Insecurity: Buhari asks Jonathan to resign

Former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to resign from office for his inability to tackle the security challenges facing the country.

“Jonathan should vacate and give way to competent hand to govern the country”, he said.

Human rights violation: Northen Elders To Take Nigeria Government To International Court

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria’s government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi.

Presidency ‘Clarifies’ Release of Boko Haram Detainees

The Presidency today explained its directive concerning the release of persons being held in connection with the Boko Haram sect, the first batch of which it stressed would be women and children.

PDP Governors Have Performed Best In Nigeria - Tukur boasts

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, on Tuesday, said the party’s 23 state governors were the best in the country as they have performed better than their contemporaries in other parties.


The party chairman, however, warned the governors not to ascribe the glory of their achievements to themselves, but instead give it to the party which offered them the platform to serve.

Graphic photo: Woman bathed with acid by rejected lover

23 year old Blessing Ikhumhi, a student of Edo State School of Health Technology was bathed with acid by her ex-boyfriend Cyril Okosun after she ended things with him.

According to the story by Guardian newspaper, On March 23rd 2013, Cyril asked to speak with Blessing after she ended their relationship and thinking he wanted to talk reconciliation, she agreed to see him. He visited her house and as she went out to talk to him, he bathed her with acid.

Blessing is now blind in both eyes and battling to stay alive at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City where she is a patient.

Blessing's account of what happened below...

Boko Haram Insurgency Causes 100% Increase In Cattle Prices In Kaduna

The insurgency in Northern Nigeria has caused a 70 per cent decrease in the supply of cattle to markets in Kaduna leading to an over 100 per cent increase in prices, a cattle dealer at Zango Cattle Market, Maishanu Na-Bello, said on Wednesday.


Mr. Na-Bello, who is also the Sarkin Fulani (leader of the Fulani cattle dealers) of the market, said in an interview in Kaduna that an average bull now goes for between N80, 000 and N200, 000 as against N30, 000 to N60,000 before the crises escalated.

Despite State Of Emergency, Suspected Boko Haram Memebers Snatch Cars In Maiduguri

Despite the State of Emergency declared in Borno State, gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram, have defied the heavy security presence in Maiduguri, to snatch cars from unsuspecting motorists.

Nigerians Top Interpol Wanted List

24 persons including a 33-year-old lady, Onyemelukwe Jennifer Chukwudumebi, are on the wanted list of the International Police (INTERPOL) for wide raging criminal offences in Nigeria, the Nigerian Tribune has learnt.

The list comprises 10 nationals of countries such as India, Syria, Niger Republic and Benin Republic.
The names of all the suspects were posted on the website of the INTERPOL, while the agency said all the suspects were wanted for prosecution in Nigeria on offences including terrorism, kidnapping, forgery, robbery, car theft, conspiracy and forgery, advanced fee fraud/internet fraud and criminal breach of trust.

56 Million Nigerians Illiterate –Ezekwesili

Former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili says report has revealed that 56 million Nigerians are still illiterate and cannot read and write.

Day Old Baby Abandoned In Lagos

A day old baby girl abandoned Tuesday morning at Funmilayo Bus Stop, in Orille-Agege Local Council Development Area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria has been rescued.

Building On Weekends & Public-Holidays Banned In Lagos

In a bid to stem the incessant collapse of buildings in the state, the Lagos State government has banned developers from working on building construction on weekends, public holidays and at night.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Toyin Ayinde, disclosed this on Tuesday at a ministerial press conference in Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, lamenting that government had been inundated with cases of collapsed buildings across the state.

Boko Haram: 2,400 Flee War Zone

The Red Cross has said at least 2,400 people have fled violence in northern Nigeria just as the country said Tuesday it would release several suspects held for “terrorist activities,” including all women in custody, in what it called a peace gesture to the Islamists it is battling in the north, reports  AFP.

Ghana: Synagogue Church asked to relocate

After the Sunday tragedy at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Accra, Ghana, the Police on Tuesday ordered the Church to stop hosting worship sessions at its Spintex Road venue.

IN PICTURES: Ex-Militants Storm Port Harcourt to Demand Amaechi's "Resignation"

Ex-Niger Delta militants recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan stormed the entrance into the rivers' state government house today to demand the resignation of Governor Rotimi Amaechi from office.

The militants wearing colorful T-shirts, drums and wirlding sticks were largely peaceful even though sources close to the state government said several of them carried concealed weapons as they blocked the entrance into the government house effectively preventing the governor and his aides from leaving the government house.

Tuface, Ras Kimono, Faze, others clean up Lagos streets, feed hungry destitutes

Some artistes in the Nigerian music industry on Tuesday turned out en masse to clean up the streets of Lagos, feed the hungry and visit the homeless.

The musicians who participated in the exercise included TuFace Idibia, who was accompanied by his manager, Mr Efe Omorogbe.

Anamabra Stands Still For Chinua Achebe

Awka, the capital of Anambra State stood still, Wednesday as the body of the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived the state for its final journey to Ogidi, his home town, in Idemili North local government area where it will be interred tomorrow.

Police arrest 17 year-old kidnappers, intercept 3,500 live cartridges

Two 17 year old suspected kidnappers were among other suspects paraded at the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan Wednesday.

Bookseller jailed three months for selling pirated copies of el-Rufai’s book

A Federal High Court  in Lagos  on Wednesday, sentenced a bookseller, Chibueze Akamu, to three months imprisonment, for selling pirated copies of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s recently published book, ‘The Accidental Public Servant’.

7 killers of ex-Kwara CP, Asadu arrested, arraigned, says IGP

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar said in Enugu, Wednesday, that seven persons who took part in the murder of former Kwara State Commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu, have been apprehended.

Abubakar made the disclosure in Enugu  during his one day working visit to the state where the state government presented 100 patrol vehicles to the police to beef up security in the state.

Emergency rule: Gunmen shot dead fuel station manager in Borno

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members ,  yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

This is coming barely few hours after President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the immediate release of all Boko Haram sect, including their wives and children from detention.