Thousands of internally-displaced persons have stormed churches in Borno State for refuge.The internally-displaced persons decided to seek refuge in the places of worship after members of the Boko Haram terrorist group sacked their communities.Some of the churches where the internally-displaced persons are taking refuge, Saturday PUNCH learnt are the Assembly of God, Wulari; Church of…
By Our Reporter■ Ceremony blocked based on security report –Govt■ DSS holds on to Emir of Kano’s passportThe coast appears not clear yet for the newly installed Emir of Kano, His Eminence, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi who was crowned Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th monarch of the emirate in June as there are indications that the…
By CHIOMA IGBOKWE■ I was about leaving when they stormed our house; I ran to the bush and hid. They asked my father to denounce his faith but he refused, they slaughtered him. They dragged my mother and my sisters out and also slaughtered them and set our house on fire, I can still hear…
A six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, Lagos, collapsed on Friday with no fewer than 50 persons feared dead. The building, which was under construction, was initially a two-storey building before the addition of four new floors which were under construction. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the building, which housed guests…
The North unleashed yesterday a blistering criticism of President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of “insensitivity.”The North’s apex socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), is not pleased with Dr. Jonathan’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.The ACF listed its grouses against the President and his administration in “an open letter to Mr.…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has denied the purported plan to enlist 10,000 ex-Niger Delta militants in Nigeria’s South-South and ex-service men to boost the fight against insurgents in the North-East. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) had yesterday warned the Nigerian Army against using ex-militants, who had benefitted from the late…
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), has written to the Trial Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, Netherlands, requesting it to investigate allegations of complicity against government officials in the terrorism war by Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in Nigeria’s North-East.
Special Forces of the Nigerian Army yesterday routed hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists including foreign mercenaries who invaded Konduga town about 35 kilometres from Maiduguri with a view to setting up a camp and planning to attack Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This resulted in the killing of more than 80 insurgents, the military said.
A group claiming to be the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from all over Spain, wider Europe and Biafraland have assembled in Barcelona, with more coming in later today for the solidarity march with our staunch supporters the Catalan people in their quest for independence. Catalan government are the strongest supporters and allies of Biafra. This is the reason…