For 19-year-old Terhile Jirbo, it was another answer to the call of nature. But when gunfire rang out that afternoon of March 18, what seemed a harmless routine would leave a fatal scar on him and his community in Gboko, a major town in the North-central state of Benue. Members of Mbayion community in Gboko…
Day: July 1, 2014
Union Bank Still Reliable? 87-yr-Old Trader Drags Union Bank To Court Over Scam
Union Bank is in the news, and this time, for the wrong reason. The bank has been dragged to Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ojokoro, Agbado area of Lagos by an 87-year-old woman, Mrs Sanusi Adebisi, who claimed an amount of money was allegedly removed from her account without her consent. The aged woman, a…
Explosion In Busy Maiduguri Market
A usually crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, recorded an explosion on Tuesday morning, with causality figures yet unknown. The incident occurred some minutes past 8am on Tuesday. The market is located near the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCH, office in the area. Rescue officers promptly moved into the scene of the blast…
Elder Statesman, Umaru Dikko Dies At 78
Former Minister of Transportation, Umaru Dikko, has passed on. The respected northern politician and elder statesman died in a London hospital on Tuesday. It was learnt that the prominent opinion leader had suffered strokes before his death. The 78-year-old politician was once a Commission in the now Kaduna State. He fled to London on exile…