48 including 50 terrorists die as troops avert raid on Borno communities -DHQ |
- 50 terrorists die as troops avert raid on Borno communities -DHQ
- Adamawa’s Only Female Emir Dies In Her Residence
- Borno Town Dikwa Under Attack
- PDP incited violence in Kano -APC
- Seven killed in Taraba crisis
- National Confab expresses shock, sadness at Akunyili’s death
- Pandemonium in Ibadan over Bomb scare
- Boko Haram: Army opens more training schools
- PDP pays tribute to Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero
- EKIITI 2014: Reps leader drums support for Fayose
- Govt appoints new Gombe Emir
- Security operatives stop newspapers circulation in Nigeria
- Aregbesola challenges opposition to a debate
- JUST IN: UNILAG shut as students protest fee hike
- Military Arrest 13-Yr-Old Boko Haram Spy With AK-47
- LASU students move protest to Fashola door step in a dramatic display (PHOTOS)
- Explosion rocks Gombe governor private Logde
- Tambuwal blasts Police Commissioner Mbu on #BringBackOurGirls protest ban in Abuja
- Two killed as Biafra group and police clash in Enugu
- Court rules on Chibok protest ban June 11
- APC Senator Lanlehin of Oyo decamps to Accord Party
- JUST IN: Troops Foil Boko Haram Attack In Adamawa
- Police arrest suspected masterminders of Kano Luxury Park Bomb-blast
- BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers, kill 45 in Borno
- LASU students vow to continue protest
- Niger Dislodge Controversial Islamic Sect Camp
- Kogi appoints new Accountant-General
- My father needs no recognition from Obasanjo – Abiola’s daughter
- Gunmen dressed in Military uniform kill 83 people in Borno Villages
- PDP in a plot to impeach me – Oshiomhole
- Activists, family members remember late Kudirat Abiola
- Eight protesting LASU students docked for hijacking LAGBUS bus
- Court adjourns Ikuforiji’s money laundering trial to Thursday
- Boko Haram attacks three villages in Borno, Kill worshippers, others
- Police deploys personnel to curb influx of illegal arms
- Police Ban all #BringBackOurGirls protest in Abuja
- Troops repel ambush in Borno – DHQ
- Ex-Oyo NURTW boss Auxiliary arraigned in Ibadan court for murder
- EXPOSED!: JAMB revealed Tinubu’s anointed governorship aspirant Ambode as Ondo indigene
- Adamawa Blast: Military arrest key suspect
- Nigeria can solve Chibok girls’problem alone, says Chimamanda
- Pleasure turns horror as Boko Haram terrorists kill 60 in Adamawa bar blast
- Cameroon forces kill 40 Boko Haram militants, frees Three Foreigners
- JUST IN: Former Kogi gov’s wife slumps, dies
- Military recover body of Emir Of Gwoza killed by Boko Haram terrorist
- Navy rescues 12 stowaways onboard chemical vessel enroute Spain
- Dora Akunyili is not dead, discard all rumours of her death – Media Aide
- Ex-Oyo state gov, Akala’s driver killed by robbers in Ibadan
| 50 terrorists die as troops avert raid on Borno communities -DHQ Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:31 AM PDT The Defence Headquarters yesterday said its troops killed 50 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in a counter offensive along Biita, a border community in Borno State at the weekend. A statement by the... Click Title to Read More |
| Adamawa’s Only Female Emir Dies In Her Residence Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:27 AM PDT The Female Emir of Arnado Debbo, Gangwun Astadikko Buba Dimgyeb, Ma-Astadikko Buba has died in her residence on June 8. The Paramount ruler of Ganye kingdom and that of the Female Emir of Arnado... Click Title to Read More |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:18 AM PDT Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Dikwa town located in Borno State. According to report, one of the locals identified as Ari Bulawa provided that scores of insurgents had invaded the... Click Title to Read More |
| PDP incited violence in Kano -APC Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:56 AM PDT The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of inciting the violence that followed the announcement of a new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Sunday, in an apparent attempt... Click Title to Read More |
| Posted: 09 Jun 2014 03:40 AM PDT No fewer than seven persons have been killed in the ongoing crisis involving Fulani and Tiv ethnic groups in Taraba state. News of yesterday's attacks and killings came shortly after the House of... Click Title to Read More |
| National Confab expresses shock, sadness at Akunyili’s death Posted: 09 Jun 2014 03:24 AM PDT The National Conference sitting in Abuja has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Prof. Dora Akunyili on Saturday, saying the deceased was a fine public servant who did her best for the... Click Title to Read More |
