Following the truce reached by the organised labour and the federal government over the disagreement and subsequent mêlée over President Goodluck Jonathan’s fuel subsidy removal, which was later, partially reversed, LEADERSHIP SUNDAY can confir...
Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, has urged all Nigerians to respect the sanctity of human life while voicing their grievances, saying last Friday's multiple blasts that rocked the ancient city of Kano call for greater concern ...
The Chairman of the Corresponding Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) , Kano State Chapter , Malam Mujtapha Ramalan Bello, has said that the late reporter with the Channels Television repor...
Police in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday arrested a suspected armed robbery kingpin, Tasi’u Bommalli, who later died of multiple gun shot injuries on the way to the hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ...
A bill awaiting passage and presidential assent in the House of Representatives may compel President Goodluck Jonathan to set security standards on all public buildings, recreational parks and other buildings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and ...
Following the controversy trailing the emergence of Hon. Seriake Dickson as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has petitioned chairman of the National Judicial Co...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep shock and outrage over the coordinated bombings in Kano that claimed scores of lives. He also condemned the bombing in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. In a statement from his Media Office in Abuja, Atiku ...
One of the Boko Haram members that attacked the Farm Centre Police Division had hundreds of thousands of naira on him. He accessed the police office by trekking from Ali Rano Road, off Country Mall, Farm Centre Kano Metropolis, he wrapped himself with ...
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have shot and killed Abba Kyari, a nephew of Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima. Kyari was killed after he was said to have grabbed a Boko Haram member and forced him to abandon his gun during an attack launch...
The Boko Haram has explained why the sect has to bomb Kano on Friday, Abul Qaqa, who claimed to be the spokesman of the group in a phone chat with journalist in Kano, further claimed that the attacks were in response to the refusal of the K...
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has criticised the multiple attacks in Kano by suspected Boko Haram members, saying journalists the threat of terrorism is a major security challenge to the government. Speaking to reporters at the...
Six children were killed in a fire on Friday in Dagoni village, Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. A relation of one of the deceased, Malam Danjuma Mohammadu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dagoni that the inferno occur...
The people of Obi-Yiama, Abavo Clan, Ika South Local Government Area f Delta State are protesting the gruesome murder of the community’s head, The Eleme of Obi-Yiama, Chief Amenaghanwon Chinyem by persons said to have been hired by his enemies in...
The traditional ruler (Ponzhin Bin) in limun village, Bwarat district of Lang tang North Local Government Area of Plateau State, chief Mozie mamzum at the weekend, paraded three rape suspects, including a 55-year old man, Mallam Usman MaishanuMr. Mozie...
Following suspension of the week-long general strike by organized labour, complimented by civil society organizations, UCHENNA AWOM looks at the pivots of the truce, especially the role of Senate President David Mark, and the way forward. The general s...