GOVERNOR BLAMES MILITARY FOR JOS KILLINGS

Governor blames military for Jos killings
By Elizabeth Archibong
March 10, 2010 02:35AM
A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.
The leadership of the Nigerian Army in Plateau State should be blamed [...]

57 KILLED IN LOKOJA ROAD ACCIDENT

57 killed in Lokoja road accident
By Samuel Oluwalana and Ifedayo Adebayo
March 10, 2010 02:25AM
The people of Lokoja, out of fury, yesterday set ablaze two trucks belonging to the Dangote Group, after one of its vehicles veered off the Abuja-Lokoja Road and killed about 57 people in a crowded market.
The truck, which was transporting cement from [...]

GUSAU REPLACES MUKHTAR AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

Gusau replaces Mukhtar as National Security Adviser
By Elizabeth Archibong
March 9, 2010 03:07AM
(L-R)Chief of Naval Staff, Ishaya Ibrahim, Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahaman Danbazau, Chief of Defence Staff, Paul Dike, former National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, at the security meeting in Abuja yesterday.
Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday fired the National Security [...]

NIGERIA RELIGIOUS CLASH ‘KILLS 500′ NEAR JOS

Many of the victims were hacked with machetes, doctors said
Some 500 people are now reported to have been killed in a weekend revenge attack following religious clashes near Nigeria’s city of Jos, officials say.
The figure had previously been put at about 100 but it is always difficult to verify casualties. Local [...]

STANLEY MACEBUH DIES AT 67

Stanley Macebuh dies at 67
By Oluwaseyi Bangudu
March 8, 2010 05:05AM
Stanley Macebuh, a celebrated journalist and newspaper administrator, died on Sunday, at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. He was 67 years old.
Mr. Macebuh, who helped engineered the turn-around of the Daily Times and the birth of The Guardian and Post Express, was taken [...]