Nigeria Thisday newspaper offices bombed
At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the office of This Day daily, a leading Nigerian newspaper, in the capital...
View ArticleUS denounces attacks Nigeria media houses
The United States on Thursday condemned violence against offices of Nigerian newspapers that killed eight people, saying that the attacks targeted “free speech itself.” State Department spokeswoman...
View ArticleIgbos to traders plan to leave Maiduguri
Following serial killings of people of Igbo descent in Maiduguri Borno State and environs, Igbo traders and businessmen are considering withdrawal of all their businesses from the state. Speaking to...
View ArticleJonathan, Atiku, US, NGE, others condemn bombings of media houses
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his administration’s determination to overcome the security challenges facing the nation even as he enjoined the press not to be deterred by the offensive...
View ArticleFG declares May 1, 29 public holidays
ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, declared next Tuesday, May 1, 2012, as public holiday to mark this year’s workers’ day. Similarly, May 29 has been declared a public holiday for Nigerians to...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan deplores bomb blasts at newspaper houses
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has condemned the bomb blasts which occurred earlier today at newspaper houses in Abuja and Kaduna. The President who received the sad news in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire...
View ArticleAbuja, Kaduna bomb blasts: Why we struck – Boko Haram
THE Boko Haram sect on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attacks on ThisDay offices in Abuja and Kaduna. The sect, while claiming responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, said more bombings were...
View ArticleSIM card registration: Reps set up committee to probe N6.1bn budget
The House of Representatives on Thursday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate how the N6.1 billion allocated for SIM cards registration in 2011 budget of the Nigeria Communications Commission...
View ArticleNigeria Senate President warns of Nigeria’s break-up
The Senate President, David Mark, has warned that the nation risks breaking-up if the bombings by Boko Haram sect members are not halted in good time. Mr Mark made this known on Monday at the...
View ArticleNigerian president Goodluck vows to ‘deal’ with Islamist sect
ABUJA — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed to “decisively deal” with members of Islamist sect Boko Haram which has pressed on with attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives. “A...
View ArticleUS Military Expands Presence in Africa
The commander of U.S. forces for Africa, Army General Carter Ham, said Monday that the U.S. military is increasing its operations on the continent as terrorist groups begin to work closer together to...
View ArticleIMF Gives ‘Promising’ Economic Outlook for DRC
The International Monetary Fund is giving what it calls a “promising” economic outlook for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of a just-completed IMF mission to Congo, Robert York, projected...
View ArticleAccused serial killer charged in deaths of 3 Winnipeg women
Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the deaths of three women reported missing within the last year. Shawn Cameron Lamb, 52, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection...
View ArticleAt least 18 killed in Uganda landslide
Scores of people are feared dead after a landslide struck villages in a mountainous region of eastern Uganda, officials say. The Ugandan Red Cross told the BBC that the landslide had buried at least 15...
View ArticleKenya charged two Iranians for illegal possession of explosives
NAIROBI — A Kenyan court charged two Iranian nationals with illegal possession of explosives Monday, a day after a grenade attack on a bar in the southern city of Mombasa that killed three people. The...
View ArticleGunmen with explosives attack two police stations in Nigeria
Gunmen with explosives attacked two police stations Tuesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, previously a target of major violence by Islamist group Boko Haram, police and residents said....
View ArticleExplosion rocks shopping mall in Nigeria Capital City
Abuja – An explosion went off on Tuesday at a shopping centre in the Nigerian capital Abuja, where an unexploded bomb was later discovered, rescue officials said. The first blast happened at about...
View ArticleMore judgement debts to be paid… We are doomed!
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor We have a good cause to be concerned at the damage being done to our national interests by the judgement debt problem. Having already assumed partisan political dimensions,...
View ArticleNigeria Election: Adams Oshiomhole wins Edo governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Adams Oshiomhole, as the winner of the July 14th governorship elections in Edo...
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