Suicide bomber kills three in Maiduguri
A woman suicide bomber on Saturday killed two passers-by and her accomplice in an attack in northeast Nigeria, witnesses and security sources told AFP.
Obama condemns ‘brutal, vicious’ Nemtsov killing
US President Barack Obama condemned what he called the “brutal” and “vicious” murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin who was shot dead in Moscow on Friday.
Mugabe turns 91 with million dollar birthday bash
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday will celebrate his 91st birthday will a million dollar bash attended by thousands of faithful party supporters.
Lessons from Forensic Audit report on NNPC
Finally, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Forensic Audit Report draws the curtains on the fifteen-month drama in which the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was docked in the court of public opinion.
Claim of Tinubu’s plans designed to dampen Buhari’s success – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the sickening and outlandish claim by the Jonathan campaign Organization that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu plans to become Vice President through the back door was designed to divert attention from the runaway success of the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, at the Chatham House in London last Thursday.
PDP’s claim of Tinubu/Osibajo oath outlandish, shows desperation – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the sickening and outlandish claim by the Jonathan campaign Organization that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu plans to become Vice President through the back door was designed to divert attention from the runaway success of the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, at the Chatham House in London last […]
Boko Haram back to urban warfare – Experts
Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military claiming increasing successes against Boko Haram in captured territory.
‘Why Obasanjo is having issues with Jonathan’
Chief Augustine Onyemaechi Mazie, is the Chairman, Board of Trustees, New Paradigm Transformation Initiative, NPTI, and strong advocate of unity, peace and progress of Nigeria. A retired Air Force personnel, he served as the Chairman Unity Campaign Team for the Election of the National Chairman and National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2001 and is a two-time Principal Secretary of PDP, 2001 and 2005. In this interview, he bared his mind on the chances of the presidential candidates of the two major political parties in the forthcoming elections, saying that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari would have toppled Jonathan’s administration if he was still in the military. He also spoke on why former President Obasanjo is having issues with President Jonathan.
Jonathan’ll not sack Jega but… – FG
The Minister of Culture and Tourism and the Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke, has debunked the rumour making rounds that President Jonathan has an agenda to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, illegally.
Certificate Saga: Farmer drags Buhari to court
A farmer from Abia State, Mr. Sergin Onuka Ibe has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, begging it not to allow Major General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, to contest the March 28 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
How Tinubu plot to become President if APC wins – PDP
PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO yesterday alleged that it has uncovered plots by the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become the president of the country through the back door.
Synagogue building was constructed without govt approval — Engineer
BY ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH & BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE A consultant engineer, Mr Oladele Ogundeji, who supervised the construction of the collapsed building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) yesterday said the building was constructed without approval by the government. This was as the coroner’s court investigating the incident admitted the amended architectural and structural […]
Boko Haram raid villages after Chadian offensive
Boko Haram fighters have raided villages in northeast Nigeria on the border with Cameroon, apparently in reprisal for a Chadian offensive against its hideouts, residents told AFP on Friday.
2015: With me as governor, Jonathan can’t lose in Bauchi – Yuguda
Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, is one of the outgoing Peoples Democratic Party governors, whose political sagacity is being tasked in the bid to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan come March 28 this year.
Stop your supporters from killing policemen, NHRC tells Jonathan, Buhari
Ahead of the impending general elections, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan and Major General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, to restrain their supporters from killing innocent Nigerians and Policemen.
B-I-Z-A-R-R-E: How a cleric poisoned client, chopped off his hands, head, private parts
Residents of Obele community in Oko-Agbola, Magbon area of Badagry, Lagos, were taken aback at the sight of policemen at the site of a swimming pool around the area on February 13, 2015. However, before their arrival, a crowd had gathered to watch the bloated headless body of a man in the river. At the approach of the policemen, the crowd disappeared into thin air for fear of possible arrest.
