December 2011

Boko Haram Threatens to Bomb Lagos, Ibadan On New Year Eve

THERE was palpable fear in Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday following threats by the dreaded extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram to bomb churches in the states during services on the New Year eve, popularly referred to as Cross Over Night.

Mixed Bag of Entertainment Joys, Scandals and Tragedies

The year 2011, which will soon roll into history in less than 24 hours, was a mixed bag of fun, scandals and tragedies.

Militants, Govt Trade Claims Over Maiduguri Explosion

Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed, the Spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF), tagged Operation Restore Order (ODO) told newsmen in Maiduguri that the three persons killed in the city were knocked down by robbers while fleeing the market.

Fire Guts State Appeal Court

A mysterious fire outbreak has turned the Appeal Court Calabar which was the first Supreme Court building in Nigeria into a debris.

No Safe Havens for Boko Haram Militants, Says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said Friday that it would henceforth be fight to the finish with the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which has been responsible for the incessant bomb blasts in the country.

Bishops Call for Help to Fight Sect

An influential body grouping Nigeria's Catholic Bishops Saturday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to hire foreign crime experts to snuff out an Islamist sect blamed for hundreds of deaths.

ACN Challenges FG to Publish or Deny Analysis On Fuel Subsidy

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has challenged the Federal Government to publish costs of locally refined and imported fuel into the country over the years.

Bonga Spill - Group Solicits Intervention of International Communities

THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change has warned Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) against treating the Bonga oil spill with kid gloves, saying that it has commenced the mobilisation of both local and international monitors to beam searchlight on the spill.

Buhari Drained, Down and Out

FORMER Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), continues to meet brick walls in his bid to return to power.

UBA Restructures Into Holding Company

UNITED Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan African financial services Group, is taking steps towards restructuring into a financial services holding company.