Improvised Explosive Devices were believed to have been used in blowing up the bridge.
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The President met with Malala on Monday in Abuja
Minimah also called for the need to address the rising acts of indiscipline and unprofessional conduct by troops
This was even as Mba refused to comment on the allegation that the explosions at the Folawiyo Energy Limited on Creek Road were detonated bombs
Tsav blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the continual existence of the dreaded sect, insisting that the President was handling the issue with kidgloves
Kalu made this remark on Friday while addressing a cross section of Nigerians drawn from the academia, business and corporate world at the Ledbury restaurant, London
This APC said this is with a view to ending, once and for all, the debate over who is behind the insurgency and also to facilitate efforts to tackle it decisively
The explosion in Lagos, which the state government tried explaining off as a gas explosion, killed no fewer than five persons at the Folawiyo Energy fuel depot, Apapa, where it occurred
Malala, who commenced a three-day visit to Nigeria on Saturday, celebrated her 17th birthday in Abuja at a dinner held in her honour
This position arose from a meeting between the Senate President, David Mark, and America’s Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, in Abuja on Saturday
The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, said this in Abuja on Wednesday during the regular briefing by members of the Centre on efforts to fight terror in the country and find the over 200 Chibok secondary school girls abducted since April 14 this year
Boko Haram made over $70 million from ransoms collected for kidnappings between 2006 and 2011, it is believed
Also captured are several weapons and equipment, including power generating sets, communication equipment, vehicles, motorcycles, foodstuff and kitchen utensils
The Nigerians, during the rally, also demanded greater US support for the Federal Government in its war against Boko Haram
Boko Haram is still holding more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in April
Timehin raised this poser in his lecture at the 5th Annual Ramadan Public lecture organised by IEDPU, Eti-osa Branch at White Sand, Lekki, Lagos State at the weekend with the theme: “The Role of Muslims in Nations Building
At Konduga, also in Borno State, a suicide bomber in a Golf car on Friday crashed into a checkpoint, killing himself, a policeman and three vigilante youth members
This revelation is contained in the Volume 23 No 4 issue of Media Review, a monthly assessor of the Nigerian media
The Eagle Online reports that a letter allegedly written by Boko Haram threatening to abduct students of Government Science School, Lafia, was found on the school principal’s table on Tuesday amidst panic amongst teachers and students
Those arrested according to the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, are Hafsat Usman Bako, Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar