The Borno State government has said that 50 primary schools were burnt down by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in various parts of the state since they started their activities in the state. The state Commissioner for Basic Education, Professor Tijjani Abba-Ali who made this known in an interview with newsmen also confirmed the killing of…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) has taken over the trial of three Lebanese businessmen held over alleged terrorism activities. The suspected Lebanese terrorists who were separately arrested by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) are Abdullahi Thaini, Mustapha Fawaz and Tahal Roda.
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commended the leadership of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, describing his as wise, competent and diligent. His leadership, he said, prevented extremists, terrorists and insurgents from establishing firm roots in Kano.
The unemployment rate in Anambra state, one of the highest in the country has now reached an all-time high of about 95%. This was disclosed at Amawbia, Awka yesterday at a media chat by one of the front liner in the state’s 2014 governorship race, Dr Ifeatu Ekelem. The United States of America-trained medical expert/specialist…
Some residents of Abakaliki on Thursday counted their losses after Iyiudene River overflowed its banks after a downpour.
It however sent a clear message to the government: We’ll reunite all groups in the region before the polls. To buttress its allegation, the ACF cited the recent visit to President Goodluck Jonathan by some Middle Belt leaders, who urged him to contest the 2015 election. Among the Middle Belt leaders were a former Military…
Maiduguri Traders at Gamboru market in Maiduguri, Borno State, Wednesday, rounded up six suspected Boko Haram gunmen and handed them over to soldiers of the Joint Task Force, JTF, eyewitnesses said. This is even as suspected sect members, yesterday evening, detonated an Improvised Explosive Devise, EID, in the metropolis, targeting the patrol vehicle of the…
NIGERIA’s daily crude oil output declined by 150,000 barrels, as Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, joint venture, Thursday, said it has shut the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) following an explosion and fire at a crude theft point on the 28” section of the facility at Bodo West in Ogoni land. To this…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has advised Abia State indigenes to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the yet-to-be registered All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 general elections. Okorocha, who spoke yesterday when a delegation under the platform of Igbo Rescue Mission from Abia State paid him a visit at the…
Many houses and farmlands were submerged yesterday following a downpour in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.