by Olalekan AdetayoPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday promised Nigerians that those behind the recent Nyanya bomb blast in Abuja that left about 86 persons dead would be punished.Jonathan made the promise in his remarks at the Fourth Presidential National Prayer Breakfast held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.He said his prayers were…
By EMEKA ANOKWURU• Abandons pregnant wife with 2 kids• Man’s family fights over propertyEleven months after a promising businessman, Mr Emmanuel Uchenna Okoye left his Lagos home, no one seems to know whether he is dead or alive. While the family believes that Okoye, who until his disappearance, shuttled between Nigeria and Spain as well…
By JUDEX OKORO, Calabar Barley a week after about 15 persons were reportedly killed in a clash between Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi, eight persons are again feared dead while about 15 are reported to have suffered gunshotwounds in Obudu local government of Cross River over the ownership for a parcel of farm land.…
By Bintexhimself 44 terrorists and four Nigerian soldiers died when brave troops battled Boko Haram fighters, turning their attempt to mission to a military base in Bulanbuli, near Damboa, Borno State, into a misadventure. The encounter by took place between 12am and 6am yesterday The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, confirmed that there…
by: Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam, admitted yesterday that the Federal Government erred in commencing work on the construction of the Second Niger Bridge without consideration for the Environmental Impact Assessment Law, EIA. Government,according to her, failed to comply with the requirements of the EIA law in embarking on the project.…
The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, on Friday in Abuja enjoined President
The People of Owerri zone, mainly the clans that own the Owerri Federal Capital territory have told the incumbent Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha to count them out in his second term bid to governor the state, as they have agreed in unison that his first outing unleashed on them untold hardships, following…
TWO former Heads of State, Gen.Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar led other Nigerian and Africa leaders to the 70th birthday celebration of the former Foreign Affairs Minister and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Tom Ikimi in Igueben, Edo State, as the former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings warned the Federal Government…
As the debate regarding whether or not to extend the ‘state of emergency’ imposed on the three terror infested states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States goes on following its scheduled end in May, two, dastardly acts of devilish intents recently threw the nation into a quagmire. These were the Nyanya Motor Park bombing on…
Mr Abimaje said to be a senior lecturer was allegedly stabbed to death by his students when trying to settle a dispute amongst them. The dispute allegedly degenerated from a clash between two females of the Ebira and Igala tribes. The Polytechnic has been shut down indefinitely and students were asked to vacate their hostels…