Ten suspects have been apprehended by the police in connection with the torture, murder and sodomy of three females accused of stealing pepper in a market in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. They were paraded before newsmen on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, in Lagos. Addressing the media on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank…

Suspected terrorists believed to be members of the Boko Haram group, on Tuesday, killed about 45 persons in Yobe State. The attack came barely 48 hours after the convoy of Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was attacked by some insurgents near Maiduguri. The invaders stormed Federal Government Girls College in Buni Yadi, the headquarters of…

Ondo Loses Speaker, Samuel Adesina

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina, has passed on. Adesina died on Tuesday after a protracted illness. A statement released on Tuesday by the state government revealed that the deceased died after battling with cancer of the urinary bladder. “The untimely death of the Speaker occurred in the early hours of…

Boko Haram Attacks Borno Gov Convoy

Gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, on Sunday evening, fired gun shots at the convoy of the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima. This attack came barely a week after Shettima claimed that members of Boko Haram were better equipped than the Nigerian Army. The Presidency later slammed the governor…

President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that he did not sack the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from office as some may have been thinking, but only asked him to step aside to allow investigation into allegations of financial recklessness by the Financial Reporting Council’s report. President Jonathan also noted that…

Uganda President Dares Obama, Signs Anti-Gay Bill

The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Monday, finally signed the anti-gay bill into law. The bill was appended to by the Ugandan leader despite warnings from President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama, that such law would ‘complicate our valued relationship’ and cause a ‘step backward’ for all Ugandans. The latest move…