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Friday, 26 August 2016
Boko Haram wives, children becoming outcasts
Starving and alone, five-year-old Umar was left for dead in a camp for internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria. The reason? He is the son of a Boko Haram fighter. It took a Boko Haram widow to rescue Umar. Fatima Salisu had been held captive by the insurgents for 16 months and was forced to marry an Islamist fighter before she escaped to the camp outside the northeastern city of Maiduguri.
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Business associate kills, buries colleague in shallow grave in Delta
Residents of Ubulu-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area, LGA, of Delta state have been thrown into mourning after the shallow grave of an indigene, Lawrence Okoh, was discovered.
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57- year-old man in court for stealing toilet seats
A 57- year- old man, Innocent Okeke, who allegedly broke into a bank premises and stole 11 toilet seats valued at N85, 000, on Friday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
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Ghost workers perpetrators should be jailed – NLC
The Akwa Ibom chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the prosecution of all perpetrators of ghost workers syndrome in the nation’s public service.
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Battling militancy: Niger Delta Avengers and other new groups
When the Niger Delta Avengers rebel group announced this week it had called a ceasefire and was entering talks with the government, many hoped peace would be restored to the country’s oil belt.
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WHERE IS THE MONEY ? | Nigeria saves N1.4 trn from Subsidy Payments – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday in Kano revealed that the Federal Government has saved N1.4 trillion as proceeds on oil subsidy payments.
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Cross River to legalize street hawking
The Cross River State government has reiterated its commitment to officially license street hawking in the state.
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Housewife arraigned over death of 4-day-old baby in Kano
A housewife, Barira Yusuf, on Friday appeared before a Kano Upper Sharia Court, for allegedly causing the death of a four-day-old baby.
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Dam tragedy: Victims not World Bank officials – Ekiti government
Ekiti State Government has cleared the air on the status of the four persons that died during the week at Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state, saying the victims were neither World Bank officials nor staff of Ekiti State Government.
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#Rio2016 | Senate Probes Nigeria’s Poor Outing
Worried by the ill preparation of the Ministry of Sports prior to the take-off of the recently-concluded Rio Olympics, the Nigeria Senate may probe the roles of the Minister of Sport, Solomon Dalung and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) over the poor performance of the country’s contingent to the global event.
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Chibok girls’ abduction a conspiracy to discredit, evict Jonathan – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, FFK, has observed that the abduction of over 200 girls from a school in Chibok in April 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents, was a wider conspiracy just to discredit erstwhile president, Goodluck Jonathan.
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Ondo APC primary postponed again, to hold September 3
The primary election for the governorship candidate of the All progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo state has been postponed till Saturday, September 3rd.
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An Open Letter to Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka By Jude Ndukwe
An Open Letter to Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka By Jude Ndukwe An Open Letter to Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka ...
22 dead as bus plunges into river
A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 22 people, a senior local official said.
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