The People's Democratic Party, PDP has condemned Friday's bomb attacks on Kuje and Nyanya suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP described the attacks as cowardly. It noted that the senseless and gruesome attacks which took innocent lives occurred just 24 hours after the country had celebrated her independence anniversary.
“It is time when the citizens and their leaders should renew their faith in the oneness and progress of the nation.
“The PDP deeply grieves...
Sunday, 4 October 2015
The police in Kano said that it has apprehended a total of 69 cattle rustlers in the past one month.
The Kano State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Muhammad Katsina, made this known during a visit to Gidan-Kare village in Sumaila Local Government Area.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Police Commissioner was in the village which has been deserted because of incessant attacks by armed bandits to assess the security situation and design the appropriate strategies to tackle the the menace.
According to the police spokesman , the command ...
The Nigerian Army said in Maiduguri on Sunday that the early morning explosions heard in the outskirts of the city was from a routine test firing of its equipment.
Col Tukur Gusau, spokesman for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri told newsmen that the explosions came from
" a routine test firing of our weapons to ensure that they are in a state of readiness...
The Muslim 500, a yearly publication of the world's 500 most influential Muslims has listed three Nigerians in its 7th and current edition.
They are President Muhammadu Buhari who weighs in at number 20, Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar III of Sokoto at number 24 and Maiduguri-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh at number 38.
According to LEADERSHIP newspaper, "The publication measured influence some Muslims have on other Muslims to include: any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change...
The body of the female suicide bomber responsible for the blasts in Kuje suburb of the Federal Capital Territory has been taken to the National Hospital Abuja for forensic analysis
According to a security source,
“The said female bomber was wired by the insurgents. We were able to retrieve her corpse for forensic examination.
“The outcome of the forensic analysis may provide some intelligence for the military and security agencies.
“The corpse of the female bomber is already in the morgue at the National Hospital in Abuja.
“We have placed all...
Nigeria's Amirul Hajj and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II is not happy that many Nigerians died stoning the devil at the just concluded Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Alhaji Sanusi feels that Nigerians should avoid the part of Hajj that involves stoning the devil unless the Saudi authorities accomodate them in Jamrat where the event takes place.
At least 75 Nigerians are confirmed to have lost their lives lives 241 have been declared missing in the stampede that occurred as pilgrims struggled to stone the devil.
Emir Sanusi who quoted copiously...
Following the identification of 11 more bodies of Nigerians who died in the recent stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, the total number of dead Nigerians has risen to 75.
Vanguard reports that the spokesman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Uba Mana, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Saturday. He put the total number of missing pilgrims at 241.
Mana had earlier put Nigeria's casualty figures at 64 dead and 71 injured....
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