PANDEF Flays Alleged FG’s Selective Persecution Of Southerners
.Wonders why homes of terrorists, bandits in the North are yet to be raided   The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has flayed the federal government and its security agencies for perceived selective actions against persons from the Southern part of the country. The group, according to its spokesman... Read more
Group Assembles Lawyers For Igboho’s Aides, Lagos Protesters
The Ilana Omo Oodua has said it is assembling senior Yoruba lawyers to ensure the release of aides of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, arrested during the raid by the Department of State Services on the activist’s house. Igboho, who is a promoter of the Yoruba Nation, has... Read more
Yoruba Nation Lagos Rally: Police Killed My Daughter, I Want Justice, Says Mother Of Slain Girl
The mother of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has demanded justice for her daughter. Agitators for the Yoruba Nation gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area of Lagos on Saturday amid... Read more
DSS Declares Sunday Igboho Wanted, Confirms Gunning Down His Allies
The Department of State Services (DSS) has declared Sunday Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed activist popularly called Sunday Igboho, wanted. The DSS declared him wanted at a press briefing where it confirmed gunning down two of Igboho’s allies at his Ibadan residence. Igboho had raised an alarm that two persons were... Read more
Kanu’s Arrest: We’re Seeking Explanation From FG, Says Britain
. UK ready to provide consular assistance to Kanu, demands due process • Biafran agitator’s lawyers write DSS, allege IPOB leader was kidnapped • Kalu should not be killed – Archbishop Chukwuma THE United Kingdom has said it will seek clarification from the Federal Government on the circumstances and... Read more
Nnamdi Kanu: Abaribe Urges Respect To Fundamental Human Rights, Adherence To Rule of Law
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has urged caution and strict adherence to the rule of law in the handling of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu issue by the federal government. The Senator in a statement released by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom in Abuja on Wednesday, also advised the... Read more
Ohaneze Disowns Attributed Statement On Kanu’s Rearrest
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo has dissociated itself from a statement purported in some Nigerian news media to have come from the organization in reaction to the rearrest and rearraignment of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The repudiation was contained in a release... Read more
Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) Says Kanu’s Arrest Capable Of Worsening Nigeria’s Fragility
The Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) has described the arrest and rearraignment in court of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as “unfortunate” development that will further worsen the already fragile state of Nigeria as a country. The ADF position was contained in a... Read more
Nigeria Mulls To End Amnesty, Urges Ex-agitators To Embrace Entrepreneurship And Move Beyond N65,000 Monthly Stipends
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) on Monday advised ex-agitators to embrace entrepreneurship to move beyond the mentality of receiving N65,000 monthly stipends. Dikio gave the advice while speaking to leaders of the second phase amnesty programme in Yenagoa.   Dikio regretted that... Read more