National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja presided over by Justice Babatunde Adejumo, yesterday struck out the suit filed by the Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi out Lamido Sanusi’s case in challenging his suspension as the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by President Goodluck Jonathan. However, the matter which the suit sought relief remain…
Community leaders in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok have called on the United Nations to step in and rescue more than 200 girls taken from a school in April, by the extremist group Boko Haram.
Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Thursday, took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that his incompetence has affected every part of Nigeria. Musa, who said this during an interview with The PUNCH, added that the fact that over 200 schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram sect from Chibok, Borno…
“How can 147 sons and daughters of a state be killed in one fell swoop in Kaura villages, and a sitting governor would not go to see and speak to the aggrieved since February, and again about 200 have been killed in mass invasions of Sanga villages, and the governor does not have the moral…
By SAM EYOBOKA & OLAYINKA LATONAFORMER military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.) and the National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, charged Muslim religious, political and traditional leaders to take advantage of the current Ramadan season to engage the dreaded Islamist sect, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also…
by: niyi The United States of America has warned its citizens planning to travel to or within Abuja this weekend to take extra precautionary measures for their personal security and safety.In a message from US to its citizens in Abuja, the US mission in Nigeria said that the security message had become necessary in view…
THE film adaptation of a novel by the Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published in 2006 by Knopf/Anchor, will soon be premiered in Nigeria, Nigerian Tribune has gathered.Sources reaching Nigerian Tribune revealed that the previously restricted ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ movie, which the Nigerian Censors Board stopped it’s Nigerian premiere months ago, has been…
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Fears about Islamic extremism are rising in nations with large Muslim populations from the Middle East to South Asia and support for radical groups is on the slide, according to a poll released Tuesday.Concern about extremism has increased in the past 12 months amid the dragging war in Syria and attacks by…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four women for allegedly abducting and selling a nine-year-old girl, identified as Blessing, for N650,000. The women are Fausat Ogidan, Abibat Oresanya, Bola Obajuruwa and Idiyat Abass. The women were apprehended on Sunday, June 6, after a tip-off. The Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, had directed the…
Another female Boko Haram accomplice has been arrested by the military. According to the National Information Center (NIC), she is Hafsat Bako. . The arrest was confirmed in a post on the Facebook page of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). Minister of State For Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, also confirmed the arrest…