Several persons were reportedly killed over the weekend in Borno State in an attack allegedly carried out by Boko Haram sect. More than 80 people were believed to have been killed by the terrorists in Dalori village, about 5km from the state capital, Maiduguri. Many corpses were said to have littered the streets, while several…
Year: 2016
Bomb Blast Rocks Adamawa Crowded Market
A very busy market in Gombi town in Adamawa State has been hit by a bomb explosion, Daily Trust reports. It was said that a boy detonated his suicide vest at the market on Friday and several people are believed to lost their lives in the process. Daily Trust reports that a vigilante leader in…
Court Denies Kanu Bail, Sent Back To Prison
Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was on Friday denied bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Kanu, who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, appeared in court on Friday morning for hearing of his bail plea, but it was not granted. He was in court along with two…
How Iginla Predicted Wike's Victory
General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Bro. Joshua Iginla, is no doubt a man sent from God and someone who hears from Him clearly. Although he has proven this several times with the miracles and wonders God has done through him, yet, he has never stopped showing it. It will be recalled that he predicted…
Apex Court Sacks Oduah, Ubah As Senators
The three Senators representing Anambra State in the National Assembly have now been removed by the Supreme Court. Earlier sacked by the court was Senator Uche Ekwunife from the Anambra West Senatorial District. On Friday, the apex court removed the two remaining Senators; Stella Oduah and Andy Ubah from Anambra Central and South Senatorial Districts…
Kanu In Court For Bail Consideration
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, arrived the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday morning for hearing of his bail application. Kanu is standing trial at the court for alleged treason. He was arraigned by the Department of State Services, DSS. The suspect, who is also the…
The Online Warriors And Social Media As A Battle-Ground For Survival, By Reuben Abati
My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph of a piece I once wrote along these lines as if it is a memorial verse, but further developments have…
Dakuku Accepts Supreme Court Verdict On Rivers Poll
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Rivers State governorship election on April 11, 2015, Peterside Dakuku, disclosed on Thursday that he has accepted in good faith the Supreme Court judgement on Wednesday that affirmed Nyesom Wike as governor of the state. The apex held yesterday that Wike, who contested in the poll…
Fire Guts Petrol Station In Lagos
A raging inferno enveloped a filling station in the Lawanson area of Lagos State on Thursday evening. It was gathered that the fire, which gutted an MRS petrol station in the area in Surulere, destroyed many properties worth millions of Naira. The inferno was said to have started around 6pm. The immediate cause of the…
EFCC Arrests, Detains Amosu Over Arms Deal
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, has been reportedly apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The retired Air Force officer was also detained by the anti-graft agency over his alleged role in the arms procurement fraud. SaharaReporters reports that Amosu is being investigated amongst other acts…