Gunmen from Boko Haram sect kill 13 people in fresh Borno attack

Suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect on Friday attacked a police station, barracks and commercial bank in Damboa, around 100 km south of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing 13 persons. Reuters reports that the attackers used explosives and assault rifles in the incident, in which eight civilians and five policemen died. The attackers detonated explosives and opened fire on the divisional police headquarters in Damboa. Police...

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Gunmen kill two watching Champions League in Nigeria

KANO, April 10, 2014 (AFP) – Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed a packed viewing centre in Nigeria’s restive northeast and shot dead two people watching Champions League matches, police said Thursday. The centre was showing the two quarter-final matches between defending champions Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and Atletico Madrid-Barcelona, on Wednesday when it was attacked.“The gunmen came in a car and opened fire outside the viewing centre and sped off,” Yobe State police commissioner Sanusi Rufa’i told AFP of the incident...

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Pastor of Christ Citizen Glorious Assembly arraigned for allegedly defrauding church member

The Pastor of Christ Citizen Glorious Assembly, Okota, Lagos, Pastor Ikechukwu Ezeiru, has been charged with fraud at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court. He was arraigned on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding a church member, Ifeanyi Ohazurume, of N7m. The police said Ezeiru collected the money to help the defendant purchase auction goods from the Nigerian Customs Service. He allegedly didn’t return the money or the goods. It was learnt...

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Cossy Orjiakor claims she was robbed and sustained minor injuries

Apparently this supposedly happened 2 days ago in the Orile area of Lagos. Don't like driving around that area, especially at night! Those guys will come and knock on your car window like they own it. First they gently ask you to wind down, when you refuse, they smash it..with other cars around s...

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Sad!! Five Children Drown As Canoe Capsized In Kaduna

There was confusion in Hanya Danbushiya, Kaduna North Local Government Area, on Tuesday following the drowning of five children when their canoe capsized in River Kaduna. The children, who were all canoe peddlers, were said to be returning to the river bank to pick other passengers in the early hours of Tuesday. It was gathered that residents of the village immediately organised a search party to look for the bodies of the children. As...

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T.B. Joshua: "I Would Have Halted President Mills' Death If..."

Founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church, Prophet T.B. Joshua says in an unusual manner, God did not reveal the death of Ghana’s President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, which occurred on Tuesday in Accra. The renowned cleric in a mournful mood affirmed he would have intensified prayers to avert the sudden departure of the late President if he had received any revelation from God. “The Ghanaian President was like a spiritual...

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“We’ve Reduced Population Of Hungry Nigerians” – FG Speaks

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals, Dr. Precious Gbenol, on Tuesday said Nigeria had succeeded in reducing the number of people that were suffering from extreme hunger by half. She did not however disclose the population. Gbenol spoke with State House correspondents after the quarterly presidential committee meeting on assessment and monitoring of the MDGs chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan. She...

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