By Ebere Suzy Okoye Two persons were on thursday reportedly killed – with several others seriously injured as motor park touts suspected to be the notorious war group known as Ndi Ukwu Aziza and Ndi Ukwuotosi clashed at Aba central motor park, Upper Iweka in the commercial city of Onitsha. It was gathered that the…
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has said Militants in the Niger Delta has suspended hostilities in the Region simply because one of their own, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is the President of Nigeria, not amnesty, NaijaSharpNews has gathered. Asari Dokubo’s comments were registered in his reactions to the threat by the Boko Haram terrorists to visit the Niger Delta…
Kano Emirate Council has condemned the suspension of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from the position of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor.The Emirate council in a statement Friday signed by Walin Kano, Alhaji Mahe Bashir said “We viewed Mr. President action as a deliberate witch-hunt of the governor for doing his job by letting Nigerians…
Government released N319 million for payment of compensation to residents of Baruwa Community, Abuja, whose farms are to be used for the development of the Centenary City. The community, which is situated on Airport Road, Abuja, covers 1,200 hectares. Mr Okechukwu Francis, Director, Resettlement and Compensation in the FCT, made the fact known at an…
The Federal Government said it has no intention to ban the importation of fairly used vehicles, also known as tokunbo, into the country.The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this on Friday during a facility tour of one of the nation’s automobile assembly plants, Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria, Kaduna.Aganga said despite…
UNESCO, in 2012, predicted the extinction of the language The participants at a symposium to commemorate Mother Tongue Day, on Friday, urged the Igbos to take pride in speaking their language to save it from extinction. Speaking during the event organised by Umuada Igbo in Enugu, the President-General of the group, Kate Ezeofor, urged parents, teachers, care-givers…
* The regime identified the masterminds, so mandated its hit squad to eliminate the nine, including Sanusi. Fresh facts have emerged as to why the government of late Sani Abacha did not kill Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), governor, Lamido Sanusi, in 1995, after he and eight other jihadists mobilized crazed extremists to behead Gideon…
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has questioned the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Lamido Sanusi Lamido. The governor said the timing of President Goodluck Jonathan’s action with the ongoing audit of the missing $20 billion from the coffers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was a ploy to jeopardise…
The chief magistrate’s court sitting in Dutse has ordered the remand of the boy, Malam Kamisu Baranda, in prison for two weeks. Magistrate Awwalu Sani Balago said the accused person did not confess that he committed the act but the court remanded him to allow police make further inquiries. Kamisu was said to have admitted…
The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened attacks in Nigeria’s oil region in a new video released on Wednesday, on a day that his men invaded the north east town of Bama, killing people and destroying property.“You will in coming days see your refinery bombed,” Shekau warned in the 28-minute-long video obtained by…