Kwara Police Command has arrested 15 suspected thugs allegedly intending to burn the family house of an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in the state, Abubakar Kawu Baraje. The suspects were paraded on Friday by the police in Ilorin, the state capital. Addressing newsmen on the development, the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ambrose…
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Army Kills Several Terrorists In Borno Gun Duel
Several gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram were slain on Thursday night by the Nigerian Army. They were killed in a gun battle with the military in Bulanbuli, Borno State. A statement on Friday by the army spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, explained that the fight stated after the…
2015: Oba Of Benin Begs Jonathan To Contest
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been urged to contest the 2015 presidential election. This appeal was made by the Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, on Friday in Abuja, when he paid a courtesy visit to the President. The respected monarch, represented by his son, Eheneden Erediauwa, revealed that his kingdom has…
APC Wants Immediate Release Of Abducted Borno Schoolgirls
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned the abductors of the over 100 students of Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno, who were kidnapped last Tuesday, to free their victims. The Nigeria’s major opposition party made this call on Monday in Kwara State through its spokesman, Lai Mohammed. Mohammed, the Interim National Publicity Secretary…
Jonathan Holds Next Security Meeting Wednesday
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has rescheduled another security meeting for next week. This came after governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were left out in the first meeting which held on Thursday in Abuja. It was gathered that Jonathan decided to hold another meeting with the governors, along with the Service Chiefs, to discuss…
CHIBOK KIDNAP: Army Regrets Misleading Nigerians
The Nigerian Army has withdrawn its earlier claim that about 107 schoolgirls, who were kidnapped in Borno State on Tuesday, have been rescued by its men from the camp of their abductors. The army’s initial figure was rubbished by the Principal of the school, who claimed that only 14 girls have so far returned, after…
BORNO KIDNAP: Only 14, Not 107 Schoolgirls Have Been Rescued–Principal
Contrary to claims by the Nigerian Army that about 107, out of the 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by some gunmen on Tuesday have been rescued, the Principal of the school, Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, Mrs Asabe Kwambura, has revealed that only 14 girls are with them. She told Premium Times that the…
Jonathan Visits Kano For Shekarau
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, visited the ancient city of Kano for a grand ceremony to welcome a former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, to the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. His visit to the city came a day after some terrorists killed about 200 people at a bus station in Abuja. The President…
Boko Haram Abducts 200 School Girls In Borno
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…
Jonathan Visits Abuja Blast Scene
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…