NONESSENTIAL PREOCCUPATION
Posted by: Alex O. Atawa Akpodiete
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-17 10:47:46 -0700 | disasters-news
If you are a theologian, attended a good Seminary/Bible College, or just an avid reader, you would have come across an interesting book by C.S. Lewis called The Screwtape Letters. It involves 31 letters between an experienced demon and his...
Nigeria: Corpses Litter Maiduguri as Boko Haram, Soldiers Kill 29 in Two Days
Source: Africa Headlines
Maiduguri :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-10 09:57:18 -0700 | disasters-news
Saturday saw decomposing corpses of eight people, believed to be members of the Boko Haram. The corpses were dumped in a ditch near Biu road bridge of Maiduguri even as residents of the area said the victims died on the...
Nigeria: Police Detonate 'Laptop Bomb' in Kaduna
Source: Africa Headlines
Kaduna :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-10 03:50:21 -0700 | disasters-news
It was gathered that residents of the area noticed the strange object around 4pm and drew the attention of security agencies. A trader in the area told Weekly Trust that they didn't know when the object was dumped, but only...
Boko Haram: Bornu youths embark on house-to-house search
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-11 13:11:26 -0700 | disasters-news
By EMMANUEL UDOM Youths in Bornu state are conducting a house-to-house search for Boko Haram members, www.allvoices.com reporter can authoritatively say. Reliable sources disclosed that the search has received the blessings of the Joint Task Force team, as soldiers attacked...
Nigeria: Jonathan May Target Media With Boko Haram Proscription Order - ACN
Source: Africa Headlines
Baga :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-09 23:16:02 -0700 | disasters-news
The Action Congress of Nigeria has warned that the recent proscription of Boko Haram and other extremist groups by the federal government may be abused by the "increasingly intolerant" administration to haunt the media and critics. The party said in...
Is police responsible for Lagos trailer crash?
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-07 02:43:45 -0700 | disasters-news
By EMMANUEL UDOM It was quite hectic and hellish in Lagos on Thursday. At about 8.30 am, a trailer crushed eko meat van at Zik bus-stop in Ikeja, south-west Nigeria and for hours on end, the entire state stood still....
Driving in Nigeria: Time for a test
Source: The Economist
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-06 10:16:54 -0700 | disasters-news
Bad roads and poor servicing of vehicles are only partly to blame...In April 20 people were killed in the town of Potiskum in the northern state of Yobe because their bus was rushing to beat a 6pm curfew. Most people...
World Briefing | Africa: State Department Offers Rewards for Terrorist Leaders
Source: The New York Times
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-03 17:29:54 -0700 | disasters-news
World Briefing Africa State Department Offers Rewards for Terrorist Leaders Published: June 3, 2013 The State Department announced that it was offering rewards for information leading to the location of the leaders of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ,...
Nigeria: Reps to Probe Alleged U.S.$40 Million Internet Spying Contract
Source: Africa Headlines
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 00:19:18 -0700 | disasters-news
Abuja The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed a resolution to probe the alleged award of a $40 million internet spying contact to a foreign company to monitor the Internet activities of Nigerians. The House also directed its committees on ICT,...
In Cameroon, Nigeria Christians fleeing Boko Haram rebuild their lives
Posted by: rsa76
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 07:51:50 -0700 | disasters-news
Young people carry on their heads bales of straw, while women and children prepare land to build new houses and walls: it is here in Tallamallabrahim Cameroon, these Nigerian Christians from Cameroon rebuild their life after fleeing Islamist Boko Haram....
NIGERIA: ERA GOES TOUGH ON HYDRO DAM PROJECT, INSISTS ON EIA OR NO DEAL
Posted by: AkanimoReports
Zungeru :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-29 21:47:35 -0700 | disasters-news
FOREMOST environmental rights advocacy group in Nigeria, Environmental Rights Action (ERA) has gone tough on the Zungeru Hydro Dam project being pursued by the Nigerian government to boost power supply in the country. ERA which also doubles as the country's...
LAGBUS ticketer escapes being beaten-up by irate youths in Oshiodi
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-29 07:01:05 -0700 | disasters-news
By EMMANUEL UDOM It was the timely interventions of some concerned passengers that saved a LAGBUS ticketer from being beaten- up by irate youths at Oshiodi bus-stop in Lagos, yesterday. Our correspondent, who witnessed the build-up to the drama, observed...
Why I think we're wasting billions on global warming, by top British climate scientist
Source: Mail Online UK
Mayo Belwa :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-25 19:10:40 -0700 | disasters-news
Paul , Once United Kingdom, United Kingdom, 26/5/2013 02:48 Click to rate Rating (0) Both sides of this important question have got things wrong. Carbon taxes, emission trading schemes and continued debate will not fix, or really...
Lagos SARS arrest 4 suspected political thugs
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-25 03:44:32 -0700 | disasters-news
By EMMANUEL UDOM The crack team of the Special Anti-Robbery Section (SARS), Lagos Command has apprehended four perpetrators of the recent attack on Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) aspirant and associate at Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. The four arrested culprits...
Lagos police arrest 3 suspected fraudsters over N75million deal
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 21:56:23 -0700 | disasters-news
By EMMANUEL UDOM The police in Lagos on Tuesday paraded three suspected fraudsters arrested in connection with allege N75million deal gone soared. Speaking during the parade held at the state police command in Ikeja, Lagos, south-west Nigeria, Ngozi Briade, police...
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