| Pandemonium in Ibadan over Bomb scare Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:50 AM PDT Residents of Sabo area in Ibadan were on Thursday night filled with anxiety following an alarm that an explosive had been planted in the area. Alarmed traders and residents of the area ran in... Click Title to Read More |
| Boko Haram: Army opens more training schools Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:45 AM PDT The Nigerian Army on Friday commenced a nationwide special training programme on combating insurgency for its officers and men. The Commandant, Infantry Corps, Armed Forces Command and Staff College... Click Title to Read More |
| PDP pays tribute to Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero Posted: 06 Jun 2014 10:05 AM PDT The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received the news on the death of the Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, with deep sadness and great shock. According to the statement signed by the National... Click Title to Read More |
| EKIITI 2014: Reps leader drums support for Fayose Posted: 06 Jun 2014 09:57 AM PDT House of Representatives leader, Mrs. Mulikat Akande-Adeola, on Friday boasted that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Ayo Fayose, would win the June 21 poll. She spoke... Click Title to Read More |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:16 AM PDT Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar has been appointed the 11th Emir of Gombe, according to his appointment letter from Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Bage. Shehu-Abubakar replaces the 10th... Click Title to Read More |
| Security operatives stop newspapers circulation in Nigeria Posted: 06 Jun 2014 06:58 AM PDT Nigerian security personnel on Friday morning seized and destroyed major Nigerian newspapers in what they said was a directive from above. It was learnt that there were random forceful seizures of... Click Title to Read More |
| Aregbesola challenges opposition to a debate Posted: 06 Jun 2014 05:24 AM PDT Gov Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Friday challenged opposition political parties to a live television debate on the finances of the state. Aregbesola was responding to allegation of financial... Click Title to Read More |
| JUST IN: UNILAG shut as students protest fee hike Posted: 06 Jun 2014 04:49 AM PDT University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos has been shut indefinitely over students protest against tuition fee hike. The students blocked the institution’s entrances protesting their... Click Title to Read More |
| Military Arrest 13-Yr-Old Boko Haram Spy With AK-47 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 04:16 AM PDT Special Forces of the Nigerian Army Unit in Gwoza has arrested a 13-year-old girl who was said to be recruited by Boko Haram insurgents to spy on the military formation. An AK-47 rifle was recovered... Click Title to Read More |
| LASU students move protest to Fashola door step in a dramatic display (PHOTOS) Posted: 06 Jun 2014 02:24 AM PDT The Lagos State University (LASU) students staged a dramatic protest on Thursday at the Alausa, Ikeja Office of Governor Babatunde Fashola saying they would not return home until their school fees... Click Title to Read More |
| Explosion rocks Gombe governor private Logde Posted: 06 Jun 2014 02:08 AM PDT The private residence of the Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dakwambo, was on Thursday rocked by an explosion. According to SaharaReporters, the house also serves as the official residence of the... Click Title to Read More |
| Tambuwal blasts Police Commissioner Mbu on #BringBackOurGirls protest ban in Abuja Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:51 AM PDT The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal has faulted Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu for declaring a ban on #BringBackOurGirls campaigne in Abuja. Tambuwal in a... Click Title to Read More |
| Two killed as Biafra group and police clash in Enugu Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:36 AM PDT Two person were confirmed dead as over 20 members of Biafra group on Thursday, launched an attack on the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, attempting to make a live broadcast in which they were... Click Title to Read More |
| Court rules on Chibok protest ban June 11 Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:12 AM PDT An FCT High Court on Thursday fixed June 11 for ruling in a motion by Mr Dino Melaye against the Inspector-General of Police over alleged disruption of a rally on #BringBackOurGirls on May 11.... Click Title to Read More |
