Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called for a comprehensive audit of safety procedures at Agip oilfields in Bayelsa following frequent fatal explosions. Three explosions had occurred at oilfields operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) from July 9, 2015 till date in Southern Ijaw Local Government... Read more
Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, at the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF/World Bank on Friday, explained why the Federal Government is not excited about calls to apply for loan facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tackle some of the current economic challenges that Nigeria is facing due to... Read more
…Lauds rights group, CDHR on support for loot recovery The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to set up a commission of inquiry that will look into crude oil theft amounting to N5.8 trillion under the previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration.... Read more
Igbo traders in Bayelsa Monday protested the serial killings of prominent Igbo businessmen in Yenagoa, the state capital, by unknown gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers and hired assassins. The Igbos in Bayelsa mostly traders, joined by other Igbo indigenes in the state capital, staged a protest and... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, calabar The Cross River State Government says it received N250 million refund so far from the Federal Government on repairs of Federal Roads. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Works, Mr. Dane Osim-Asu, in an interactive session with some journalists in the state. Osim-Asu also stated... Read more
Nigeria’s DSS Faulted On Alleged IPOB Abduction, Murder and Secret Burial of 5 Hausa-Fulanis in Abia
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Service (DSS) which is known for its silence on the persistent murders, kidnaps and heinous crimes by Hausa/Fulani herdsmen has come under criticism for seeking to implicate the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the alleged abduction, murder and secret burial of... Read more
THE UNSUCCESSFUL FRAMING UP OF IPOB AS A VIOLENT AND TERRORIST GROUP: BUHARI AND DSS SHOULD TRY HARDER NEXT TIME
FeaturedPress Releases April 10, 2016
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA April 10, 2016 Press Release Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari and his Gestapo Organization called Department of State Services (DSS), henceforth referred to as “Gestapo-DSS“, have once again failed in their attempts to portray the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a violent and... Read more
By Uchenna Nnadi ALADINMA’S proclamation,Daily Sun, Thursday, June 21, 2012 made interesting reading. We note and appreciate Aladinma’s burning desire to establish or nurture cordial relationships between Ndigbo and the South-South peoples of Nigeria. But we do think that such cordiality should not be founded on falsehood, outright misrepresentation... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Rep. Orok Duke Chairman Cross River Sports Commission, has called on relevant stakeholders to make Table Tennis popular, universal and inclusive. He made the call in an interview with our Wednesday on the side-line of the “World Table Tennis for All Day’’ celebration by fans... Read more
By Ifeyinwa China Onyeabo Growing up, despite my dad being a civil servant, he was also a farmer on a small scale. You cannot afford not to be a farmer if you happen to come from my village. My mum too was a farmer despite being a teacher. Her... Read more
