The BBC has reported that some gunmen believed to belong to the Boko Haram group have kidnapped about 200 school girls in Borno State. The girls, according to the respected media platform, were seized on Monday night. The news story is reproduced below; Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday cancelled his earlier scheduled visit to Ibadan, Oyo State, to visit the scene of Monday’s bomb explosion in an Abuja bus station. The incident killed over 50 persons and got several others injured. The President assured Nigerians that the, “government is doing everything possible to make sure that we move…
Some gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram have killed over 25 persons in Abuja. A motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja was bombed by the terrorists during the early morning rush on Monday. The explosion happened at the luxury buses park section of the garage. Buses in…
Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has observed that Nigerians are quick to forget the bad past of some ‘supposed’ corrupt politicians especially when these past public office holders become an overnight critics of the government in power. The President’s mouthpiece on social media platforms made this observation on Twitter…
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has been commended by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This follows the donations made by the NSCDC boss to the combined security body. Abolurin donated five Hilux vehicles to the JTF as well as surveillance…
A Senator representing Borno Senatorial District, Ahmed Zannah, has disclosed that about 210 persons were killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorist group. He said the attacks on his people happened between Thursday and Friday. Zannah claimed that the men who carried out the invasions were clothed in military uniforms and later escaped…
Former Aviation Minister under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has debunked rumour making the rounds that he has been appointed as the Director, Media and Publicity of the Jonathan Campaign Organisation for 2015. Fani Kayode took to his Facebook page on Friday night to refute the report, which was already going viral on the social media. “The…
A bill prohibiting discrimination against persons living with the deadly HIV and AIDS has been passed by the Nigerian Senate. The bill stipulates that any person or organisation discriminating against such people could be fined up to N1 million or land in jail. The Senate President, David Mark, while commenting on the bill said, “protect…
Proceedings at the Federal High Court Complex in Ikoyi, Lagos, were stalled on Friday due to power outage. The trial judge, Justice James Tsoho, was forced to adjourned the case filed by the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to April 17 for further hearing. During the hearing in court on…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been urged to grant President Goodluck Jonathan an automatic ticket to contest the 2015 presidential poll. This call was made on Wednesday in Abuja by the National Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency. The National Coordinator of the group, Benjamin Irikefe, while presenting the body’s request letter to the National…