Osifo flays attacks on Esogban
FORMER National Publicity Secretary of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN and close political associate of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mr Eddy Osifo, has described as shameful and unfortunate, the attacks on the person of the Esogban of Benin Kingdom and chairman of Benin Forum, Chief David Edebiri, over his comments that the Binis may not vote for President Goodluck Jonathan.
APC accuses Jonathan of allowing Boko Haram to fester, hails military
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan bears a huge moral responsibility that will hunt him for a long time to come for deliberately allowing the Boko Haram insurgency to fester, leading to the deaths of over 15,000 Nigerians and the displacement of over 3 million others in the past six years.
In Kokori, you can be kidnapped for N5,000 ransom
KOKORI—With the seizure of suspected kidnap and armed robbery kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah , in 2013, it was assumed that Kokori, his country-home in Ethiope-East Local Government Area, Delta State, will gain some breather, but contrary is the case.
Gunman, nine others dead in gun rampage at Czech restaurant
An apparently unstable armed man burst into a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, killing eight people before reportedly committing suicide, police and local officials said. Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said eight people had been killed in the rampage at the “Friendship” restaurant in the town of Uhersky Brod and that the gunman was also dead.
Buhari felicitates with Shagari at 90
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Shehu Shagari on his 90th birthday anniversary.
30 injured after train hits vehicle in southern California
A commuter train in southern California derailed early Tuesday after plowing into a truck on the tracks, injuring at least 30 people, US media reports said.
10 killed, 5 injured as 2 suicide bombers hit Kano
Ten people were killed and more than five injured as two male suicide bombers blew themselves up in Kano.
IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria: monitor
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, after overrunning two villages, a monitor said Tuesday.
Court orders EFCC to release Fani-Kayode’s passport
By Onozure Dania Lagos- A Federal High Court, Judge has ordered the Economic and Finance Crime Commission, EFCC, to release the international travelling passport of Femi Fani-Kayode, the former minister of Aviation and the Chief Media Officer of the Presidential Organisation. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia gave the order Tuesday while delivering a ruling in the application […]
Omokri’s US Lawyer serves Notice on Saharareporters
“When foundations like The Ford Foundation and The Omidyar Network fund a body like saharareporters.com, they really have to ask themselves if it is their intention to fund the subversion of a democratically elected government and the defamation of functionaries of the government.”
Gunmen kidnap US woman in Kogi
Masked gunmen in Kogi State kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack, police told AFP Tuesday.
