Barely two weeks after the militants of the Niger Delta Avengers group blew up an oil facility belonging to Agip in Bayelsa State, another property of the company has been destroyed again. In the early hours of Friday, June 10, 2016, the militants bombed a trunk line belonging to Agip in Bayelsa State. The latest…
Reports say some heavily armed gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed not less than six communities in Benue State, attacking anything in sight. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Monday while residents of the areas touched by the herdsmen were enjoying the public holiday declared by the Federal Government to mark Democracy…
Not less than a soldier was killed on Tuesday when the convoy of Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu, was attacked by suspected members of Boko Haram group. It was disclosed by the Nigerian Army that the unfortunate incident occurred at about 8:30am on Tuesday in Bama, Borno…
The newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Olasupo Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, has vehemently kicked against the recent alleged attack on officials of the National Population Commission, NPC, by some thugs at the Ibadan North West LGA of Oyo State. Speaking on Monday after the monthly meeting of the Olubadan-in-Council held…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unreservedly condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire. In a telephone call to President Alassane Ouattara after the attack, President Buhari conveyed the sympathy of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria to the people of Cote D’Ivoire as they mourn their compatriots and foreign visitors…
An attack that occurred at a beach in Ivory Coast has left about 16 fun-seekers dead. The ugly incident took place on Sunday evening. Fourteen civilians and two soldiers died after heavily armed gunmen attacked a beach resort at Grand Bassam, about 40km Abidjan. The attackers fired on beach-goers at the popular resort, which boasts…
Daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday expressed her frustration over what she called the non-inclusion of market women in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Folasade, who is the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, led a protest of market women to the National Secretariat of…
There are reports of sporadic gunshots in Geidam area of Yobe State. The attack, according to what we learnt, is being carried out by suspected members of Boko Haram sect. Geidam is the hometown of governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam. Residents of the community claimed the insurgents stormed the area in about seven Toyota…
No fewer than 150 persons were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Yobe State last Thursday. A local told AFP on Tuesday that the insurgents raided their Kukuwa-Gari village, killing and destroying several properties belong to them. “They opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. They shot a number of people. Unfortunately, many…
Several foreign tourists were seen leaving Tunisia on Saturday following a deadly attack on a beach resort in the coastal town of Sousse. The terror attack on Friday afternoon left no fewer than 38 persons dead. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, claimed responsibility for the incident, but the Tunisian government has…