Security operatives nab over 21 Boko Haram members in Enugu

Security operatives on Wednesday intercepted a luxury bus conveying over 21 suspected members of Boko Haram at Obollo Afor in Udenu council  area of Enugu state.
Unconfirmed reports had it that the alleged insurgents were heading from Aba, Abia state ,south east  to Kaduna state.[Read More]

[MUST READ]: CNN: FBI Reveals Boko Haram And Niger Delta Pirates Collaborate; Ransom Dollars Sponsor Boko Haram

(CNN) – Wren Thomas grew up in the middle of the cornfields of central Illinois, longing, he says, to do something important in his life “to make his family proud.” So when a cousin beckoned him to come work on boats off Louisiana, he jumped at the chance.
His goal: to be a ship captain, “the best that I could be.” [More Interview]

[BREAKING NEWS]: Bomb Blast Hits Shopping Mall In Abuja – Banex Plaza in Wuse II

A bomb blast has hit popular Abuja shopping complex Banex Plaza in Wuse II area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Eyewitnesses said there are body parts scattered around the scene of the blast. Scores of people are feared dead as a massive bomb blast rips off Emab (Banex) Plaza,..[Read More]

Cameroon arrests 40 B’ Haram suspects

Cameroon’s military has arrested 40 suspected Boko Haram militants in the north of the country.   Soldiers have also sealed off a market where they suspect Boko Haram may be hiding arms for use in the insurgency over the border in Nigeria.

Col. Nyemeck Pierre, who led the military raid, told VOA that the central government...[Read More]

Abia, Jigawa States clash over Boko Haram suspects

The Abia State Government slammed plans by some lawmakers in the Jigawa State House of Assembly to sue the government over the recent arrest of its citizens that were among the 486 terror suspects.
They were arrested last week in a convoy of more than 30 buses by a team of soldiers on routine patrol at Aro Ngwa and Imo Gate along Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressway. [Read More]

[Chai! i Smell something Fishy oo, what do you think?]: Kano Govt to Secure Release of Indigenes Detained in Abia

Kano state Commissioner for Information, Dr. Danburan Abubabar

The Kano State Government said it has dispatched a delegation to Abia to secure the release of the state indigenes among the 486 persons arrested by security operatives recently.

The state’s Commissioner for Information, Dr. Danburan Abubabar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano yesterday that the delegation had since arrived in Abia and started discussion with the state government officials and security agents.

He said the team, led by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Gen. Idris Dambazau, was to find out the exact number of Kano indigenes among the detainees and the nature of their offences.

Abubakar said the delegation had been directed to also take care of the welfare of the indigenes among the detainees in Abia.

“We directed the team to secure their release, if they were not found guilty of any offence and bring them back home. We will not accept a situation where the fundamental human rights of our innocent citizens are infringed upon. The committee has been directed to immediately report back its findings to the government for necessary and appropriate action,” Abubakar said.

NAN recalls that about 486 persons suspected to be Boko Haram members were arrested recently in Abia by security operatives.

[CHIBOK]: 219 Offcially missing - FG

A report by the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the Abduction of Chibok School Girls submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan says 219 girls are still held by the members of the Boko Haram terrorist group that abducted the girls on April 14 from their school dormitory.

[CONGRATULATIONS]: PDP's Fayose Wins in Ekiti, Altering 2015 Calculations

  According to Thisday

Former Governor Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 203,090 of the votes cast in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, defeating Governor Kayode Fayemi of All Progressives Congress who scored 120,433 votes. His victory has now altered 2015 calculations [Read More]

PDP Dismisses Impeachment Plot against Amaechi

The River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the allegation by the state government of an impeachment plot against Governor Chibuike Amaechi as untrue and an issue not yet contemplated by the party.[Read More]

Soldiers Stop Oshiomhole, Amaechi from Venturing into Ekiti

Rivers governor drives to Lagos from Ondo, military denies detaining him  •APC, Atiku, Tinubu protest as PDP applauds move  •IG deploys AIG, 4 CPs for tomorrow’s election

The federal government displayed its fangs Thursday when in a commando-style operation, soldiers and other security agencies of the federal government prevented Governors Adams Oshiomhole (Edo) and Chibuike Amaechi (Rivers) from travelling to Ekiti State. continue..

