Pirates kill 4 soldiers, policeman in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack on Nembe waterways by armed gunmen, suspected to be pirates.
Flood submerges over 150 houses in Makurdi
A six hour downpour yesterday left many parts of Makurdi, the Benue state capital, flooded with close to 150 houses submerged in the late night rain that lasted till the early hours of Friday.
Hold govs, ministers, others responsible for naira depreciation – Gbagi
Olorogun Kenneth, a lawyer, criminologist, one of the founders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of State for Education under President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke to some journalists in Lagos on the state of the nation, how to save the naira and why Nigerians must give the President Muhammadu Buhari administration a chance among others.
Give Nigeria weapons to fight Boko Haram, Air Marshal Amosu tells US
Immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu disclosed yesterday that there are military equipment meant for the airforce with capability to track and neutralize Improvised Explosive Devices mostly used for soft target attacks and bombings, which the Boko Haram terrorists have used to inflict pain and anguish on hundreds of innocent Nigerians.
Clean-up of Ogoniland: ERA commends Buhari, faults him on HYPREP
THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Federal Government for approving a $10 million take-off grant for the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment on Ogoniland and reconstituting the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP).
I have no hand in Nassarawa killings, Al-Makuara
Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nassarawa State has denied having hands in issues of killings in the state, saying it was speculative that he is being fingered in the matter.
