The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum suffered an attack on Thursday, September 5, as gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents opened fire on his convoy. The Borno Governor's convoy was attacked in Konduga by 9pm while returning from a trip to Bama Local Government Area. Zulum had visited Bayo, Kwaya Kusar, Askira... Continue Reading →
LAWMAKERS FORCED TO ADJOURN SITTING AS SHIITES ATTACK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Members of the house of representatives hurriedly adjourned their sitting on Tuesday after members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ites forcefully broke into the National Assembly complex. Meanwhile it was as earlier reported today, some lives have been feared lost while property including cars were destroyed and others burnt when... Continue Reading →
Gunmen kill escort, driver, abduct two Shell workers in Rivers
A Sky policeman (escort) working with Shell Petroleum Development Company was on Thursday shot dead by a group of gunmen along Ahoada-Ndele-Rumuji axis of the East-West road. Two of the company’s employees were also said to have been abducted by the gunmen, who came out of the bush to stop the vehicle travelling from Yenagoa... Continue Reading →
BREAKING: Shi’ites Break Into National Assembly, Chase Armed Policemen Away
Members of the movement were initially peaceful in their conduct although they were chanting anti-government songs from outside the gate. But situation turned awry when some of them suddenly descended on the gate, shaking it vigorously until they succeeded in forcing it open, almost causing a stampede because of the crowd. There is pandemonium currently... Continue Reading →
Gunmen kill two tourists in Kaduna, 11 in Benue
Suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday invaded a resort in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State and shot dead two persons including an expatriate, a woman. It was also learnt that the gunmen abducted three persons. Also in the early hours of Saturday, unidentified gunmen killed 11 persons in Ngibo and... Continue Reading →
A zookeeper suffered ‘lacerations and punctures’ in a tiger attack at the zoo in Topeka, Kansas
A zookeeper is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked Saturday morning by a tiger at the Topeka, Kansas, zoo. The woman and a 7-year-old male Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv were both in the tiger habitat shortly after the zoo opened when the tiger "essentially tackled our keeper," Zoo Director Brendan Wiley said at... Continue Reading →
Olakunle Isaac 