The federal government has described the agitations by some Nigerians, largely in the South-East, as “completely legitimate.” There have been mass protests by Igbos in South-East Nigeria for an independent country of Biafra. The protests have sometimes gone violent with reported deaths of about six people, allegedly at the... Read more
Calm has returned weeks after the bloody clashes between native farmers and Fulani cattle rearers in the Igbeti and Igboho environs in Northern Oyo of Oyo State. The Fulani cattle herders had attacked their hosts after alleging that the deaths of their cattle was as a result of poisoning... Read more
An apparent terror attack was averted last Friday, November 28, 2015 when at 3.00pm local time, a Benin City-bound ARIK Flight was delayed for over two hours at Nigeria’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Three suspicious men were said to have boarded the aircraft using the same identity cards.... Read more
Nigeria’s first national team goalkeeper, Samuel Ibiam, has died at the age of 91. According to the Ibiam family sources, the death occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia, Abia State. The pioneer Nigerian goal tender who hailed from Unwana, Ebonyi State, was... Read more
Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was one of the distinguished recipients honoured at an all-star event in New York on December 1 for services to humanity and the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS. She received the award from two respected international advocacy groups, ONE and RED, alongside... Read more
No fewer than 13 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on a peaceful protest have reportedly been killed in Onitsha as the protests for the release of the group’s leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, continued in the commercial nerve of Anambra State. The IPOB members had... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The leadership of has admonished government at all levels in Nigeria as well as president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to uphold sincerity, honesty, justice and fair play in governance.The counsel was given in Calabar by Rev. A. S. J. Udoyen, the General Secretary of the United... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and The Nigeria Police have assured of a smooth and credible governorship elections come December 5, 2015. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Inspector of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase gave the assurance on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Speaking to newsmen at the Bayelsa... Read more
The Bayelsa Police Command on Monday described as false, misleading and mischievous, reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan escaped death in an attacked in the state at the weekend. Jonathan had attended a political rally of the Peoples Democratic Party for the re-election of incumbent governor of Bayelsa,... Read more
By Law Mefor RETIRED Col Hamid Ibrahim Ali, who took over as Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in a very controversial circumstance, is progressing in error. The anomalies his policies are perpetrating in the Nigeria Customs are unhealthy. Col Ali was once a military administrator of Kaduna State... Read more
