WARRI- THE Commanding Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Warri, Delta State, Captain Musa Gemu, said he deployed naval personnel to chase away the troublemakers, who commandeered a section of the Warri waterways, near the disbanded Camp 5 in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Saturday, harassing travellers.
He said it was in reaction to the lawlessness by the boys that he dispatched his men, saying, “There is calm now, we have driven them away.”
His words, “Some youths were beaten up people before Camp 5, the reason for their...
Saturday, April 11, 2015
B’Haram attacks Borno villages, kills 22
Twenty-two persons were killed on Thursday when Boko Haram insurgents attacked two villages in Borno State.
In Dile, a village in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of the state, a member of the youth vigilante group said 20 people were killed while many were injured when the Boko Haram fighters invaded the village around 2am.
The source said, “Hundreds of suspected Boko Haram militants, who are believed to be fleeing from the Nigerian troops on Thursday, killed at least 20 people in an attack on a remote village in Askira Uba Local Government...
Girl, 15, two others injured in Lagos-Ibadan road crash
A 15-year-old girl and two others were critically injured on Friday in an auto crash at the popular Arepo Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway area of Ogun State.
Commercial motorcyclists and other sympathisers rushed the injured victims to the nearest hospital for medical attention.
An eyewitness said the accident, which involved a Toyota Sienna car marked APP 947 CQ and a truck marked YN 163 XA, occurred as both vehicles were struggling to overtake each other.
Another eyewitness, Olamilekan Akande, 40, explained that the accident occurred...
Monday, April 6, 2015
PDP expels Lamido’s deputy, Mahmud heads for APC
The Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud, has been expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party for alleged anti-party activities.
This was contained in a statement by the PDP chairman of Galagamma ward in Gumel, Jigawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Kafinta, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Dutse.
The chairman said the decision to expel Mahmud was taken during a stakeholders meeting held in his ward.
Reports had earlier indicated that Mahmud had dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, which won the March 28...
Why Jonathan lost to Buhari – Sanusi
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the current Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, says President Goodluck Jonathan lost because of the mood of voters which was determined by the economic conditions and level of poverty across the country.
Sanusi, who is now known as Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, said this during an interview with our correspondent on Saturday.
He said the voting showed that areas which had a high rate of poverty felt neglected by the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government over the years.
Sanusi said the presidential...
