Torrential rains and strong winds killed at least eight people, injured dozens of others destroyed hundreds of homes in northwestern Zamfara state, officials said Saturday.

The re-run election into Ward H, Oduselu/Ola in Mushin local government area was, yesterday, halted for over two hours when members of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused each other of attempt to manipulate the result of the poll.

FORMER presidential adviser and the senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone in the country’s upper chamber, Dr. Andy Uba, has hinted of his desire to occupy the Government House of Anambra State which will become vacant in March, 2014 after Governor Peter Obi’s second tenure.

Dialogue with the Islamists now if you want peace! That is the message coming from the highest echelon of the Nigerian Muslim community to the Federal Government. The secretary general of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite, disagrees with those with the position that dialogue is not a viable option to end the Boko Haram crisis.

AHEAD of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, kicked off his second term governorship campaign in Benin City, amidst tight security and down pour.

President Goodluck Jonathan warns those heating up the polity on the grounds that he wants to return to office in 2015 to hold their fire as re-election is not on his mind.

Margaret Johnson, a five-year-old who survived the terror attack in Bayero University Kano (BUK), was surrounded by her parents, Johnson and Halima, and three other sisters on her hospital bed at the emergency section of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.

The texts, thoughts and views of personalities on the following pages would demonstrate you how the Ahlan Sunnah Lid Da’waati wal Jihad Yaana (brothers), popularly known as Boko Haram, has polarised Nigeria. Two Bishops – Sunday Ola Makinde and Josiah Idowu-Fearon on the one hand – and Dr. Lateef Adegbite, Secretary General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, situate their views on three different platforms.

‘How they tricked bureau de change operator to hotel for the kill’…Over 50,000 dollars
35-year-old Ali Sani, a bureau de change operator in Apapa area of Lagos, least envisaged the tragedy that loomed ahead, penultimate Monday, as he set for his office. Like every other bureau de change operator, Ali called on passers-by to patronise him, in his hard currency changing business.

In a rare display of good neigbourliness, the Ijaw in Warri and environs joined the Itsekiri in celebrating the 25th anniversary boat regatta of the Olu of Warri Ogiame Atuwatse II.