| APC Senator Lanlehin of Oyo decamps to Accord Party Posted: 05 Jun 2014 10:09 AM PDT Oyo state senator under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Olufemi Lanlehin has joined Accord Party. The senator announced his movement to Accord party today, Thursday in a letter to the... Click Title to Read More |
| JUST IN: Troops Foil Boko Haram Attack In Adamawa Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:59 AM PDT Nigerian Troops engaged in a heavy gunfight in the early hours of today, Thursday, as suspected Boko Haram insurgents besieged Madagali, Adamawa State. According to BBC Hausa reports, the... Click Title to Read More |
| Police arrest suspected masterminders of Kano Luxury Park Bomb-blast Posted: 05 Jun 2014 09:38 AM PDT Police command in Kano today, Thursday said its has arrested some of the masterminders of the multiple bomb-blasts that rocked New Road Luxury Park in Sabon Gari Kano, which killed dozens of people... Click Title to Read More |
| BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers, kill 45 in Borno Posted: 05 Jun 2014 06:30 AM PDT Suspected Boko Haram militants have launched an attack in a village near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, Borno State, killing about 45 people. Survivors told the BBC the attackers said... Click Title to Read More |
| LASU students vow to continue protest Posted: 05 Jun 2014 06:15 AM PDT The Lagos State University Students' Union on Thursday said it would continue its protest over hike in fees until the state government reduced the amount. The union President, Nurudeen Yusuf, told... Click Title to Read More |
| Niger Dislodge Controversial Islamic Sect Camp Posted: 05 Jun 2014 04:22 AM PDT Niger State government yesterday dislodged members of a radical Islamic group, Madinatu Muheenu Nibassiya Islamic Sect, operating inside a forest near Lapai, Lapai Local Government area of Niger... Click Title to Read More |
| Kogi appoints new Accountant-General Posted: 05 Jun 2014 03:43 AM PDT Kogi State governor, Idris Wada has approved the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Idakwo as the state's new Accountant-General, a statement said. The statement, which was issued by the Special Adviser to... Click Title to Read More |
| My father needs no recognition from Obasanjo – Abiola’s daughter Posted: 05 Jun 2014 02:34 AM PDT A daughter of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, the undeclared winner of the 1993 presidential election, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, on Wednesday said her father needed no recognition by the... Click Title to Read More |
| Gunmen dressed in Military uniform kill 83 people in Borno Villages Posted: 05 Jun 2014 01:51 AM PDT No fewer than 83 people were reportedly killed by insurgents during Tuesday's attack on three border communities with Cameroon. The gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram dressed in military... Click Title to Read More |
| PDP in a plot to impeach me – Oshiomhole Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:12 AM PDT Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said the ruling Party, PDP is mobilising people the state in a plot to impeach him. The Governor who said the PDP have plans on persuading members... Click Title to Read More |
| Activists, family members remember late Kudirat Abiola Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:34 AM PDT 18 YEARS after her assassination, family members of late Mrs. Kudirat Abiola together with pro-democracy activists and civil society leaders gathered in Lagos today, June 4, at the tomb of late... Click Title to Read More |
| Eight protesting LASU students docked for hijacking LAGBUS bus Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:46 AM PDT Eight students of the Lagos State University (LASU), including three females, were on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court over an alleged breach of public peace. The accused... Click Title to Read More |
| Court adjourns Ikuforiji’s money laundering trial to Thursday Posted: 04 Jun 2014 04:20 AM PDT A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, adjourned till Thursday, the trial of Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State House of Assembly, charged with alleged money laundering. Ikuforiji is... Click Title to Read More |
| Boko Haram attacks three villages in Borno, Kill worshippers, others Posted: 04 Jun 2014 02:15 AM PDT Scores of people were yesterday, Tuesday killed as Boko Haram insurgents returned to the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and nearly razed three villages. The insurgents were also said to... Click Title to Read More |
