Category Archives: NATION

Second Woolwich attacker identified as Michael Adebowale, friends and ...

May 24, 2013 no comments

British authorities have identified the second attacker who killed a soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, in Woolwich on Wednesday as Michael Adebowale of Greenwich, southeast London. Adebowale, 22, is al...

Release of Boko Haram wives, children will aid dialogue – Amnest...

May 23, 2013 no comments

NAN – The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in Northern Nigeria (amnesty committee) said on Thursday that it recommended the release of wives and...

Muslim Association of Nigeria in the UK condemns Woolwich attack as &#...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Nigerian Muslim leaders in the UK have condemned the brutal attack of Brtish soldier Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London on Wednesday as “barbaric”. One of the two attackers, ...

Christy’s message to late iconic husband Chinua Achebe as renown...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Family, friends, loved ones and dignitaries from across the country are saying their final farewell to literary icon Chinua Achebe, who will be laid to rest in his hometown of Ogidi in Anambra state ...

NEW VIDEO of Woolwich attack; plus attacker Michael “MujahidR...

May 23, 2013 1 comment

The Sun has published new video footage of the Woolwich attack, this one filmed from a bus parked on John Wilson street where two men hacked a British soldier to death. (BE WARNED IT IS GRAPHIC; SCRO...

Who is Michael Olumide Adebolajo? More details about the weapon wieldi...

May 23, 2013 4 comments

Michael Olumide Adebolajo, was born in Lambeth in December 1984 to a Christian family, grew up in Romford, travelled to school on the bus, played football and had lots of friends, Guardian sources re...

One of two Woolwich attackers identified as British-born Nigerian Mich...

May 23, 2013 no comments

The former leader of a banned Islamist organisation has identified one of the two men involved in Wednesday’s Woolwich terror attack as a British-born Nigerian who went by the name ‘Mujah...

Soldier responsible for killing Mali-bound troops in January arrested,...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Wednesday that soldiers who leaked vital information that led to the killing of three Mali-bound security operatives in Kogi ...

State of Emergency: Soldiers arrested for aiding Boko Haram insurgents...

May 23, 2013 no comments

A Nigeria military official said on Wednesday that “some soldiers” have been arrested for aiding Boko Haram insurgents even as troops launch their biggest offensive against the sect acros...

Alamieyeseigha claims president had no choice in state pardon

May 22, 2013 no comments

Recently pardoned ex-convict Diepreye Alamieyeseigha reportedly stated, quite boldly, that President Goodluck Jonathan had “no choice” but to grant him state pardon, according to Sahara R...