This is barely 24 hours after bomb explosion at Nyanya motor park in Abuja killed over 75 and got no fewer than 215 people injured
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Parents told the BBC’s Hausa service that at least 200 girls had been abducted. The attackers are thought to be from the Islamist group, Boko Haram
The minister commended the Nigerian Air Force for its support and participation in “operations” within and outside Nigeria
Members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations was criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of its motivation
The FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has condemned Monday’s bomb blast at Nyanya Mass Transit Bus Terminal in Abuja, describing it as a cowardly act perpetrated by unscrupulous elements.
In his company were the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, the National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Mrshall Alex Badeh, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and other top government functionaries
“It is a sad experience. We counted 20 BRT buses, 14 cars, 24 commuter buses and 13 motorcycles.”
The blast occurred in the early hours of Monday
The Sultan said JNI criticism of certain policies of the present government was a wakeup call for government or those in leadership positions “to do what is right”
The Reds are five points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, who play Swansea City later on Sunday afternoon
An eyewitness, Mallam Iliyasu Gambo, told The Eagle Online that the passengers would not have drowned if they wore life jackets
Nigerians from all walks of life attended the wedding between Faith and Godswill Osim Edward, a Cross River State prince, held at the National Christian Centre and the reception at the International Conference Centre, Abuja
Sources said two persons are missing and could not be traced as at the time of filling this report
The representative Borno Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Zannah Ahmed, on Friday accused the military of complicity in Thursday’s attacks on part of troubled Borno State, where he claimed that 210 people were killed in four towns
The generators could, however, not supply power to the 10 courtrooms, a situation that forced several courts to adjourn cases earlier listed for hearing
He was said to be an on-line personality who was celebrating the bombing campaigns of the Boko Haram sect on the jihadist website and also soliciting for funds from international terrorists groups to fund the activities of the sect in Nigeria
Following inconclusive elections and protests during Saturday’s congresses, the state congress committee had called for rerun of elections in over 100 of the 377 wards in Lagos
Suswam said this when he received the Senate Joint Committee on National Security, Intelligence, Defence, Police and Interior
The massive deployment of cheap lies and blackmail by the Lagos State Government and its party in the bid to force its ideas and ways down the throat of the governed cannot be more obvious than in this situation
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident happened around 2am at Oworonshoki, Lagos