The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned Monday's suicide bombing in Kano in which innocent citizens were killed and maimed,  saying it is time for all stakeholders in the country to act decisively to stem an impending national catastrophe. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is now futile to expect  that t ...

The police have been ordered to embark upon a massive operation against the use of tinted vehicles as well as vehicles that are unregistered.A statement from the police headquarters today said security reports have also linked suspected terrorist with such vehicles. “Owners of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles are advised to immediately register them and obtain appropriate licenses or withdraw them forthwith ...

Bayelsa State government says it will soon sponsor a bill seeking punishment for malicious rumour mongering and misinformation of the public to the State House of Assembly. Governor Seriake Dickson who disclosed this while inaugurating the State Public Information Management Committee at the Executive Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa, said the move has become imperative in view of the ever-increasing r ...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will embark on a two-day state visit to Equatorial Guinea, tomorrow, Thursday, March 21, 2013. A statement by Presidential spokesman ,Reuben Abati said  the trip is in continuation of the federal government’s efforts to boost economic and trade relations between Nigeria and neighbouring countries. President Jonathan will in the course of the visit hold talks in Malabo with ...

A  unofficial report from Kano said the orgy of violence has continued unabated in the city  as a school bus conveying children was hit by an explosion in Dorayi Quarters Area killing the children. Details of the casualty figure were not available but the bombed  vehicle was said to be one of the Kwankwasiyya buses provided by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso . There were also fears  that majority of the victims ma ...

By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Residents of Sabon Gari area, in the heart of the ancient city of Kano, where  an attack was launched on luxurious buses with over 60 persons declared  by local leaders  to have lost their lives,  marked Wednesday as a day of mourning in respect of the departed souls. Newsdiaryonline.com  gathered that, community leaders in the area, which is predominantly inhabited by non natives on ...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised the alarm over the kidnapping of its Vice Chairman (South-east), Dr. Chudi Nwike, in Anambra State on Tuesday In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party quoted Dr. Nwike's younger brother, who has been contacted by him (Dr. Nwike), as saying the kidnappers are demanding 30 million naira (in f ...

A non -partisan forum of patriotic Nigerians, N-Katalyst   has called on Nigeria to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2013 scheduled to hold in Sri Lanka. A  statement signed by Dr Jibrin Ibrahim and  Boma Ozobia  for N-Katalyst called on  Nigeria to among others “Boycott the CHOGM currently scheduled to hold in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November 2013, unless the Sri Lanka ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied media reports that he was deliberately absent at a reconciliatory meeting of the PDP North-east zone in Bauchi. A statement by the media office of the former vice-president described as “untrue and inaccurate” the report that Atiku was deliberately absent from the reconciliatory meeting. The statement noted that the reason why the former Vice President could n ...

Reports from South Eastern Nigeria said about 45 people have  died as boat ferrying 166 people capsized .The boat was said to be heading towards Gabon after leaving Oron in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State. Though a doctor in Calabar reportedly received about 45 dead bodies ,officials have  only confirmed the death of 9 people. Yushau Shuaib ,NEMA spokesman  said Tuesday night  that rescue operation was  ongoing f ...