Fulani herdsmen slaughter 47 mourners in Agatu
The recurrent bloody conflict between Fulani herdsmen and Benue farmers took a dangerous dimension at the weekend, when no fewer than 47 mourners were gunned down by suspected herdsmen in [...]
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May 13, 2013
Court Jails Iranian For Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria-ChannelsTV
By Channelstv.com Azim Aghajani, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High [...]
Iranian jailed for illegal arms shipment in Lagos
A Nigerian court on Monday sentenced an alleged member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and his Nigerian accomplice to five years in jail each over an illegal arms shipment. Read [...]
Constitutional amendment: Independent body should appoint INEC chairman, others – Group
As the 2015 general elections continue to generate tittle tattle among Nigerians, a group, under the aegis of Partners for Electoral Reform,PER, has argued that there is a need to [...]
Rockefeller Foundation pledges $100 million to Africa’s digital scene
The Rockefeller Foundation has pledged $97 million in the digital scene in Africa as part of its ongoing initiative to create jobs for young Africans in the rapidly growing information and communications [...]
Rhodes-Vivour Abductions: Lawyers Urge President Jonathan to Arrest Youth Unemployment
By SaharaReporters, New York An urgent call has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to arrest Nigeria’s growing youth unemployment as it has made crime and criminalities more attractive to them. [...]
Kofi Annan: Africa Plundered By Secret Mining Deals-BBC
By BBC News Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said. read more Read [...]
Court Jails Iranian For Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria
Azim Aghajani, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in [...]
Governors Forum wants FG to ignore agitations to declare state of emergency in some states
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Monday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to ignore the ongoing agitation for the declaration of state of emergency in some parts of the [...]
Iranian Azim Aghajani convicted over Nigeria arms
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Nigerian… Read full story on author [...]
Cleric rallies support for amnesty committee on Boko Haram
The Chairman, ECWA Kaduna Central District Church Council, Rev. Joshua Anyam, has urged the public to support the Federal Government’s amnesty committee for Boko Haram members so as to put [...]
Bomb explodes outside Benghazi hospital
Casualties reported after car bomb explodes in crowded area outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city. Read full story on author website »
NBA demands release of kidnapped S/Court Justice’s wife, daughter & driver
THE Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Mrs. Bode Rhodes-Vivour, wife of a Supreme Court Justice, her daughter and driver who [...]
Group writes Jonathan, says over 2,500 Igbos have been killed under his administration
The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law has said that over 2,500 Nigerians of South East origin have been killed during the regime of President Goodluck [...]
Court Orders Police To Vacate Obio/Akpor Secretariat
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the police to vacate the Obior/Akpor Local government secretariat in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria. The court gave the directive on Monday [...]
Groups support call for amnesty for illegal refinery operators
A coalition of youth groups in the Niger Delta weekend called on the Federal Government to accede to the amnesty call by oil bunkerers and illegal refinery operators in the [...]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram’s release hostage video
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has abducted women and children in response to the arrest of its members’ wives and children, it… Read full story on author website »
Former Darfur rebel leader killed in Chad
Mohamed Bashar and deputy who signed peace deal with Sudan last month, killed by Justice and Equality Movement fighters. Read full story on author website »
Again, Jonathan, security chiefs meet over insecurity
President Goodluck Jonathan again on Monday meets with security chiefs on how best to tackle the security challenges being faced in parts of the country. Read full story on author [...]
Jonathan Deserves A Second Term – Kuku
The Special adviser to the president on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Committee, Kingsley Kuku has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserves a second term if he [...]
“We have had enough bloodshed in Nasarawa” – Governor promises “nemesis” for evil-doers
by NAN Governor Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State has vowed punishment for the militia, Ombatse, responsible for the killing of policemen last week, saying the group and its sponsors are [...]
20 killed, houses destroyed as gunmen attack Benue communities
No fewer than 20 people Weekend lost their lives and several property destroyed in Okpancheni and Ekwo area of Agatu local government of Benue state when unknown gunmen numbering about 19 [...]
Nigeria Is At War, Government Ill-Prepared To Fight – Falana
Right activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Monday said the presence situation in the country is nothing short of a full blown war. Mr Falana, who was [...]
Nigeria’s Peter Odemwingie set to leave West Brom
Peter Odemwingie looks set to play his last match for West Brom against Manchester United on Sunday. The Nigeria forward, 31, has had a turbulent… Read full story on author [...]
Explosion rocks Maiduguri again
Several bombs, yesterday evening exploded in some parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Details of the incident still appear very sketchy, but roads within the eastern sector of the [...]
Over 32.5 million Nigerians access the Internet via telecommunications networks, the NCC reveals
Over 32.5 million Nigerians access the Internet via telecommunications networks, the Nigerian Communications Commission has revealed. The fast growing number is led by the rapid rise of smartphone adoption in [...]
National unrest: Nigeria sliding into lawlessness – Sultan of Sokoto
President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, yesterday condemned the recent killings in Bama in Borno State and Alakyo in Nasarawa State by [...]
Debo Adejugbe: Nigeria’s politics of revenue sharing (Y! Politico)
by Debo Adejugbe How is the present revenue accrued to the various federating units deployed? Has it, in all honesty, led to a better standard of living for the populace? [...]
Africa’s emerging middle class is the world’s fastest growing
By Pascal Fletcher (Reuters) – After years of headlines about Africa‘s poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool [...]
The APC will collapse soon – Tony Anenih boasts, blames opposition for NGF troubles
by Isi Esene The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not taking the looming challenge of the coalition parties under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lightly as it [...]
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