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Boko Haram killing spree spreads
Dec 31, 2010
MEMBERS of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in utter contempt for the authorities defiantly continued their killing spree, yesterday, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing seven persons. They attacked a police vehicle, the latest in a string of attacks by the group and wounded eight people.


NigComSat replacement for launch Dec 2011
Dec 30, 2010
Replacement for the failed Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT1R, may go up to the orbit end of 2011. This date, according to the managers of the Satellite, Nigerian Communications Satellite Company Limited, NigComSAT Ltd, was given by the Chinese company, China Walls, handling the project.


Makoko: Tales of tears and blood over eviction
Dec 30, 2010
WITH memories of the forceful eviction of Maroko residents 20 years ago by the then Colonel Raji Rasaki military administration still fresh in the minds of many people, a similar episode was re-enacted last week with residents of Adekunle, Makoko, Yaba area on the receiving end.


JOS MAYHEM: Nationwide red alert
Dec 30, 2010
SECURITY was tightened at state and federal secretariats, yesterday, as workers resumed for work after the holidays that were marred by blasts on Christmas Eve which claimed 80 lives and more than 176 injured This is just as suspected members of an Islamic sect, ‘Boko Haram’ struck again in Maiduguri, Borno State capital killing three persons including a retired senior police officer.


Scores injured as explosions rock campaign rally ground in Bayelsa
Dec 29, 2010
Thousands of residents of Yenagoa who thronged the campaign rally of Beimo Rufus-Spiff, a governorship aspirant under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday narrowly escaped death when two deafening explosions rocked the venue of the rally at Opolo Community Secondary School ground.


Jos blasts: Sultan, CAN, others dismiss terror claims
Dec 29, 2010
OUTRAGED by the claim of a terrorist group that claimed responsiblity for the Jos mayhem, the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Council of Ulama in Jos, the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam, JNI, and other Islamic groups in the country, yesterday, dismissed the group’s claim insisting that it was not only faceless but lacked any iota of credibility.


Why we struck, by Jos terror group
Dec 29, 2010
LAGOS—THE group that claimed responsibility for the Jos mayhem which claimed over 80 lives fueled its claim, yesterday, by posting a video clip on the internet showing its spokesman justifying why they struck in Jos. Online publication, Saharareporters on its site showed the video of the group’s spokesman reading from an Arabic text which was [...]


Jos: Soldiers foil fresh explosions
Dec 28, 2010
A FRESH attempt to bomb some parts of Jos was foiled, yesterday, after the Special Task Force which is maintaining security in Jos intercepted a group of people who were trying to plant an explosive in Nasarawa Gwom area even as the death toll in the Christmas Eve multiple bomb explosions has risen to 80


22 burnt to death in Asaba
Dec 28, 2010
BARELY a week after 20 persons were roasted to death at Asaba along Benin-Asaba highway, a similar motor accident has occurred at Emuhu village near Umunede on the same highway. This time it claimed no fewer than 22 lives including university students.


Ability in disability births Ms Wheelchair
Dec 27, 2010
Disability is not a sickness, I am not ashamed to sit on this wheelchair to address this great audience. Nigerians should not relegate us to the background because persons with disabilities can live a productive life. Parents should not abandon children with disabilities because there is hope for them.’‘