Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been hailed by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for passing the Rivers State Reserve Fund Law Amendment Bill 2014 to enable the state government withdraw the sum of N30 billion from the N53 billion in the fund.…
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Okorocha Suspends 'Aggressive' Female Commissioner
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has suspended one of his commissioners with immediate effect. The affected member of his cabinet, Mrs Nma Onyechere, is the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in the state. Mrs Onyechere was accused of assaulting a serving Commissioner in the Local Government Service Commission, Chief Emeka Okoronkwo. The…
Book Haram Unleash Terror On Konduga Village Again
Barely 48 hours after members of the outlawed terrorist group called Boko Haram attacked Konduga village in Borno State, the community, which is some kilometres away from Maiduguri, the state capital, is again under siege. On Thursday, the Boko Haram insurgents invaded Konduga village, terrorising its inhabitants. Several gunshots were heard in Konduga village as…
Iraye Community Begs Govt Over Incessant Attacks By Thugs
Residents of Iraye Community area of Ogun State behind Mosinmi Depot have appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and his counterpart in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola, to save them from the hands of hoodlums who invaded their community, harassed and forcefully sent them out of their lands. Speaking with newsmen recently, the head…
Thugs Rape, Slaughter Woman In Ogun
A Benniose woman was on Friday raped and slaughtered in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by some suspected thugs. It was learnt that the woman, 50, simply identified as Mama Friday, was gang-raped by the suspected rapists in her bedroom and later killed. Narrating the incident, an eye witness told Vanguard that the suspected thugs…
20 Die In Fresh Jos Attack
No fewer than 20 persons were feared dead on Thursday in Plateau State by some gunmen. The latest attack occurred in Mavou village area of the state under Wade local govrre area. The invaders stormed inhabitants of the village at about 2am on Thursday and burnt down about 10 houses. Police spokesperson in the state,…
Lynch Mob Murders Pastor In Katsina
A man of God serving at the Assemblies of God Churcg in Kastina State, Pastor Dike Ocha, was on Tuesday slain by an angry mob. The gang accused the 50-year-old pastor of killing a six-year-old girl, Fatima Yusuf, who had been missing for four days, and her mutilated body found near the pastor’s home. The…
Gunmen Raid Another Police Station In Bauchi, 2 Killed, 4 Freed
Barely a week some suspected cattle rustlers attacked a police station in Giade area of Bauchi, another police station has been raided, resulting in the death of at least two people. The hoodlums stormed Soro Divisional Police Station in Ganjuwa local government area of Bauchi, killing a police officer and his son. Also, one police…
Kaduna Boils Again, 3 Feared Dead
According to SaharaReporters, no fewer than three people “were killed in another attack by unidentified gunmen” on Monday evening in Southern Kaduna. A source in Kafanchan told SaharaReporters that the gunmen struck around 6pm local time in an area called Zangan, in Kaura local government area of the state. The assailants [reportedly] burnt down houses…
Islamic Scholar, 'Albani Zaria', Wife Slain In Zaria
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday night, shot dead a radical Islamic scholar in the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State. Sheikh Muhamman Awwal ‘Albani Zaria’ was assassinated on his way home from an event he attended in Zaria. One of his wives, who was with him at the time of the incident, was also…