[REVEALED]: Boko Haram plans to bomb Abuja with petrol tankers – FG

                      Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau

The Federal Government said on Wednesday that a plot by insurgent group, Boko Haram to bomb Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory with bombs planted in petrol tankers has been uncovered. Read more..

Army dismisses rumours of coup

Nigeria's top military officer on Wednesday dismissed talk of a possible coup as the nation is currently in the grip of a raging Islamist insurgency and unrest.
"Why should anyone be thinking in negative fashion? Tell them we will not do it. Those rumouring coups must be living elsewhere and not in Nigeria," said Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh. continue

Islamic leader, billionaire dies

Abuja - An Ibadan-based billionaire and Islamic leader, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola-Alao, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland is dead.
Alao, 69, died in his house in London on Wednesday afternoon, his eldest daughter, Khadijah, confirmed.
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PDP accuses APC of lying over youth leader’s age

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday, expressed shock over the statement issued by the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in defence of the controversy surrounding the age of its National Youth Leader, Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo.
The APC was mocked by a presidential aide for selecting an old man as its National Youth leader, a development the APC defended. continue

[BREAKING] FG Withdraws Charges Against Mohammed Abacha Over N100bn Scam

It was gathered that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, on behalf of the Federal Government, had filed a nine-count charge against Abacha.
But Justice Mamman Kolo of the FCT High Court discharged Abacha after Federal Government’s Counsel, Daniel Enwelum, made an oral application asking the court to withdraw the criminal charges against the suspect. continue

Gunmen kidnap 78-year-old Commissioner’s mother in Bayelsa

Unknown gunmen at the weekend kidnapped a 78-year-old Mother of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Surveyor Furuebi Akene in Fonibiri Community of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. continue

CONVENTION OUTCOME: Ikimi, Sheriff Have No Reason to Quit, Says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is not true that two of its prominent leaders, former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff,  and Chief Tom Ikimi, were on their way out of the party in protest of the outcome of last weekend’s national convention.continue

[GOOD NEWS]: Nigeria Listed As Number One Destination For Foreign Investors

Regardless of the several ill-news emanating from Nigeria, not everything is all gloomy about the most populous black nation on the surface of the earth.
Only recently, Nigeria was named as the biggest economy in Africa ahead of significantly developed countries like South Africa and Egypt continue

Boko Haram to Chibok: Expect us again

Barely two months after abducting over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State, the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has written to the people of the community to watch out for their next visit.

A highly-placed official of the Chibok Local Government Area, who made this known to journalists on Thursday, said Read more..

486 B’Haram suspects arrested in Abia State

There was heightened fear in parts of the South-East on Monday as news spread that hundreds of persons suspected to be Boko Haram members were arrested in Abia State.

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Obasanjo, Kashamu in war of words over N2.1bn Suit

The N2.1bn libel suit instituted by a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has sparked abusive exchange between the two men.

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[IMO STATE NEWS] Okorocha wants Monarch recalled from Confab

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, said the certificate with which the former Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, was appointed as the traditional ruler in the state had been withdrawn. Read more...

[BREAKING] THE TRUTH:Bomb Attempt In Owerri: Winners Church Members Escape Death.

There has been a lot of wrong speculations even from the Nigerian Police. As a worshiper in Living Faith Church Owerri and going by what i know, three(3) bombs where found at the church gate in a sack bag
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SANUSI BEGINS THREE-DAY DO-OR-DIE RITUAL

The new Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, yesterday began a three-day solitary ritual in fulfillment of tradition.
A competent palace source confided in Sunday Vanguard that the process would see the emir locked up in the room known as Dakin Duhu (dark room) without access to anyone.
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THE POLITICS BEHIND SANUSI'S EMERGENCE

The politics of the palace, however, stretches beyond imagination of men.
It has now emerged that many traditional rulers from the north were on the same wavelength with the presidency in piling pressure to stop erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from succeeding the late Emir Ado Bayero.
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APC ACCUESES PDP OF INCITING VIOLENCE IN KANO

According to Saharareporters:

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of inciting  violence in Kano moments after the state government announced the name of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. Read more...