A member of Boko Haram sect on Saturday claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks that killed at least 63 people in the northeast of the country the day before.

“We are responsible for the attack in Borno (state) and Damaturu,” Abul Qaqa told an AFP correspondent by phone.

AS Muslims join the rest of the world to mark this year’s Eid el-Kabir, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Saturday urged leaders at all levels to embrace the fear of God in the discharge of public responsibilities.

The peace of the riverside community of Otuokpoti in the Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State was Saturday, violated when unknown armed gunmen launched dawn attack on the residence of the deputy chief of the community, Noble Ewege.

BETHEL E.C. WILLIAMS-OKEZIE

Bethel is the President of FORESIGHT INITIATIVES and IT Manager of Greenolive Multimedia Solutions. He has been an expert on ICT Solutions since 2002 and has served as consultant to various organizations in Nigeria, Africa, America and Europe.

Joan.Osa Oviawe represents a growing cadre of young Nigerians in the Diaspora who are determined to use the internet for social change. In her case, Ms. Oviawe is using the worldwide Web as a platform to launch what she calls Voices of Edo Women (ViEW). She has been nicknamed “The People’s sister.

Any skilled migrant who wants to stay in Britain must earn a minimum salary of 35,000 Pounds annually, a new British government report said on Friday in London.

FOR choosing to pay N20,000 minimum wage to civil servants, Imo indigenes have commended the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and urged civil servants in the state to put in their best and take the state to the next level. The national minimum wage is N18,000.

The big tree opposite the Nigerian Air Force Base gate along the Murtala Muhammed Airport access road Lagos, on Friday, fell across the road, causing a gridlock.

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Delta State has dismissed the petition filed by the National Conscience Party, NCP, candidate, Mr Collins Eselemo challenging the election of Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of the PDP.

The Minister of Police Affairs, retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, has urged Nigerians to work toward religious tolerance, social harmony and internal security for the achievement of national transformation