A suspected Boko Haram bomber has reportedly attacked a group of Muslims having their early morning prayers at a mosque opposite the University of Maiduguri. The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, January 31 just days after an earlier incident happened inside the university that ended the life of a professor of veterinary…
Preye Dagogo in Abuja The Federal Government of Nigeria has once again applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for protection of witnesses that will testify against the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in the charge of unlawful possession of fire-arms and money laundering brought against him. The fresh application to that effect…
Sani Bello According to a chieftain of the local vigilante, Civilian-JTF, Danbatta Bello at about midnight, a male bomber was shot dead from an observatory by a military sniper after he was spotted advancing towards a security check post manned by soldiers in Usmanti layout of Maiduguri. Another attack occurred at about 5.30 a.m in…
Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose and the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’s Forum, in the early hours of Wednesday, January 25, thwarted operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) efforts to arrest Apostle Johnson Suleman of The Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide in Ado Ekiti. The Pastor who was in Ado Ekiti…
Official figures has emerged that about 236 people were actually killed in the last week’s bombing of the IDP’s camp in Rann, Borno State by Nigeria Airforce. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media Garba Shehu who disclosed this on Channel’s Television Programme Sunrise daily on Monday said a total of two…
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-powered Federal Government delegation to condole with the government and people of Borno state over Tuesday’s accidental bombing of the Internally Displaced Persons camp, in Rann. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, made this known on his twitter handle…
From James Osong in Kaduna The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna state has demanded the arrest and prosecution of the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and others for the alleged escalation of the mayhem in Southern Kaduna. The part of Kaduna has since late 2016 witnessed heavy attacks and killings…
From Tola Ogundipe in Abuja Patience Jonathan, a former first lady of Nigeria, has said that the police searched her family house contrary to widespread report that it was a raid conducted by the EFCC – She also claimed that only cheque books were found on the premises and not the money that they sought…
From Andrew Wisdom in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the State Government will support the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in the strengthening the Security Architecture of the state and its environs. Governor Wike also advised the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army 6 Division against the …
FROM Preye Thomas in Port Harcourt ▪Demand immediate transfer of the alleged masterminds of Police brutality and killings, Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede Thousands of Rivers people led by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike took to the streets on Thursday to protest the mass killings by the Police and other security agencies during the December 10…
