Men of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a middle aged man, suspected to be a Boko Haram member, was who caught allegedly spying on policemen at the Mobile Police Barracks, Sector 8 in Jos. The recent incident followed persistent complaints by members of the public on the existence of some strange persons in some parts of Jos and ... Read More »
The Federal government on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the insurgents. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro told ... Read More »
Seven Nigerian girls currently stranded in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire have called on the Nigerian embassy in that country to assist them return to their families. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigerian at the embassy premises on Monday, the girls said they were brought to Cote d’Ivoire by three persons they identified as Dele, Rose and Cynthia. They claimed that ... Read More »
As we count down to 2015 election year, there seems to be a new twist with respect to who succeeds the incumbent Governor of Akwa Ibom State. It is no longer news that Governor Akpabio has anointed his successor and the people of Akwa Ibom State have also drawn a line between Akpabio’s inordinate disguised third term ambition. What is ... Read More »
Boko Haram releases new video showing missing Nigerian girls wearing Islamic hijab headdress and reciting Quran under duress. boko-abducted-girlsBoko Haram released a new video today, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, speaks on the video obtained by AFP for 17 minutes before showing what ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday thanked Nigerians for their unison in support of Federal Government’s efforts to rescue abducted Government Secondary School girls in Chibok, Borno, by Boko Haram. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, made the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja. He said the demands of Nigerians in the past weeks had ignited ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Saturday when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the first maritime university in Africa, the Nigeria Maritime University at Okorenkoko, Warri Soith West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on his part has solicited the support of the Niger Delta and the rest of the country for ... Read More »
A Folker 100 belonging to IRS airlines crashed in Niger Republic on Saturday evening. Information reaching our correspondent said that the aircraft with registration number 5NSIK, which was returning from a C CHECK crashed at about 7.30pm. However, no life was lost as the two crew members who were on board survived. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the crash. ... Read More »
The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an “unconscionable act” of terror against the education of girls, US First Lady Michelle Obama said Saturday. Speaking in her husband’s place during President Barack Obama’s weekly Saturday morning address, Michelle Obama said that this violence “was not an isolated incident … it’s a story we see every day as girls around ... Read More »
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