Premium Times The Sultan says concerns about state religion has no basis. The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, on Sunday said there were no plans to turn Nigeria into an Islamic nation. Mr. Abubakar, who is also the President-General, Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI), and the head of Nigeria’s Muslim community, made this known at the…
by: Gbade Ogunwale, Assistant Editor, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the explosion that rocked Abuja on Monday in which over 71 persons were killed and 124 injured. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the party condemned as barbaric, monstrous and…
NEWISSUES, Abuja Kano state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso on Sunday said that he regrets voting for President Goodluck Jonathan, because the president has disappointed Nigerians. “I am regretting for voting President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 Presidential Election, as he has done nothing to move the nation forward”, he alleged. adding that Kano people are…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that the security in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, be increased following an early Monday morning explosion in Nyanya, a suburb of the capital city. In a tweet by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the president said he is saddened by the loss of lives from…
More than 70 people have been confirmed dead in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station in Nyanya, the outskirts Abuja. The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja. Dead bodies were seen scattered around the area after the blast, eyewitnesses say.…
By Ebere Suzy Joint Military security operation team in Nnewi North Council Area of Anambra State set ablaze the camps of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). The Joint Task force comprising the army, police, State Security Service (SSS), Navy and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) also raided…
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The police in Enugu have arrested a widow and mother of four, Mrs Juliet Nwachukwu over her alleged involvement in gun running. According to the police, the widow’s arrest followed the raid of a gun manufacturing company located at Ihuoha Amansiodo Oghe, in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The state…
by: Yusuf Alli, Public inquiry begins from April 29 The House of Representatives’ planned probe of the N10 billion incurred on chartered jet by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, is taking shape. The House Committee on Public Accounts has summoned five key agencies to appear before it to testify. The inquiry may…
Senator Ahmed Zannah has told the BBC that gunmen have killed 135 civilians in at least three separate attacks in Northeast Nigeria since Wednesday. According to Amnesty International, at least 1,500 people, half of them civilian, have been killed in the restive region this year, the BBC noted. The organisation blamed both “an increase in…
by: Yusuf Alli, Abuja Governors of the three states under emergency rule in the Northeast opposed yesterday the attempt to extend the controversial measure. The second strand of the emergency rule is expected to end on April 19. The Presidency is weighing its options on the “sensitive” matter. Besides rejecting the extension of emergency rule,…