As the rain sets in again for the year,.the traditional ruler of of Nnanka in Orumba South Council Area of Anambra state , Igwe G N Ofomata has sent out a save-our-soul message to the federal government to intervene in the erosion menace ravaging the community. Ofomata who is the longest reigning traditional ruler in…
…As victims are laid to restFROM ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, KADUNASuspects who killed eight family members in Kaduna have confessed to the heinous crime. One of the suspects, Sunday Sun gathered, has opened up, giving an account of how he, with nine others, carried out the attack that led to the killing of a family of eight.The…
The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday referred to ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, saying there was no basis for comparing both of them.El-Rufai said this during an interview with Sahara TV, while responding to a question on his 15-hour interrogation by the State…
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Nigeria’s Boko Haram was suspected Sunday of killing a Muslim cleric who had criticised the Islamic extremist group, and of shooting dead a Christian preacher, in the latest violence to hit northern Nigeria.The deaths came after seven people were killed by a roadside bomb in a border area of the remote…
Group Wants CONFAB To Hold After General Elections A Muslim group, known as the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the federal government of Nigeria of having hidden agenda following the announcement of the modalities and guidelines for the proposed national conference.In a statement signed by the Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola, and made…
As preparations for the 2015 general elections* and* 2014 governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states gather steam, there are strong indications of increase in the smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country.Saturday PUNCH also learnt that the demand for imported bulletproof cars had increased in the last few months.A report of the Nigeria…
Negotiate With Boko Haram Or Crush Them Now – Gov. Kwankwaso Tells FGConcerned by the wave of violence, destruction of lives and property by insurgents in the North-Eastern flank of Nigeria, the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has asked the Federal Government, President to either negotiate with the perpetrators of the violence…
The South East Peoples Assembly (SEPA), yesterday applauded the modalitiesfor the conduct of the proposed National Conference. According to Dr. Ifedi Okwenna, SEPA national secretary, who issued thestatement, the body noted that the conference, will mark the beginning ofthe last stage of our march towards a True Federalism; the only sure basison which Nigeria can remain…
Eight people were killed in religious violence in Nigeria on Friday, including a Christian family of seven, while a roadside bomb killed seven others in an area known for Boko Haram activity. The two incidents follow deadly violence last weekend, which raised fresh questions about the government’s strategy to end the bloodshed and a change…
Following previous Monday’s clash between members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB) and traders at the Old Motor Spare Parts, Mgbuka, in the commercial city of Onitsha, seven regional administrators of the movement have been suspended by its leadership over their alleged involvement in the fracas. The leader…