More News Archive

Following the abduction of 100 pupils of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok Borno state,  the state governor, Kashim Shettima, has promised a reward of N50m ($300,000, 215,000 euros) to anyone who provides useful information leading to the rescue of the girls. Shettima made the offer on Wednesday in the state’s capital, Maiduguri,while speaking with […]Read More

 As result of the recent increase in the spate of terrorism in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to a meeting on Thursday. The meeting, slated for 11am at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja will be presided over by the President. According to a press release issued by […]

The Chinese government on Wednesday voiced a firm support of the Nigerian Government and condemned the abduction of over a hundred  girls from Girls’ Collegein Chibok, Borno,  by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram Hua Chunying, the Foreign Ministry said: “China strongly condemns and opposes terrorism in all forms.” “We urge the immediate […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned President Goodluck Jonathan as being insensible and hardhearted for following through with his campaign trail itinerary, despite the horrific bomb blast and the kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Borno, occurring barely 24hours earlier. According to a statement issued by APC in Lagos on Wednesday, the […]

British international terrorist, Samantha Lewthwaite otherwise known as ‘White Widow,’ has been linked to Monday’s tragic bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Though no group  has officially claimed  responsibility for the dastardly act, United Kingdom security sources, are speculating that the bombing may have been a revenge attack for the death of […]

Following deliberations at the ongoing Nigeria National Conference at the Conference Management Secretariat in Abuja, 20 committees have been constituted to oversee specific issues. The committees are: Committee On Devolution Of Power, Committee On Political Restructuring And Forms Of Government; Committee On National Security; Committee On Environment;  Committee On Politics And Governance;  Committee On Law, […]

There appears to be no love lost between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, as the latter, on Tuesday refused to welcome the President to his state, saying he regrets voting for the President because he has disappointed Nigerians. Kwankwaso’s snubbing of the president’s visit to the  People’s Democratic Party […]

Staff of the National Assembly and shop keepers in and around the premises of the Nigerian National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja closed work early on Tuesday, claiming there was an order claiming there was an order to evacuate because live bombs have been discovered there. The bomb scare, according to food vendors around […]

Armed gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect have kidnapped over 100 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok, Borno State. The girls, aged between 16 and 18, were shanghaied on Monday night, just a day to the beginning of their examination scheduled to start on Tuesday. Sources told www.www.aso.rocks […]

The tragic bomb blast that occurred in Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja on Monday killing 71 people and leaving 124 injured, has continued to attract reactions from Nigerians. Reacting to the tragedy in a press statement, on Tuesday, National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, condemned the act describing it as […]

Two persons were killed while several others sustained injuries in Kaduna, Kaduna State on Monday, when Speaker of the Federal House of Representative, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s convoy had an accident. According to eye witnesses, the accident occurred when Tambuwal’s convoy, leaving one Deluxe Suites on Ali Akilu way, entered the busy road without taking proper […]

As early as 7am on Monday, terrorists stormed the popular motor park in the Nyanyan area of Abuja, Nigeria killing over 71 persons and injuring 124 others through an explosion. While some believed that the explosive must have been planted at the park, some survivors claimed it must have been detonated by a suspected suicide […]