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  After parts of a major bridge linking Gujba local government area of Yobe State to other parts of the state had been blown by men of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Monday, residents of the local government area have been advised to leave the area because of an impending follow-up attack. Security operatives […]

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday morning lost his son, Hamza, in a car crash. The circumstances surrounding the death is not yet known, but it was learnt that the young man died in Abuja. The former FCT minister, broke the unfortunate news on his faceboook page at […]

The Lagos State Government has said on Monday that 59 people, including the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie, had contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos last Thursday. Sawyer’s was the first recorded case of the deadly virus in Nigeria. He died in Lagos while on […]

…Military to Man Hospitals, Para-medical Officers to Function as Doctors …We’ve Done Our Part, Says Health Minister Except stringent measures are taken, the health sector in Nigeria may be thrown into the worst scenario reminiscent of the IBB regime, as indications emerged on Monday that the Federal Government was planning to privatise its Hospitals and […]

A female suicide bomber on Monday detonated a bomb resulting in her death and the death of three other people at an Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega station in Kano. The incident also caused various degrees of injury to eight others. The incident, as confirmed by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, happened […]

The insurgency crisis in Nigeria must be seen and confronted as a major challenge to the nation’s collective wellbeing in all ramifications and it is time the political class look beyond political differences and redirect state structures and machineries at their disposal to secure the country, its citizens and all its legal residents. The statement […]

Detectives of the Nigeria Police attached to Niger State Police Command have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ASC Idris Saidu, over his involvement in illegal dealings in arms and ammunition. The detectives recovered two AK-47 rifles and several rounds of ammunition from the suspect. According to the police, […]

Five residents of Kano State were killed in an explosion which occurred while Christians were worshipping at the St Charles Catholic Church, around the ‘No Man’s Land’ area in Kano State on Sunday. Police spokesman Frank Mba confirmed the death of the five people, saying eight others were injured in the attack. Earlier, the police […]

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Muslims in Nigeria to pray for the end of the spectre of insecurity currently haunting the country. In an Eid-al-Fitr Sallah message marking the end of the 30-month-long Ramadan fasting period, the former vice president regretted that the terrorists have shed so much blood in the […]

A man suspected to be connected with the explosion targeted at General Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna on Wednesday, is being detained by men of the Nigeria Military. The man was apprehended by a military patrol team that took over the area after the explosion. They said the man wore a female disguise, complete with a […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has instituted, what he called a high-powered investigation team made up of very seasoned investigators to unearth the perpetrators of the recent bomb attack in Kaduna in which 39 Nigerians lost their lives while 37 others were injured. Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, and a respected Islamic cleric, […]

Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a 40-year old Liberian, who was being tested for the Ebola Virus on his arrival in Lagos, is dead. He died Friday in an undisclosed hospital at the Obalende area of Lagos, while his blood sample had been taken abroad for test. The incident is the first recorded case of Ebola in […]