| Police deploys personnel to curb influx of illegal arms Posted: 02 Jun 2014 10:56 AM PDT The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG), in charge of zone 10, Bala Hassan, today, Monday announced that the force had deployed competent officers to border communities in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara... Click Title to Read More |
| Police Ban all #BringBackOurGirls protest in Abuja Posted: 02 Jun 2014 10:18 AM PDT Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Joseph Mbu, has banned all protests over kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the ban was issued on... Click Title to Read More |
| Troops repel ambush in Borno – DHQ Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:09 AM PDT The Defence Headquarters said on Monday in Abuja that a military patrol team successfully repelled an ambush by insurgents in Buratai community in Biu Local Government Area of Borno. A statement... Click Title to Read More |
| Ex-Oyo NURTW boss Auxiliary arraigned in Ibadan court for murder Posted: 02 Jun 2014 07:16 AM PDT Ex-chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oyo State, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi (aka Auxiliary), was today, Monday arraigned for murder at the Magistrate court sitting in... Click Title to Read More |
| EXPOSED!: JAMB revealed Tinubu’s anointed governorship aspirant Ambode as Ondo indigene Posted: 02 Jun 2014 07:03 AM PDT More revelations have begin to spring-up on the ‘anointed governorship’ aspirant of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos state, Mr Akinwunmi Ibidapo Ambode over his claim to be an... Click Title to Read More |
| Adamawa Blast: Military arrest key suspect Posted: 02 Jun 2014 06:22 AM PDT The Defence Headquarters today Monday said it had made an arrest in connection with the bombing that killed at least 40 people in Adamawa yesterday. "A key suspect in the terror bomb explosion that... Click Title to Read More |
| Nigeria can solve Chibok girls’problem alone, says Chimamanda Posted: 02 Jun 2014 02:29 AM PDT Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the prize-winning Nigerian writer, has said she opposes Western military intervention against Boko Haram, the rebel group that recently kidnapped and holding captive, more... Click Title to Read More |
| Pleasure turns horror as Boko Haram terrorists kill 60 in Adamawa bar blast Posted: 02 Jun 2014 01:53 AM PDT Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Sunday bombed a bar and a brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State and killed over 60 people. Sources told saharareporters that... Click Title to Read More |
| Cameroon forces kill 40 Boko Haram militants, frees Three Foreigners Posted: 01 Jun 2014 11:55 AM PDT Cameroon's armed forces liquidated at least 40 Boko Haram fighters in the North-western part of the country during the weekend. This has been confirmed by a government radio on June 1, 2014, Sunday.... Click Title to Read More |
| JUST IN: Former Kogi gov’s wife slumps, dies Posted: 31 May 2014 01:01 PM PDT The wife of Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, a former governor of Kogi State, Hajiya Zainab Idris is dead. She was said to have slumped and died while about performing the early morning Islamic prayers on... Click Title to Read More |
| Military recover body of Emir Of Gwoza killed by Boko Haram terrorist Posted: 31 May 2014 02:47 AM PDT The Defence Headquarter in Nigeria said it has recovered the body of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrisa Timta, who was yesterday May 30, 2014, Friday killed by Boko Haram terrorists in company of three... Click Title to Read More |
| Navy rescues 12 stowaways onboard chemical vessel enroute Spain Posted: 30 May 2014 02:03 PM PDT Nigerian Navy personnel have rescued 12 men including a Ghanaian, who stowed away in a Spain bound chemical laden vessel, MV African Osprey. The suspects, who were said to have been on board the... Click Title to Read More |
| Dora Akunyili is not dead, discard all rumours of her death – Media Aide Posted: 30 May 2014 01:31 PM PDT There are Rumours on various social media that Prof Dora Akunyili is dead. Her media adviser has come on facebook to say that the former minister of information is doing better in her sick bed. Read... Click Title to Read More |
| Ex-Oyo state gov, Akala’s driver killed by robbers in Ibadan Posted: 30 May 2014 01:06 PM PDT A driver of the former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ibadan. Alh Alabi Ajikobi was shot dead by the gunmen suspected to be armed robbers around... Click Title to Read More |
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