MOVED by the ravaging nature of activities of members of Boko Haram who have engaged in massive killing and wanton destruction of property on daily basis, the government of the United States and some Northern Governors hav concluded arrangements to hold a three- day talk shop on security in Africa and Nigeria in particular. An Agency of the US government, ... Read More »
Three gunmen on a motor cycle have last Friday evening, killed a commissioner with Zamfara state local government service commission, Alhaji Yusif Garba in his residence at Ungwar Zabarma of Tudun Wada area of the state capital, Gusau, and escaped without robbing money from the victim. An eyewitness said three gunmen on a motorbike arrived the residence of the deceased ... Read More »
The political associates of Shehu Musa Yar’Adua have resisted the directive of the All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, that the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) as a political party should collapse its entire machinery into the APC. It was reliably gathered that Yar’Adua’s political associates that eventually formed the PDM, in refusing to collapse the ... Read More »
The princely amount of N46 million in the dormant bank account of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, was simply irresistible for the young female banker. So the suspect, Amina Magaji, was prepared to risk everything to reactivate the account and convert part of the balance there in to her use. The account was said to have been opened ... Read More »
Former Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has revealed that he almost resigned from President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet, before he was eventually fired a fortnight ago. Abdullahi said that he did not leave earlier, because the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, encouraged him to stay on. He added that he was not shocked by his sack, saying as “a political ... Read More »
I have met Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola only a few times, the last time at the launch of my father’s book in April 2013. In his speech that day, Ogbeni reiterated his administration’s plans to revolutionize education in the State of Osun, and has since rolled out several reforms in the education sector in the state, some of which have generated ... Read More »
Otunba Gbenga Daniel Immediate past Governor of Ogun state was on the Medview aircraft en route Abuja on Saturday which made a air return to its departure point in Lagos. The return was described as “precautionary”. The aircraft had 104 persons on board. This was made up of 99 passengers and five crew members. The aircraft, a Boeing 737, with ... Read More »
Unconfirmed reports say that 7 persons may have died and several others injured following a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja, This was the venue of an aptitude test for the 2013/2014 applicants who had applied to join the Nigerian Immigration Service. Eye witness account said that over 56,000 graduates had gathered at the National Stadium as early as 7am ... Read More »
At least 207 suspected Boko Haram fighters lost their lives in yesterday morning’s ill-fated invasion of Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Nigeria’s North-East. we had yesterday afternoon reported that soldiers showed the terrorists “pepper” in their botched mission to free their members detained at the military facility. A clearer picture of the casualty rate emerged this ... Read More »
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