Obama Faults Seizure Of Chibok By Boko Haram

United States president, Mr. Barrack Obama, has condemned last week’s seizure of Chibok town by members of the Boko Haram Sect. Chibok is the town where the terrorists abducted more than 270 female students in April, 2014.


Reacting to the seizure through a Spokesperson of the White House, Ms. Jen Psaki, the United States leader lamented, saying that it had shown how difficult the situation in the Northern parts of Nigeria was.

INEC to jail presidential candidates that spend above N1 Billion on campaign

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had taken measures to track campaign expenditure incurred by political parties as it lifted ban on election campaigns.

The electoral body said it will sanction presidential aspirants that spend above N1billion on campaign. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, on Monday in Abuja stated this in an interview with journalists following the lifting of the ban on election campaigns

You were poor before assuming office, but left as the richest man in Borno - Gov Shettima to Modu Sheriff,

The Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has described as absurd the allegation of fraud against him by his predecessor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, saying the former governor has no moral standing to tag him as a corrupt person.


The governor spoke through his media aide, Alhaji Isa Gusau, on Tuesday.

Suspected suicide bomber burnt alive by mob in Gombe

A suspected male suicide bomber who was allegedly dressed with a bomb hidden under his cloth was apprehended and burnt alive some few minutes after 1pm this afternoon at the Gombe Line Park in Gombe state. Residents of the area said the man was preparing to blow himself up when he was spotted. The mob refused to hand him over to the police and immediately set him on fire