Just like ISIS in Iraq, the Boko Haram extremists have reportedly beheaded every Christian man available in the area. Also, their wives have been forced into Islam and given out in marriage to the sect members. The Director, Social Communications of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, gave this revelation on Thursday, in an electronic statement…
…Says: Jonathan Will be Accused of Trying to Rig if He Tries To prosecute themA Perth-based international adviser has survived months of extreme dangerto try to rescue more than 270 schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorist groupBoko Haram in Nigeria.Stephen Davis, 63, has returned from a four-month sojourn with rarefootage of the intense fighting in Nigeria’s north-east,…
The UK’s terror threat level is being raised from “substantial” to “severe” in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level means an attack on the UK is “highly likely”, although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was “imminent”.It is the second…
Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome undergoing divorceThe wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which TheCable cannot publish for legal reasons. The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First…
by Ifeanyi Onuba President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday lamented that a number of government programmes, which ought to have been effectively implemented for the benefit of Nigerians, could not be realised owing to poor data management system.For instance, he listed the abuse of the fuel subsidy scheme, which was meant to reduce the cost of…
by: Joseph Jibueze, OwerriA former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, Wednesday said corruption thrives in the country because Nigerians worship money.He said the problem with the country is impunity, adding: “the level of greed is unacceptable.”Speaking during a plenary session of the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Owerri,…
by: Austine Tsenzughul, Bauchi Unknown gunmen on Thursday morning attacked an Army camp manned by six armed soldiers at Wunti -Dada, Bauchi State. One of the soldiers, a sergeant, who was also the commander of the camp was killed, while one other army personnel was shot on the leg. The Nation gathered that one of the…
Fire razed several shops and part of a church building after a tanker containing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, exploded yesterday, at Total depot Dockyard, Apapa Road, area of Lagos. The incident was said to have started at 5:00am and raged till 10:00am before a team of fire fighters from Oando,Total and fire service…
DIRECTOR, Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, on Wednesday, said the Nigerian Army will soon reassert Nigeria’s sovereignty in portions that have been violated illegally by Boko Haram. “We are definitely working to reverse all those tendencies. We are not conceding any portion of this country to a group of terrorists and the required…
By Our Reporter (LAFIA) Fighting between Fulani herdsmen and farmers from the Eggon ethnic group has left at least 60 people dead in central Nigeria, mostly from machete cuts, police said on Thursday. The clashes broke out on Wednesday in Nasawrawa state, a week after some Eggon villagers accused Fulanis of stealing cattle, Nasarawa police…