the headquarters of the SSS and handed over to the military. According to an online news portal, Premium Times, […]
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General Politics, Sokoto, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, February 9th, 2012

By Mohammed Aminu Sokoto State Police Command, has mobilised 5000 police men to maintain security during the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Sokoto today. Jonathan is expected to flag off the governorship campaign of former governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, at Trade Fair Complex Sokoto. The state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Baba Adisa Bolanta, made […]
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Boko Haram, Top Stories
Monday, February 6th, 2012

(Saharareporters, New York) Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination. In a down-to-earth interview with TheNEWS magazine which is circulated within outside Nigeria this week, Soyinka revealed that he was not only on the sect’s assassination list […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Sunday, February 5th, 2012

By Sam Eyoboka and Olayinka Latona IN a rare display of anger, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Friday night, adopted a spiritual way out of Nigeria’s current security challenges, urging the mammoth crowd of worshipers, who attended the February Holy Ghost Service, to pray to […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has denied reports that his spokesman Abu Qada, has been arrested by the State Security Service. The denial came even as the confusion set off by initial reports of Qada’s arrest on Tuesday deepened. Qaqa, known for granting interviews and issuing statements on behalf of the group, was reportedly […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

An Abuja High Court on Tuesday said a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, and his erstwhile deputy, Bayero Nafada, had no case to answer in connection with a N40 billion misapropriation charge. Justice Suleiman Belgore gave the verdict while ruling on a no-case submission made by Bankole and Nafada over a […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 30th, 2012

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Monday, sentenced Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to Nigeria’s late dictator, Sani Abacha, to death by hanging. For over twelve years, Al-Mustapha and one Lateef Shofolahan have been standing trial for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the winner of the […]