Niger Delta Demand for the Independence of Rondel from Nigeria in 2018
PRESS RELEASE We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) – a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta Region, having lived together in the past as a... Read more
IPOB ADOPTS THE REFERENDUM TEMPLATE OF LOWER NIGER CONGRESS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE NATION OF BIAFRA
June 8, 2017 Press Release   The Directorate of State (DOS) of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is glad to announce that it has adopted the Referendum Template of the Lower Niger Congress (LNC). As one of the pro-Biafra organizations, IPOB wishes to state that the LNC Referendum... Read more
Nigeria Confirms First Payments of N375.8m to Whistle Blowers
From Dianabasi Effiong   The Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed release of N375.8 million to the first batch of 20 providers of information under the Whistle blower Policy.   A statement made available to our correspondent by Salisu Dambatta, Director (information) in the Ministry, explained... Read more
16 northern groups give Igbo October 1 to vacate region
  President, Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-azzez Suleima (left); President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Shettima Yerima and North Central Coordinator, Arewa Citizens Action for Change, Mohammed Eneji Abdulhamid, at the presentation of a joint paper on the Igbo’s persistence for secession in Kaduna …yesterday. • Ask relatives in S’ East... Read more
More Development Partners Sign Pacts with NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed two more Memoranda of Understanding, MOU, as part of the new management’s strategy and vision to drive sustainable development in the Niger Delta region.   The MOUs signed on Wednesday with Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND and BudgIT... Read more
C’River targets 750,000 children in 2017 school-based de-worming exercise
The Cross River Government says that no fewer than 750, 000 children would be reached in the 2017 school-based deworming programme across the state.   The state’s resolve was stated in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Calabar by Mr Thomas Igbang, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Coordinator... Read more
The Evil in Vogue in Nigeria Which Roils Conscionable People
By: Nneka Aroh I was speaking with a very young pharmacist from the South East yesterday. I advanced the restructuring/true Fiscal Federalism as what I believe is the way out of Nigeria’s muddle. He would not buy it. “Forget it ma’am. It’s better we just go. Give us ten-fifteen... Read more
Memory And Nation Building: Biafra 50 Years After: A Sober Reflection
Paper presented at The Conference – MEMORY AND NATION BUILDING: BIAFRA 50 YEARS AFTER: A SOBER REFLECTION. By PROF. T. UZODIMA NWALA President Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Introduction. Before I thank the organisers of this Conference and pay my tribute to the Memory of my friend, late Major-General Shehu... Read more
Reflections on 50 years After the Nigeria-Biafra Conflict
Speech of the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo Jnr at the Yar Adua center on 50 years of Biafra. The Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were guests. 50 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: REFLECTIONS AND HOPES PROTOCOLS: 1. I am grateful to Shehu Musa Yar... Read more
Bayelsa Monarch seeks to use Oloibiri Oil and Gas festival to promote culture and tourism
King Dumaro Owaba, Obanobha 111 of Ogbia Kingdom in Bayelsa says the communities in his domain were poised to use the Oloibiri festival to showcase its culture and tourism potentials to the outside world.   He said that the festival was targeted at attracting tourists and investors to the... Read more