Secondary school girls in northern Nigeria. Photo Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Saharareporters, New YorkSaharaReporters has just learned that suspected members of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, have abducted 103 students in a daring raid at the Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States. The group’s…
The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack on a packed bus station in Nigeria which killed 71 people, and called for a full investigation.“We are outraged by this senseless act of violence against innocent civilians,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, also condemning a series of attacks on three villages in Borno…
Rob Fitzpatrick, Head of Press and Public Affairs at the British High Commission, in Abuja, told the Nigerian Tribune exclusively that the envoy, by the gesture, wanted to show solidarity to the people affected by the explosion. He said it was also targeted to encourage others to follow the footsteps of the envoy. Shortly after…
President Goodluck Jonathan vowed yesterday to do everything possible to end the insurgency that has shaken Nigeria to its roots. He spoke after being conducted round the blast site in Nyanya on the outskirts of Abuja, where scores died in an early morning suicide bombing. Boko Haram is temporary and that Nigeria would overcome. Dr.…
The police in Bauchi State confirmed yesterday that gunmen injured one person in an attack in Wasasa, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area. Police spokesman Mohammed Haruna said a five-man gang attacked a house in the village, searching for two persons. He said on sighting the attackers, the victim ran into a nearby house where the…
One thing that is striking about Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State is that he is a fighter.
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…