Nigeria: Robber Strike at Airport, Cart Away N96 Million

Dare-devil robbers yesterday struck at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport hit the Bureau de Change situated at the car park and carted away the sum of US$600,000 (N95, 969,998.17).

Arrest of Kaduna businessman divides two communities

Release him and see serious crisis from our side – warn Christians
Release him and apologise for the sake of Peace – Muslims ummnah

Air Hostess Jailed For Cocaine Smuggling

THE Arik Air hostess, Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, who was arrested by the United Kingdom security agents on December 18, 2011 for smuggling hard drugs, has been sentenced to five and half years imprisonment by the U.K judiciary.

Why I moved against Sylva – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday broke his silence on the disqualification of former Governor Timipre Sylva from contesting the November 19 governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Bayelsa State by the leadership of the party, describing his five years of reign as monumental disgrace.

”East-West road alone can gulp N-Delta allocation”

Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Senator James Manager, has bemoaned the budgetary allocation of N59,723,482,821 to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs in the 2012 federal budget, describing it as insufficient to tackle the infrastructural deficit in the oil rich region.

Adamawa elects new governor today

It is D-Day in Adamawa as voters will today decide the fate of ousted Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd.) of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Engr. Marcus Gundiri of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). They are the frontrunners in the gubernatorial race in the state.

Arrested kingpin is Boko Haram’s spokesman, SSS insists

The State Security Service yesterday insisted that the suspect in its custody is the spokesman of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa, contrary to the claim of the sect.