185 churches razed in Borno, Adamawa captured towns
The Director of Catholic Social Communication of Maiduguri Diocese, Rev. Gideon Obasogie has said that two months after the capture of 11 towns in Borno and Adamawa states by Boko Haram, residents could not return to their houses and places of worship, as 185 churches in the diocese were torched and 190, 545 people displaced.
Pastor, two others nabbed for diverting goods worth N25m
Operatives of Federal Anti-robbery Squad, FEDSARS, has arrested three members of a sus-pected 4-man robbery gang which specialises in hijacking and diverting trucks transporting goods within Lagos and Ogun states.
Boko Haram: It is biblical for Christians to defend themselves — Bagobiri
The Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Bishop Joseph Bagobiri said yesterday it was a religious obligation binding on Christians to use, “moderate and proportionate force” to defend themselves against the onslaught on them by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram, arguing that it was a biblical teaching.
Emenike slams Keshi
Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike believes caretaker coach Stephen Keshi broke one of his own rules when he criticised the striker in an interview in the local media.
Man stabs mother to death
Enugu—Enugu State police command has arrested a middle-aged man for allegedly stabbing his mother to death.
Synagogue insists building collapse was ‘controlled demolition’
Barely seven days to the commencement of the coroner’s inquest instituted by the Lagos State Government to establish the cause and manner of the recent collapse of a building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Ikotun Egbe, Lagos, the church yesterday, released another video clip to establish its continued position that the building collapsed as a result of what it called controlled demolition.
