MEND Claims Responsibility for Okrika Refinery Blast
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken responsibility for yesterday’s sabotage attack on pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Okrika, Rivers State. In a statement today, it said the attack was line with…
Photos: Riots Break Out In Maiduguri
According to reports from Sahara Reporters, riots broke out in Maiduguri, Borno State after a tricycle operator was killed by a soldier. Angry youths in Maiduguri took to the streets making bonfires and blocking major roads. The state of Borno…
Willie Obiano and Anambra’s Expanding Frontiers of Excellence
Two months after the inauguration of Chief Willie Obiano as the governor of Anambra State, the word on the street is that a wind of change is blowing across the state. From the sprawling commercial city of Onitsha to the…
Shettima’s Aide Slams Asari-Dokubo Over Comment On Chibok Abduction
The comment purportedly credited to a former Niger Delta activist, Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo, over the Chibok abduction has been faulted. Asari-Dokubo had allegedly accused Borno State governor Kashim Shettima of staging the April 14 Chibok abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from…
Traditional Nigerian hunters want to find girls
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe to be supernatural powers to help find nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by…
Photos from yesterday’s bomb blast in Kano
Here are some pics from the explosion that rocked a beer joint in the Sabon Gari area of Kano last night. Eye-witnesses say the bomb was placed in a car and the blast killed at least 10 people. But the…
RIVERS STATE: PORT HARCOURT “REFINERY” BLAST KILLS 7 PEOPLE
Not less than 7 people were killed on Sunday when an explosion occurred in Port Harcourt Refinery Jetty in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. The explosion was allegedly triggered by the activities of pipeline vandals and oil thieves….
Wedding of Christian girl who converted to Muslim called off
The wedding of Charity Uzoechina, the daughter of Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor, Raymond Uzoechima who converted to the Islam, has been called off by the Niger state Government.She was supposed to be marrying her Muslim lawyer, Barr. Tijani when…
Was Malaysian plane accidentally shot down by US-Thai fighter jets?
That’s the latest claim 71 days after the plane went missing. Find the UK Daily Mail report below.. The grieving family of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have criticised the timing of a new book that claims the plane may have been…