2012-02-08
'Raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds to Flee North
[IPS]
Kano -
"I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe," said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria's northern state with her five-year-old daughter.2012-02-08
Suspected Kidnappers of Mikel Obi's Father Get Bail
[Leadership]
Seven persons facing trial over the alleged kidnap of Pa Michael Obi, father of John Mikel Obi, Chelsea FC's soccer star, were on Wednesday granted bail by a Federal High Court in Jos. 2012-02-08
Baba Suwe - Court Asked to Stay Execution of N25 Million Judgement
[Leadership]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday, asked an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, to stay execution of its judgment which ordered the agency to pay N25 million to the Nollywood star, Babatunde Omidina. 2012-02-08
Bombs Rock Kaduna
[Vanguard]
Abuja -
The dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, yesterday, intensified its bombing campaign when it attacked two military formations and an overhead bridge in Kawo, northern part of Kaduna metropolis. 2012-02-08
Blame Messenger, Always
[Vanguard]
Security people get away with anything under the pretence that they have more information than the public. 2012-02-08
Kaduna Blasts - Soldiers Seize Journalists' Cameras
[Daily Trust]
Kaduna -
Soldiers yesterday barred journalists from inspecting the scenes of the suicide attack at the headquarters of the 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army. 2012-02-08
Investigate This Arms Shipment
[Daily Trust]
British prosecutors recently vowed to pursue a legal case involving the shipment of large cache of weapons, allegedly from China and destined for Nigeria, after a London judge threw it out. 2012-02-08
Boko Haram - We Are Open to Dialogue
[Daily Trust]
Maiduguri -
Boko Haram sect has indicated its intention to dialogue with the Federal Government on condition that all their members that have been arrested would be released. 2012-02-08
Suicide Bombers Strike Kaduna Military Bases
[Daily Trust]
Abuja/Kaduna/Maiduguri -
Suicide bombers, one of them disguised in military uniform, targeted two military bases in Kaduna yesterday as another bomb detonated at a busy overpass near a motor park, authorities and witnesses said. 2012-02-08
Ribadu Heads FG's Oil Revenue Task Force
[Daily Trust]
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has been nominated to chair the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force to determine and verify all petroleum upstream and downstream revenues due and payable to the Federal Government of Nigeria. 2012-02-08
Boko Haram Disowns Clip Aired On NTA
[Daily Trust]
Maiduguri -
A purported spokesman for Boko Haram said the people shown on the Nigeria Television Authority yesterday claiming to be sect members were impostors and their statements on dialogue were hollow. 2012-02-08
Controversy Over Killings of 11 Boko Haram Suspects in Borno
[Daily Trust]
Maiduguri -
The killing of 11 suspected members of the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda'awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, in Maiduguri, on Saturday 29, January 2012, has renewed tension and bickering among Boko Haram, JTF and the deceased families. 2012-02-08
Foremost Economist, Aluko, Dies At 83
[The Moment]
Ado-Ekiti -
Professor Sam Aluko, Nigerian foremost economist is dead. He died in a United Kingdom hospital yesterday aged 83. 2012-02-08
Federal Roads - FG to Refund N350 Billion to States
[Vanguard]
Enugu -
THE Federal Government is considering the request by some state governments to refund N350 billion spent on rehabilitating dilapidated federal roads in their areas. 2012-02-08
Boko Haram - Suspect in Suleja Bombing Denies Witness Statement
[Daily Trust]
A Federal High Court in Abuja will today begin trial within trial in the case of six persons alleged to have participated in the bombing which claimed several lives at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 8 and at a political rally on March 3 in Suleja, Niger State. 2012-02-08
Ribadu, Oronsaye, Agbakoba, Others On Task Force for Oil Debt, Sales
[This Day]
After his dalliance with the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and contesting on the party's platform as its presidential candidate, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has accepted to serve the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government as the chairman of a Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force. 2012-02-08
Jailed Arik Airhostess Gets Counselling
[The Moment]
THE Nigerian airhostess jailed for five and a half years for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £250,000 into the United Kingdom, may not go for another jail sentence in Nigeria after the end of her term in the UK, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said. 2012-02-08
Dialogue With FG - Boko Haram Names Four Negotiators as Sect Hierarchy Denies List, Video
[Vanguard]
Abuja -
The extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram may be considering the invitation to dialogue with the federal government as it named some Northern leaders to negotiate with the government on its behalf. 2012-02-08
Ribadu to Head Petroleum Task Force
[Daily Trust]
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has been named to head a newly-constituted 16-man task force on petroleum. 2012-02-08
Bomb Explosions Rock Kaduna
[Vanguard]
Abuja -
The dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, yesterday, intensified its bombing campaign when it attacked two military formations and an overhead bridge in Kawo, northern part of Kaduna metropolis. |
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