Suspected herdsmen set Falae’s farm on fire
Suspected herdsmen on Sunday, set the farm of a former Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, near Akure, the Ondo State capital. According to a report by Channels Television which quoted the Spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, the police made... Read more
Former Niger Delta Militants Threaten To Resume Armed Attacks On Oil Installations
The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a coalition of armed groups in the Niger Delta, has served noticed that 4,314 ex-militants in the region are set to renege on the terms of the Presidential Amnesty they embraced in 2008. JRC spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, in statement distributed to the media by... Read more
African Union Condemns President Trump’s ‘Shithole Remarks’
Press Statement for Immediate Release ECOSOCC’s Response to President Trump’s ‘Shithole Remarks’ African Civil society under the auspices of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union received with utter shock the news of the uncouth words used by the President of the United States in... Read more
Ikpeazu rejects cattle colony for herdsmen in Abia State
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected plans by the federal government to establish “cattle colonies” for Fulani Herdsmen and their cows in Abia State. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, the Governor stated that Abia state will not cede any part... Read more
Rivers State Government Hands Over Housing Development in New City to Private Investor, AFRIPROPS.
The Rivers State Government on Thursday January 11, 2018 restated her desire to hand over the development of housing estates in some parts of the new city currently undergoing construction to private investors.   Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, the Chairman, Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, (GPHCDA), reassured on government’s... Read more
Aiteo relishes ‘best African Football Awards ever’
From Dianabasi Effiong   Africa’s leading indigenous energy solution company, Aiteo Group, is basking in the euphoria of a highly successful 2017 Aiteo CAF Football Awards that shook the Ghanaian capital, Accra to its very foundation on Thursday night.   A number of ‘firsts’ were established for the event... Read more
Football: 2017 was great, 2018 will be more glorious–Pinnick
From Dianabasi Effiong   Amaju Pinnick, the President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has expressed the satisfaction of the Federation with on-field and off-field results for Nigerian Football in the outgoing year. According to a statement on Sunday by Pinnick, the NFF is also hopeful that the year 2018 will... Read more
Group Mourns Renewed Killings in Benue as Fulani Group Insists on “Cattle Colony” for Herders
An advocacy group, the CACLD International has expressed grief over the relentless killings by Fulani herdsmen in parts of Nigeria, the latest being in Benue State. In a release made available to Africanewscircle, the group also proferred what it felt, are the solutions to the spate of killings of... Read more
Buhari’s Documentary: A spat on the pains of Nigerians -AIED
The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has described the documentary made by the Presidency to show the ‘human side’ of Buhari as an inhuman gesture by the Buhari-led administration at a time when citizens are in general discomfort due to scarcity of fuel, high unemployment rate and... Read more
INNOSON: Nigeria’s Senate to Probe arrest as EFCC releases mogul
Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday, stepped into the controversial arrest of industrialist and business mogul, Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of the indigenous motor vehicle manufacturing company, INNOSON Motors by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The upper legislative body asked its Committee on Anti Corruption Chaired by Senator... Read more