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How Boko Haram abducts 200 schoolgirls in Borno

Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school in North-East Nigeria, parents say. Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok, Borno State, late last night, and ordered the hostel’s teenage residents on to four lorries. Parents told the BBC’s Hausa service that at least 200 girls had been abducted. The attackers are thought to be ... Read More »

Sultan condemns Abuja bombing, wants perpetrators exposed

Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday condemned in strong terms the early morning bombing which left at least 72 persons dead (official figure) in the Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He called on security agents to ensure the perpetrators are exposed and face wrath of ... Read More »

Obasanjo’s PDP Faction Denies Defecting to APC

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State Monday denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying there was no directive from the former president to decamp to APC. The former Chairman of the party, Chief Joju Fadairo, who debunked the rumour at a press conference held in Abeokuta yesterday, said it was ... Read More »

EFCC Arraigns Suspected Internet Scammer

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 14, 2014 arraigned Sunkami Odewande, before Justice S. S Ogunsanya of Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on a 4- count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretences and possession of documents containing false information.   One of the charges read, “Sunkami Odewande sometime on or about December ... Read More »

EFCC Arraigns Three for Defrauding Diamond Bank of N100m

Three persons who attempted to defraud Diamond Bank of N100million through an electronic device called grabber have been docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.   Godwin Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Evaristus Moses Oyemah and Kenneth Iweha were on Monday April 14 arraigned before Justice S.A Nmakanma of the High Court of Abia state, Umuahia, on a 2- count charge ... Read More »

i will not join issues with APC — Fayose

Mr Ayo Fayose,  PDP governorship candidate in Ekiti, says he will not join issues with his All Progressives Party (APC) counterpart in the June 21 governorship election. Fayose told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday  that “this is not a sign of weakness on my part but a sign of maturity which I have gained over the years. “I have vowed not ... Read More »