The heavy loss recorded by the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the last governorship election in Ekiti State has thrown the progressives camp in the north in disarray. The northern progressives in the APC had aligned with the South- West progressives entirely to upstage the Peoples Democratic Party in the coming 2015 general election but…
The funeral Mass for the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa yesterday ended
Panic again gripped residents of Enugu State yesterday following a rumour that Boko Haram was set to bomb the Army Command Nursery and Primary School at the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Headquarters in the state. It was gathered that tension gripped the people around the 82 Division when two persons were seen in…
The ongoing National Conference in Abuja today resolved that States can in the future establish, fund and control a Police Force of their own, as well as put into place community policing. A statement signed by Akpandem James, the Assistant Secretary for Media and Communication, noted that when enacted into law, this resolution will put…
Over 100 persons, mostly children and women, were this afternoon buried in mass grave yards in the troubled Southern Kaduna region of Kaduna state. They were the victim of a series of gunmen attacks in about five villages in Sanga Local Government area from Tuesday into Wednesday in which the assailants sacked villagers and burnt…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday returned to the country after cutting short his trip to the 23rd ordinary session of the African Union Heads of States and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Jonathan, who was due back in the country today, had to withdraw from the summit following the bomb attack at Emab Plaza located at…
Palpable fear has gripped residents and workers at Apapa area of Lagos State, following Wednesday night’s car bomb explosion that killed about four persons and left many others injured at the Folawiyo axis of Creek Road, Apapa. Meanwhile, security operatives have shut down business activities between Trebor Roundabout (near A.C. Christlieb) and Alex Junction on…
One of the victims of Wednesday’s bomb blast at a shopping mall in Abuja
Security agents today arrested a luxury bus conveying over 50 suspected members of Boko Haram at Obollo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The suspects were reportedly heading to different parts of South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria but this could not be confirmed. A team of national task force on small…
A third deadly explosion in the Federal capital territory, Abuja in two months, yesterday, exploded at a shopping mall, EMAB Plaza, adjacent BANEX Plaza, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, at 3. 50 pm. It killed no fewer than 21 persons and injured 17 others. The extremist Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for the two explosions…