The News Blog

September 11, 2014

“We will be worse than Boko Haram” – Retired soldiers threaten guerrilla warfare

by Azubuike Azikiwe Many retired soldiers are angry with the Federal Government, and they have threatened to carry up arms against the state if their demands are not promptly met. On Wednesday, over 100 retired soldiers protested around the streets of Benin City, Edo State over the non-payment of the 2010, 53 per cent increase... Read More

September 11, 2014

“He beats me everyday with belt” || “I have no apology” – 26-year-old woman saved from abusive marriage

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 26-year-old resident of Ilorin, Zainab Usman, has successfully gotten out of a physically-abusive marriage. On Wednesday, 10 September, an Ilorin Area Court in Kwara, dissolved her three-year-old marriage with Lawal Usman, over claims of constant beating. Zainab pleaded with the court to end her marriage to Lawal, saying he was too... Read More

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September 11, 2014

Tragic: 18 people killed in Kebbi auto crash

by Isi Esene Several passengers lost their lives this morning as a Sokoto bound 18-seater bus with registration number, BUD 291 XA, collided with a trailer. The bus which took off from Ilorin, Kwara State was said to have lost control resulting in a head-on collision with the trailer. According to eyewitnesses, the tragic accident happened... Read More

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September 10, 2014

“She starves me of sex” || “He does it everytime” – Couple end their marriage over sex

by Azubuike Azikiwe A Customs agent, Musiliu Abdul, has seen his 7-year-old marriage dissolved by an Igando customary court in Lagos. As a result of a petition he filed 7 April complaining about denial of sex, on Wednesday, 10 September, he told the court that his wife, Bisola, had starved him of sex for months. The 48-year-old man... Read More

September 10, 2014

NECO releases results, candidates improve in Maths & English

by Isi Esene There has been a significant improvement in the performance of candidates in the just released June/July National Examinations Council (NECO) 2014 results. According to the results released today 72.58 per cent of candidates got a credit pass in English Language while 69.49 per cent of the candidates recorded a credit pass. While... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Homo rape: 37-year-old man detained for defiling 14-year-old boy

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 37-year-old man has been remanded in prison for defiling his ward, a 14-year-old boy. On Wednesday, Yakubu Danladi, was arraigned on a one-count charge of ‘unnatural offence’ before a Magistrates’ Court in Minna. Danladi allegedly committed homosexual acts with a 14-year-old boy, Ahmed Mohammed, in his house in Minna. According to the... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Ebola: FG does not want to go back on September 22 school resumption date

by Laila Ibrahim The Federal Government will not go back on it’s decision for the resumption of schools on the new set date of 22 September. According to the minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu who spoke after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, there is no scientific basis for the resumption date to be... Read More

September 10, 2014

Are we still part of Nigeria? ‘Concerned Bama Indigenes’ want to know

by James Sambo Contrary to the Nigerian military’s claims that it has recaptured the town of Bama, Borno, from the insurgents of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, the indigenes of the town say the militants are still occupying their land. A press release dated Wednesday, 10 September, written by ‘Concerned Bama Indigenes Forum’, bemoaned the... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Fear of Ebola: US not happy with Nigeria over alleged attack of its air marshal

by Jewel Stephen Claims by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that one of its marshals was attacked with a syringe at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been refuted by Nigeria’s aviation authorities, on the basis of unavailability of evidence. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had on Monday said that a marshal,... Read More

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September 10, 2014

President Jonathan is in the spotlight again!…the APC is angry with him

by Emma Chidiogo The All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed disdain over the decision by President Goodluck Jonathan to embark on a foreign trip with former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, to Chad. The Party condemned Jonathan’s act, stating that he cannot pretend that he never knew that the former governor have been in... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Remember Pastor Sign Fireman? He will be performing miracles in the U.S today [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju Ofuche Ukoha, popularly known as Dr. Sign Fireman, is the much-maligned general overseer of ‘Perfect Christianity Ministries, who was earlier in the year arrested of contracting a teenage member of his church to kill a 12-year-old girl. Fireman was arrested and quizzed by the Police, as the suspect, Ikechukwu Egboka, claimed that... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Battle for Adamawa leaves many displaced

by James Sambo At least 1,300 refugees have been registered at the Adamawa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, the camp Commandant, Abdulmumini Jauro has said. While speaking on Wednesday, at the Bajabure refugee camp in Girei Local Government Area, Jauro said; “We have so far registered over 1,300 Internally Displaced Persons who escaped from insurgent attacks... Read More

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September 10, 2014

It won’t go away – Tweeps continue reacting to El Rufai naming Jonathan, Oritsejafor as Boko Haram sponsors

by Emma Chidiogo Amidst curiosity that has left many Nigerians in a puzzled state over the possible sponsors of the Islamist Militant Group, Boko Haram, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir ElRufai, has once again listed President Goodluck Jonathan as a major sponsor of the terrorist group. The ex-minister, who disclosed a... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Ponmo was there for us when beef was not affordable | Ponmo Activists kick off #BringBackOurPonmo campaign on twitter

by S’ola Filani Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture announced that the Federal Government is concluding plans to ban the sale and consumption of cow hide & skin popularly known as kpomo/ponmo/pomo (however you want to spell it). According to him, the ban is to help livestock farmers stand a better chance of making higher dollar returns... Read More

September 10, 2014

Human flesh is tastier than that of animals | Aged grandma and co. kill & eat 9-year-old boy in Minna

by S’ola Filani An unusual cult group which specializes in eating roasted human flesh in Kuso Village in Lavun Local Government Area, Minna in Niger state has been apprehended by the Niger state police force according to the website, Crime & Security. The cult group which comprises of an aged grandmother, Fatima and her accomplices... Read More

