The Emir Of Kano Is Dead
One of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional rulers, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, the Emir of Kano has died. The Emir died early today in Kano according to family sources. The late Emir...
NIGERIA: Jonathan Appoints Alkali Special Adviser, Political Affairs
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday appointed Professor Rufa’i Alkali as his new Special Adviser on Political Affairs. The president had recently sacked Ahmed Gulak as his Special Adviser on Political...
NIGERIA: Chibok Girls’ Mothers Storm Lagos, Appeal for US Assistance
The traumatised mothers of the school girls abducted students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, yesterday wept profusely before United States Congressman Louie Gohmert, in Lagos, urging him to...
NIGERIA: Amaechi Takes on NJC, Stops Judicial Workers’ Salaries
The crisis between the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, and the National Judicial Council (NJC) deteriorated yesterday as the governor made good his threat to deal with any staff...
NIGERIA: Soldiers Arrest 13-year-old Girl for Spying for Boko Haram
Special Forces of the Nigerian Army Unit in Gwoza, Borno State, have arrested a 13-year-old girl for spying on the military formation for the members of Boko Haram, the News...
Foreign Ministers from Nigeria, Chad, Others to Meet in London on Boko Haram
In line with the decisions reached at the Paris summit on security last month, the foreign ministers of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroun, Chad and the Benin Republic will be meeting in...
Accidental Explosion Kills Two at Dankwambo’s Residence
Two soldiers were feared dead yesterday when an armoured tank stationed at the private residence of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State exploded. Two others were seriously injured as...
Police Widow: My Husband Would Have Been Alive if He Had Sophisticated Weapons
A widow of one of the slain policemen during a recent attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Nigeria's border town with Cameroun, Gamboru, Mrs. Kuve Matthew Vincent, yesterday said her...
Mark Warns against Renewed Camerounian Incursion into Nigeria
Following the alarm raised by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, over the ongoing boundary adjustment from Borno to Cross River States, Senate President, David Mark, yesterday warned against any further...
Ekpeyong: Outcry over Akwa Ibom Pension Law was Exaggerated
A former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Chris Ekpeyong, has faulted the uproar generated by the state Governors and Deputy Governors’ Pension Law recently passed by the state...