The police have arrested Idris Saidu, an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger over alleged involvement in illegal arms deal.A statement issued by the force spokesman, ACP Frank Mba, on Sunday in Abuja said that Saidu was arrested on July 22 by police detectives in the state.The statement said…
President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, recently took a swipe on all former heads of state from the North when he accused them of contributing to the backwardness of the region.The youth leader also blamed some delegates at the ongoing national conference who kicked against establishing a special fund to rehabilitate the…
By JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja• President urges Islamic clerics to preach peace, not hatred• To launch Victims Support Fund Thursday President Goodluck Jonathan has given thanks to God for not allowing Boko Haram attackers, whom he described as sons of the devil, to succeed in killing former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and popular Islamic…
By DAVID MOLOMO,YolaNo fewer than 30 persons were killed yesterday when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents unleashed mayhem on some communities in Hong and Gombi local government areas of Adamawa State.Also, the village head of Zar community, Dauda Daniel, a retired Wing Commander was also feared missing following the attacks.According to eyewitness account,…
It’s been a day of death and tears in Kano, the commercial capital of the North, with two suicide bomb incidents fouling the Eid-el-Fitri mood. In one of the incidents, many were feared dead in a bomb explosion after a Sunday mass service at St Charles Catholic Church in the No Man’s Land area of…
Gunmen, believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, have unleashed mayhem
THE Governor of Niger State and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu, has called on Nigerians to unite and fight terrorism confronting the nation instead of allowing it to divide them, saying Nigeria’s unity was not negotiable. In his Sallah message to Nigerians on behalf of the forum, Aliyu assured that the ugly trend…
Ancient city of Kano witnessed fresh bomb attacks, yesterday, as twin explosions targeted at worshippers at Saint Charles Catholic Church, Sabon Gari, and a police check point in Kano killed six persons. The dead included a soldier, two women, a man, a child and a female suicide bomber. Kano State Commissioner of Police, Adelenre Shinaba…
Members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday abducted the wife of the Camerounian Deputy Prime Minister in the northern Kolofata town, the country’s military has said. A local religious leader, who is a mayor, was also abducted from the same town. Boko Haram has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroun in recent weeks, as the…
The Gospel of the Restoration of Biafra continues and would be preached in a Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, United States of America Time 6:00PM LA and 2.00AM Biafra time with our able director Nnamdi Kanu. Join millions of Biafrans all over the world across different time zones tuning in to the gospel of…