Month: July 2014

A suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a petrol station in Kano on Monday morning, just when Muslims were celebrating the Eid Fitr festival to mark the successful end of Ramadan fast. The incident occurred at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mega Filling Station at Hotoro Quarters, along Maiduguri Road, Kano. The police said…

Naeto C Gets Second Child

Nigerian rapper, Naetochukwu Chikwe, better known as Naeto C, has welcomed another bundle of joy into his young family. The rapper’s wife, Nicole, was delivered of a baby girl on Friday. The arrival of the baby girl is their second since they got married in Lagos in July 2012. Their wedding created a controversy over…

Army Bans Vehicles In Maiduguri

“All vehicular movement within the Maiduguri city is banned from Monday, 28th to Wednesday, 30th July, 2014,” the Nigerian Army in Borno has declared. This came after the military claimed it had an intelligent report that members of Boko Haram sect have planned to attack worshippers during the end of Ramadan celebration. “The report at…

Police Foils Bomb Attack In Kano

What would have been a bloody Ed Fitr celebration in Kano was averted in Kano by the state Police Command. The Kano Commissioner of Police, Aderenle Shinaba, addressing journalists in the state, disclosed that a car loaded with explosives was discovered at the Kano Eid prayer ground on Saturday. According to police chief, a 406…

Iconic Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba, has rejoined his former boss and club, Jose Mourinho and Chelsea respectively. The club announced the signing of its former striker, who left the club about one and half years ago to ply his trade in Turkey with Galatasaray. Drogba, a former African footballer of the year, returns to Stamford…