Tag: violence
Survivors Of Baga Massacre Still In Hiding
Many survivors of brutal clashes last week in a remote Nigerian town are still in hiding and rescue workers are…
Lagos Population Our Biggest Challenge —Lagos Speaker
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has disclosed that the continuous growth of the population of…
Tackling Insurgency In Nigeria’s North East
Plagued by a combination of violence and underdevelopment, leaders in the North-eastern zone meet to chart a new course for…
Violence mars Nigeria’s journalists union election
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The election of executive officers of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo state chapter, planned for Wednesday,…
Panic Over Bombs In Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna For over two hours today residents of Kaduna metropolis were thrown into confusion due to alleged rumours…
Gov. Aliyu: How to curb violence in Nigeria
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state in central Nigeria has said that an end to endemic corruption and deficit leadership…
Residents Flee Kaduna
Following yesterday’s attack on Christians by Muslims in Kaduna, residents have started fleeing the state for the fear of being…
Pope Seeks End To Boko Haram Violence
Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday on those responsible for violence in Nigeria to “stop spilling the blood of innocent people”,…
34 Die in Damaturu’s violence
Gun battles between security forces and suspected Islamists in Nigeria’s Damaturu town have killed at least 34 people, including three…
Edo’s Politics Of Blood-letting
With its deadly run-in, the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, slated for July, promises unfettered violence On 14 May,…
It Is Time For Dialogue
Nobody thought it could turn this bad but the thoughtlessness of those who should know better may destroy our fragile…
Fighting On Lagos Island: Police Arrest 18
The monitoring unit of the Inspector-General of Police, Abuja, has arraigned 18 persons before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a…
Adefulire Launches Young Commonwealth Competition Project
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has launched the Young Commonwealth Competition and Project Do Something Positive for Nigeria. This…
Another Jos Tragedy: 3 Christians Ambushed, Killed
Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in…
NURTW Chieftain, Olohunwa, Condemns Lagos Island Mayhem, Sues For Peace
Former Chairman of the National Union of Roads Transport Workers, Lagos State Chapter, Rafiu Akanni Olohunwa has condemned the mayhem…
Stop Killing Innocent People, Cleric Appeals To Boko Haram
An Islamic Scholar and publisher of the book “The Will Of Allah, Sheikh Oseni Nasirudeen has appealed to the Boko…
Attacks In North East Dangerous For Nigeria’s Unity —Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned in the strongest terms the latest round of ethnic and religious terrorist attacks…
Yoruba, Hausa Butchers Clash
Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government continued in Ilorin Thursday but limited to two areas…
Crisis: Rent Hike Hits Jos
The lingering violence in Jos has shot up house rents in the Southern part of the city, the News Agency…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
LG Election: Lagosians Urged To Shun Apathy, Thuggery, Violence
Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, has urged Lagosians to shun apathy, violence and thuggery as they cast…
Uduaghan Warns Ex-Militants Against Kidnapping
The Governor of Delta state Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned ex-militants in Sapele and other parts of the state that…
Lagos ACN Counsels Soldiers Against Breach Of The Law
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has advised officers and per of the Nigerian Armed Forces…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Blasts PDP Over Violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted security agencies and all lovers of democracy to the use of violence…
Why Campus Violence Is On The Rise
An Islamic scholar, Imam Moshood Mamood, has blamed the alarming rate of violence in Nigerian tertiary institutions on what he…
‘Violence Is A Violation Of Rights’
Violence against persons is a gross violation of the rights of that individual, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).…
520 Killed in Post Presidential Election Violence in Nigeria -Police
Nigeria Police have said a total of 520 persons lost their lives in the violence that followed the 19 April…
Fear Grips Christians In Kano, Kaduna
Following the news of the extermination of the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, apprehension has gripped Christians in Kano…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Bauchi, Kaduna Deferred Guber Polls: State of Emergency Is Only A Last Resort –Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that declaring a state of emergency in violence-prone states where elections were deferred is unnecessary,…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Post-Election Violence: Police Arrest 109 Suspects In Kano
The Kano Police Command says 109 suspects were arrested during Monday’s post-election violence in various parts of the state. The…
Hausa Community Blames Mayhem On Illiteracy
The Hausa Community in Lagos has condemned the post presidential election violence in some northern parts of the country, blaming…