Four female suicide bombers die after a failed attempt to attack Maiduguri today

Four female suicide bombers die after a failed attempt to attack Maiduguri today

Four Female suicide bombers lost their lives in a failed attempt to bomb Dala Yazaram community in Maiduguri today. This comes barely 24 hours after 55 people were killed in separate suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri in Borno state and Yola in Adamawa state.

Eyewitnesses say four female suicide bombers made an attempt to attack the area but one of them was arrested before she detonated the bomb on her. She later died. “Three people have been killed and many injured. One of the terrorists was arrested before she could detonate,” resident Shuaibu Umara, a security guard at a nearby NNPC petrol station, told AFP

Nigerians react to tribunal nullifying Wike's election

Nigerians react to tribunal nullifying Wike's election

The Rivers state election petition tribunal this afternoon annulled the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of the state. The tribunal has ordered a rerun to be conducted in 90 days and Nigerians are having a field day over it. Continue to see more reactions...

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Rivers, Akwa-Ibom Tribunal Judgments Cannot Stand - PDP

Rivers, Akwa-Ibom Tribunal Judgments Cannot Stand - PDP

PDP has described as unacceptable and bizarre the election tribunal verdicts in both Rivers and Akwa Ibom state. The Akwa Ibom state election petition tribunal few days ago had nullified the state governorship election in 18 Local governments and ordered a rerun. PDP's reaction is contained in a statement released this afternoon by its National Publicity secretary Olisa Metuh. Read after the cut..

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Two lecturers & students of Adamawa state Polytechnic victims of Yola suicide attack

Two lecturers & students of Adamawa state Polytechnic victims of Yola suicide attack

Two lecturers of the Adamawa state Polytechnic and four students were victims of the bomb attack in Jambutu area in Yola, Adamawa state yesterday afternoon.

I am still the Governor, I wll appeal Tribunals verdict- Wike

I am still the Governor, I wll appeal Tribunals verdict- Wike

Nyesom Wike says despite the ruling by the state election petition tribunal annulling the April 11th election that brought him to power, he is still the state governor.

Deploy anti-bomb soldiers to all mosque in NE, Ben Bruce urges FG

Deploy anti-bomb soldiers to all mosque in NE, Ben Bruce urges FG

Senator Ben Murray Bruce has urged the federal government to deploy anti bomb soldiers to all Mosques in the North East following recent attacks on some mosquse in Maiduguri and Yola.

Read this very inspiring Facebook post

Read this very inspiring Facebook post

Olorunfunmi Adebajo shared this inspiring story on Facebook on October 21 which happened to be her birthday. The post has so far shared over 150 times and garnered 1,830 Likes. It reads:

So on one of those days I hung my head and claimed life had ended for me, I walked past Gbolahan. He lives right across my house and was in class with one of my elder ones. I heard he was very brilliant but I've known him to be a chronic drunk for at least 15 years...His case was worse than a mad man. He'd drink 'ogogoro' all day, get beaten up and slapped by passersby, get hit by vehicles and then walk/shout all over the street all night. He barely slept and on the days he did, he would sleep in any 'maruwa' he finds parked behind my house. He practically had no life outside his bottle of gin. 

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