The Defence Headquarters on Thursday dismissed the Boko Haram threat as a desperate attempt by a terror group desperate for publicity. Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen Chris Olukolade, while reacting to the threat to launch more attacks against Nigeria in a new video purportedly posted by the leader of the violent Islamic sect, Abubakar…
The Enugu State Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), yesterday demolished the 5, 000-capacity regional headquarter church of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, located along Zik Avenue by P&T Bridge, Uwani in Enugu. Justifying the demolition, Commissioner for ECTDA, Engr. Iyke Ugwegede, said it was done in line with the development control activities of…
The Kano State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Mr. Sanusi Abdulrasheed, has said that
NO fewer than 21 people were killed, while four other sustained injuries in the early hours of Thursday, when some group of people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded a village in Barkin-Ladin Local Government Area of Plateau State. Also, suspected Fulani herdsmen, on Wednesday evening, invaded Rijaya-Giwa village in Azara development area of Nasarawa…
A fierce gunfight launched against the fundamentalist Islamist group, Boko Haram, by Camerounian soldiers has led to the killing of no fewer than 180 insurgents and two gendarmes around a Nigerian border with Cameroun. It was gathered that during the battle which took place on Tuesday evening, many of the wounded insurgents were also arrested.…
Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu said yesterday that the North will survive in case of a breakup of the country. The region, he declared, is not afraid of being on its own as he warned against statements that suggest that the country is heading for a breakup. “If Nigeria splits, the north can still survive…
Amid claims and counter-claims that the country is cash-strapped, the Senate, yesterday had its dose of the problem following the delay in the payment of its fourth quarter allocation. Daily Sun learnt that the delay has left some of the Senators stranded in Abuja. Meanwhile, legislative activities in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly…
“At about 2:00 a.m. on 8 October 2013, a combined team of the JTF troops and Department of State Security Services (DSS) personnel pounced on two Boko Haram Terrorists’ hideouts at Gunduwawa village in Gezawa LGA of Kano state. The raid which was conducted following a lead on intelligence reports made no arrests as the…
Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has announced plans to sell off its 97-kilometer, 150,000 barrels of oil per day Nembe Creek Trunk Line in the Niger Delta region. The company, along with its joint venture partner, is also planning to sell off four more oil blocks — Oil licenses 18, 24, 25 and 29. This…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos is expected to commence hearing in a fundamental human rights suit filed against the Lagos State government by an Onitshabased lawyer, Anthony Orunkoya, and the National Conscience Party (NCP) over the deportation of 69 Anambra State indigenes. The plaintiffs, Orunkoya and the Anambra State branch of NCP are…