Up to 100,000 Nigerians flee across the border to Chad following surge in Boko Haram attacks

AS many as 100,000 Nigerians have fled across the border to Chad over the last few weeks due to the rise in the Boko Haram insurgency that has seen the terrorist attack military formations across Borno State killing dozens of soldiers.

 

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Shehu Sani advises Dino Melaye to give himself up and end the police siege of his Abuja home

KOGI West's Senator Dino Melaye has been advised by his colleague representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani to submit himself to the police in the company of his legal team to end the ongoing impasse.

 

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International Federation of Women Lawyers says almost a quarter of Nigerian ladies have suffered domestic violence

ALMOST one quarter of Nigerian women have been the victims of physical or sexual violence committed by their previous husbands according to a recent survey by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida).

 

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Badeh's associate says he reviewed the crime scene and the attack was carried out by expert marksmen

CLOSE friends of former chief of defence staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh have revealed that he was shot by highly trained and expert marksmen so could not have been the victim of an armed robbery attack.

 

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Eight people die as bus carrying PDP supporters to campaign rally crashes in Benue State

NIGERIA'S ongoing political campaign suffered a terrible setback yesterday when a vehicle carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to a political campaign crashed in Benue State resulting in the death of about eight persons.

 

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Olu Falae asks all SDP members to boycott presidential campaigns organised by Jerry Gana

SOCIAL Democratic Party (SDP) national chairman Chief Olu Falae has appealed to all his members not to attend any of the events being organised by Professor Jerry Gana and his Presidential Campaign Committee.

 

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Atiku says Buhari should have been executed for overthrowing Shagari's elected government

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has used the passing of former president Alhaji Shehu Shagari to respond to an attack on him by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by saying President Muhammadu Buhari would have been executed for overthrowing a democratically elected government.

 

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Ship carrying 311 migrants finally docks in Spain after refugees spend Christmas on Mediterranean Sea

DOZENS of Nigerians are believed to be among the latest batch of 311 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya and ferried to Spain after spending a traumatic Christmas on the Mediterranean after several European nations denied the ship carrying them entry.

 

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Catholic Church finally lets go of man who falsely claimed to be a priest for the last 18 years

CHURCH authorities in Spain have finally uncovered a false Roman Catholic priest who served in the village of Medina Sidonia for 18 years hearing confessions and celebrating weddings among other things.

 

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Nigeria's 2019 budget delivery faces challenges after crude oil prices drop to $48 a barrel

NIGERIA'S 2019 budget delivery is at risk of not being delivered after global crude oil prices fell to a low of $48 a barrel some $12 below the benchmark price of $60 upon which government expenditure is predicated.

 

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