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September 10, 2014

ASUP on the warpath again – not happy with some polytechnic policies

by Godwin Akanfe The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said that it is dissatisfied with the conduct in which some institutions, polytechnics, and monotechnics follow before the promotion of it’s members. In a communique signed by the Union’s zonal coordinator, Dosumu Babatunde; and secretary, Olawale Adetunji, in Abeokuta, it also criticized threat by rectors of... Read More

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September 10, 2014

2015: It’s a lie! Kwankwaso has not been endorsed by the APC

by James Sambo The Kano state committee of leaders of the legacy parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked reports that it had endorsed Kano state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for president in the 2015 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday, jointly signed by Alhaji Musa Umar (ACN),... Read More

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September 10, 2014

The Presidency says it wasn’t aware of #BringBackJonathanIn2015 … but, Doyin Okupe championed it

by Kolapo Olapoju The Presidency has claimed that it was not aware of the #BringBackJonathan2015 campaign banners, despite those banners being placed around many parts of Abuja, the federal capital. Bowing to the pressure of public opinion, Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the president on “Media and publicity” released a statement to this effect, urging the sponsors of... Read More

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September 10, 2014

“We are hopeless walking corpses” – Catholic priest laments from Borno

by James Sambo A Catholic priest in Borno has lamented that residents of the state, and walking corpses, who live under an hovering cloud of fear, tension and uncertainty. The Vice Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Borno State, Rev. Fr. John Bakeni, said that Nigerians living in troubled areas like Borno State have been living in fear... Read More

September 10, 2014

GEJ says the #BringBackGoodluck2015 banners should be brought down

by Kolapo Olapoju Following the appearance of #BringBackGoodluck2015 campaign banners and billboard in parts of Abuja, FCT, and the subsequent backlash and criticism of the President by Nigerians across board, his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, has released a statement condemning the billboard and distancing the presidency from the campaign. A Pro-GEJ group called ‘Goodluck Initiative For... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Igbo boys in Lagos traffic | We talk to them, and we trace the history

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Every city has its own set of traffic problems, and Lagos is no exception. In Lagos, the traffic jams are notorious. However, they provide an opportunity which some people exploit by selling food and other items during these hold-ups in order to earn a living. Some of these people come from the south-eastern part... Read More

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September 10, 2014

Ogun police arrest two ‘white witches’ for N14.5m fraud

by S’ola Filani Four members of a fraud syndicate including two “white witches” – Shehu Salam, Risikat Oriyomi, Sola Babalola and Wasiu Ajani (physically challenged) – have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for swindling a couple of N14.5 million. They were arrested in a special raid carried out on their den at... Read More

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September 10, 2014

OAU student down with Ebola, admits contact with P/Harcourt victim

by S’ola Filani A female student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife may have contracted the deadly Ebola virus. Though the management of the school initially denied the development, the Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Temitope Ilori, confirmed the report, saying the sick student had been moved to the isolation ward in Lagos. According to Ilori, the... Read More

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September 10, 2014

What Boko Haram? Wounded Obasanjo son is eager to return to battlefield

by S’ola Filani Hey haters, Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo may be wounded but he is eager to return to the battlefield. The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was shot on Monday by Boko Haram insurgents near Michika in Adamawa State and is recuperating at a government medical facility in Yola. Speaking with a former... Read More

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September 10, 2014

And the most inappropriate political hashtag of the year goes to…#BringBackGoodluck2015 | Washington Post slams GEJ

by S’ola Filani The Washington Post has once again berated the Nigerian president Jonathan but this time his supporters are not left out! In its article titled “This may be the most inappropriate political hashtag of the year”, Washigton Post’s Ishaan Tharor, mocked GEJ supporters using the #bringback hashtag for his 2015 election campaign. Banners... Read More

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September 9, 2014

About 20 officers still missing from Gwoza police training school attack

by Laila Ibrahim The Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba has said about twenty officers of the Nigeria Police Force are still missing after the Gwoza training school attack. Following the attack launched by insurgents on the Gwoza Training camp of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force (PMF) in Borno state, the IG had announced... Read More

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September 9, 2014

You don’t commit murder and say sorry | El-Zakzaky rejects Jonathan’s ‘sorry’

by S’ola Filani Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who lost three of his sons and 31 other members of his group, Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria on July 25 in Zaria, Kaduna State during a clash with the military at a procession to mark the annual Quds Day, is still very angry at President... Read More

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September 9, 2014

Going, going…: FG gets set to ban hides and skins, ‘ponmo’

by Akan Ido The days of widespread consumption of hides and skins popularly known as ponmo may be numbered going by statements made today in Ibadan, Oyo, by Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Agriculture minister. Adesina who was speaking at the 3rd joint anniversary of Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN) and Nigeria Institute of Animal Science held at... Read More

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September 9, 2014

This is how the PDP plans to re-elect Goodluck Jonathan as President

by Tony Tamuno The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South region has said it plans to deliver the zone 100 per cent to President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general election. The National Vice-Chairman (VC) of the party in South-South, Cairo Ojougboh, stated this on Monday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. He... Read More

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September 9, 2014

Nigeria’s football drama: CAS upturns FIFA’s directive to NFF

by Olorunwa Lawal The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland has accused World Football Governing Body of interfering with the internal running of football in Nigeria. The court ordered status quo ante (the way things were before) in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) leadership crisis until the determination of the petition filed... Read More

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