Category: National/Politics

Bomb Blast In Adamawa Market

According to information reaching our news desk, an explosion believed to be caused by a detonated bomb has occurred in Adamawa State. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon at the Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi, Adamawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa claimed the the bomb…

Police IG Decorates Newly Promoted Officers

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, MD Abubakar, has decorated some newly promoted police officers. The ceremony was held in Abuja and was attended by some high ranking officers. Among the decorated senior police officers were an Assistant Inspector General, Grace Chita Okudo; two Commissioners of Police, Elias Okafor Wayemeru and Henry Adebayo Fadairo; and two…

Missing Plane Not In Nigeria–NAMA

Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, on Tuesday, disclosed that the small aircraft alleged to be missing is not in the Nigerian airspace. Abdulsalam, addressing aviation correspondents in Lagos, said the four-seater light aircraft had been handed over to the Cameroon airspace authority before the incident. He stressed that the…

Gunmen Slaughter 30 In Kaduna

About three villages in Sanga local government area of Kaduna State were invaded in the early hours of Tuesday by unknown hoodlums, who unleashed terror on inhabitants of the communities. The incident occurred in Southern Kaduna, which is predominantly occupied by Christians. Several persons were killed by the gunmen and some houses also touched by…

Plane Enroute Gabon From Nigeria Missing

Just when the ‘world’ is yet to locate the missing Malaysian plane, a four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon enroute Cameroon is reportedly missing. It was said that the search and rescue operations led by Cameroon’s civil aviation authorities have not yielded any positive results at the moment. The small aircraft, owned by a…

Lawyer turned politician, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated winner of the Ekiti State governorship election held on Saturday, Ayo Fayose. Fayose was declared winner of the poll by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday, beating the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kayode Fayemi. Fani-Kayode described the election as “free and…