Press Release In a “furious” reaction to Monday’s suicide bombing that killed 47 people at Government Senior Science Secondary School (GSSS), Potiskum, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned dreaded terror group Boko Haram to have a “rethink” over the killing of innocent people. In a statement by his media office in Abuja on Monday, […]
The City Reporters No less than 47 people were killed while 79 others were injured on Monday morning when a suicide bomber disguised as a student detonated an explosive at Government Senior Science Secondary School (GSSS), Potiskum in Yobe State, police say. The attack occurred at the school’s assembly ground at 7.45 a.m. as students converged for […]
The City Reporters The Nigerian Police said it has arrested five people for their suspected involvement in the bomb attack at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Azare town of Bauchi state. Two bombs went off at the First Bank ATM and killed 13 people as customers, most of them government workers waiting in line to […]
The City Reporters President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Ayo Oritsejafor has said Boko Haram’s insurgency is not just a political war on President Goodluck Jonathan but a religious onslaught by Islamic extremists against Nigerian Christians. “They have taken over Mubi in Adamawa state which is dominated by Christians. Somebody will now tell […]
The City Reporters The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has urged the political big wigs in the northern part of Nigeria to quit their infighting and instead channel their energy towards waging a united war against Boko Haram which is rampaging the country’s northeast. The AYF said it was now more important for politicians to lay […]
The City Reporters Following calls by Bola Tinubu for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan over the state of insecurity in the country, the Presidency has directed the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) king maker back to the history books to state anywhere in the past where any leader stepped down from their mandate in times […]
International Media Report Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds, community leaders said on Thursday, demanding an inquiry. Troops rounded up 17 people, including an imam, from the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum in Yobe state as they left a mosque […]
The City Reporters Former minister for education and leader of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has told the Nigerian government the movement will not be deterred by the current political blackmail, intimidation and harassment. On October 16, Presidential media aide Reuben Abati had via a tweet made a veiled reference to members of the […]
The City Reporters A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos West, Peter Ajayi, has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s “scandalous” ceasefire with Boko Haram was nothing more than a political gimmick deliberately designed to deceive Nigerians. “Those behind the recent ceasefire between the government and Boko Haram sect are pathological deceivers,” Ajayi, who […]
The City Reporters Islamic sage and alleged “Boko Haram idealist,” Dr. Ahmad Gumi, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to contest the 2015 election if he does not want terrorism to engulf the entire country. “If Jonathan comes back, Boko Haram will be real not the political one we see,” Gumi said in an open letter to former […]