Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 31 December, 2011 - 12:34
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 31 December, 2011 - 12:21
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 31 December, 2011 - 12:10
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 31 December, 2011 - 11:56
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 30 December, 2011 - 15:26
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 30 December, 2011 - 15:26
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 30 December, 2011 - 15:26
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.
Submitted by AA NIGERIA on 30 December, 2011 - 15:26
UNITED Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan African financial services Group, is taking steps towards restructuring into a financial services holding company.