Nigerian militant group, Boko Haram, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, ISIS, according to an audio statement. The message, which was not verified, was posted on Boko Haram’s Twitter account and appeared to be by Abubakar Shekau, the group’s leader. In the audio message posted, the Boko Haram leader purportedly said, “We announce our…
President Jonathan to Lead Physical Training Exercise
As part of activities aimed at promoting sports and fitness in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan will lead government officials as well as sportsmen and women on an out-door physical training exercise in Abuja tomorrow, Saturday, March 7, 2015. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said in a statement released today…
Governor Dickson’s House Gutted By Fire
There was a fire outbreak at the private residence of the Bayelsa State governor, Seriacke Dickson, on Thursday. TELL learnt that the fire outbreak started in a room in the two-storey building located on Opolo road, Yenagoa. However, it was gathered that the quick intervention of men of the state fire service and security operatives…
Tanzania: Four Sentenced To Death For Killing Albino
A court in Dar Es Salaam, has sentenced four Tanzanians to death after being found guilty of murdering an albino woman. They were said to have killed the woman in 2008, because they believed her body parts had special powers, according to the judge in north-western town of Geita. The 22-year-old victim, Zawadi Mangidu, whose…
Suspected Thugs Attack APC Billboards in Osun
Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC vying to represent Obokun Constituency of Osun State in the House of Assembly, has raised alarm over the destruction of his campaign billboards in Obokun by people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Oyintiloye alleged that the suspected vandals loyal to…
Insurgency: Internally-Displaced Persons Suffer Neglect – Margee Ensign
Margee Ensign, President of the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, Adamawa State, has bemoaned the neglect that Internally Displaced Persons, IDP’s in the North East have been subjected to. Ensign made the disclosure on Thursday when a delegation from the University paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos corporate headquarters of TELL Communications Limited,…
Singapore to Cane and Imprison Two German Youths
A court in Singapore has sentenced two German youths to nine months imprisonment and three strokes of the cane each for breaking into a depot and spray-painting graffiti on a commuter train. 22-year-old Andreas Von Knorre and Elton Hinz, 21, were accused of vandalism and trespass after they broke into one of Singapore’s train depots…
Surrender or Get Killed, Chadian President Tells Shekau
President Idriss Deby of Chad, on Wednesday, revealed that he knows the hideout of Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, and vowed that the leader of the insurgent group will be killed if he fails to surrender. “It is in Abubakar Shekau’s interest to surrender, we know where he is. If he refuses to give…
Couple Arraigned For Fraud
The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has charged Osinachi Nwachukwu and Ifeyinwa Nwachukwu to a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital for an offense bordering on fraud. The couple is facing a 3-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining the sum of N800, 000 by false pretence from one Charles…
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