Yesterday, not less than 148 people were killed in bombings credited to the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria. These attacks are described as the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until […]
Continue ReadingHearing of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky’s human rights violation suit against the Department of State Services, the attorney general of the Federation and the Nigerian Police, has been fixed for 14 June. Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja made the order after the respondents in the case failed to appear in court. […]
Continue ReadingFemi Fani-Kayode’s spokesperson, Mr Ndukwe, on Monday described the way his principal is being treated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as being utterly ‘inhuman’ and smacks of nothing but vendetta. According to Ndukwe, the decision of the EFCC to whisk Mr. Fani-Kayode to Lagos is in defiant of a court order prohibiting […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Army has described as breakthrough, the killing of Boko Haram’s Chief Bomb Maker, while another got blind. Read full statement: In what will be described as a major breakthrough in the clearance and rescue operation by the Nigerian military and to also confirm that all is not well within the Boko Haram terrorists […]
Continue Reading“MISSING” N30 TRILLION: OKONJO-IWEALA REBUTS SERAP, TAKES LEGAL ACTIONOur attention has been drawn to media reports regarding a court judgment alleged to have been entered against the Federal Government of Nigeria and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in respect of an action by the Socio-Economic Rights Agenda (SERAP) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The High […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has banned grazing/rearing of cattle in the state, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch. Mr. Fayose, who made this known when he visited Oke-Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed […]
Continue ReadingThe Obaro of Kabba in Kogi State, Oba Michael Olobayo has died, aged 71 years. Announcing the demise of the first class traditional ruler in Kabba on Sunday, the Obadofin of Oweland, Chief Mike Yusuff, said he died on May 21. News of his death had been making the rounds for sometime. Palace sources said […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and chairman of the 2016 PDP national convention planning committee, has disclosed that ditching Ali Modu Sheriff as the acting national chairman was to save the party from “dying”.Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno state and a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was surprisingly “sacked” […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Labour Congress, has suspended the ongoing nationwide strike and has resolved to resume negotiation with the government. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in a communiqué at the end of a two-hour meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC), said it was ready to return to the negotiating table to discuss the issues that […]
Continue ReadingNIGERIA: A pastor was arrested for allegedly inviting people to eat fried meat, which on close examination turned out to be human flesh. Men of the Nigeria police in Ondo state said that they have arrested Adeniyi Johnson, who is a pastor at the Winners Chapel church, after he was caught eating fried human flesh. […]
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