Following last Christmas Day bomb attack on St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, the Catholic authority in Niger State has ordered the moving forward of December 31 end of year Mass in the area, known as Kwamba Deanery, from 10 pm to 4 pm.
Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi has said that petrol importers have continued to milk the nation of millions of dollars annually by pretending to import products from abroad.
FOLLOWING Christmas Day’s Boko Haram violent bomb attacks on innocent Christian worshippers in parts of the North that have left several persons dead and property torched, the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, played host to a group of journalists, who were in Warri, Delta State for his annual poverty alleviation programme. During the interview session, the CAN president reiterated his belief that there is an underground plan to Islamize Nigeria. Excerpts:
Subscribers to pay television services in Nigeria have expressed dismay over the tariffs charged by the service providers who seem to be exploiting the tax regulation by the authorities.
The Federal Government has assured unemployed youths in the country that over two million jobs will be created through the Ministry of Science and Technology cluster concept.
No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead in two separate incidents at Demavea village in Taraba State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, MSSN, has condemned the Christmas Day bombing at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madala, Niger State, where more than 30 worshippers lost their lives to suspected members of Boko Haram sect.
A Warri- based transporter, Mr. Joseph Ohuyon and his brother, David, have been rescued from the den of kidnappers at Unuaze village in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, after a gun battle between men the state Police Command and the kidnappers.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (II), Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, has identified border porosity, illiteracy, poverty, greed and insatiable zeal to get rich among the youths as factors responsible for the increasing rate of human trafficking in Nigeria.
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has enjoined Nigerians to eschew violence and acts that lead to insecurity and are canker worms destroying people’s normal lives as well as reversing development processes.
If there is anything, apart from armed robbery, that has kept Imo people gasping for breath in the past two years, it is the spate of kidnapping in the land. This damnable development first reared its ugly head when militants in the Niger Delta Region claimed they were fighting to control the natural resources in their communities.
There are strong indications that former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke may have dumped his bosom friend and current Governor, Liyel Imoke ahead the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
An activist, Mr. Osteen Igbapike, yesterday, expressed concern over the Bonga oil spill on the Atlantic fringe of Bayelsa State, saying that Nigeria has learnt nothing from the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spillage, and the response from the regulatory agency, the USELPA.
Sports enthusiasts in Nigeria would readily agree with any prophet of doom who revealed bad vibes for the country’s sports in the year ahead.This is because the out-going year was a miserable one for the sports industry in Nigeria.
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