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Former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari has urged the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to prosecute those involved in corruption- related scams, jail them or shoot them (time: from 32:58min mark). The former presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) made the demand during a candid interview with SaharaTV over the weekend. Discussing the $6.8 billion dollars ...

None of the dead victims of Sunday’s Dana plane crash will be buried until another two weeks. The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it would need the period to validate the identity of the dead victims and conduct an autopsy. Though 103 of the victims were said to have been burnt beyond recognition, 52 bodies had been identified ...

The Vice-Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bauchi State, Rev. Timothy Aneke says Sunday’s suicide bombing of two churches in Yelwa area of Bauchi State is designed to instigate war between Muslims and Christians in the state. Aneke said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday. “My own understanding is to put ...

The management of Dana Air on Wednesday denied the suspension of their operational licence in Nigeria in the wake of last Sunday’s air disaster which claimed the lives of more than 150 people, a claim that was swiftly punctured by the aviation ministry. At a world press conference in Lagos, Wednesday, Francis Ogboro, a director in the company told journalists ...