Oyigbo Crisis: A threat To South East, South South Tie – Nwodo
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the continued massacre of innocent Igbo residents in Oyigbo, Rivers State, was a threat to South East, South South relationship. President General of the umbrella Igbo organisation, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who made the remark in reaction to the unabating killings of the Igbo in... Read more
Wike Announces Arrest Of IPOB For Alleged Murders In Oyigbo
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday said two kingpins of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) involved in the killings of six soldiers and four policemen in Oyigbo, were arrested by security operatives. The governor insisted that the steps he took including imposition of curfew in Oyigbo... Read more
Residents Of Rivers Communities Allege Killings, Harassment, Nigerian Army Denies As Besieged Oyigbo Grinds To A Halt
Residents of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out over alleged harassment, intimidation, arrest, and killing of citizens by soldiers searching for killers of their colleagues in the area. But the Nigerian Army has promptly denied the allegations. Persons described as hoodlums and also suspected to... Read more
Scrapping Amnesty Programme: Ex-Militants Threaten Resumption Of Agitation Over Suspension Of Training.
EX-Militants under the third phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme on Tuesday bemoaned the plight of beneficiaries whose training, empowerment  and reintegration programmes have been suspended abruptly and threatened to go back to the creeks.   The third phase Ex-agitators under the auspices of the United Amnesty Delegates frowned... Read more
Orlu Under Siege Of Soldiers, Says Indigene Who Reports Extra-judicial Killing Of Civilian
An indigene of Orlu, Imo State has raised alarm over the alleged killing of an indigene of the community by Nigerian soldiers deployed to the town in the wake of the EndSARS protests which erupted last week and has been raging across Nigeria with soldiers responding with arms in... Read more
Wike Urges Council Chairmen, Youths To Fish Out IPOB Members In Rivers
In a rather inflammatory tone capable of inciting violence against innocent people on trumped up charges and labels, Chairmen of the 23 Local Government areas of Rivers, including youths in the respective councils have been charged to fish out members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in... Read more
Igbo ‘Quit Notice’ Senseless — Akeredolu, Abiodun
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described a video that has gone viral, giving quit notice to the Igbo people to leave Yorubaland, as a senseless and one capable of causing destabilisation in country. A group, Young Yoruba for Freedom, in a viral video had told the... Read more
69 Killed During EndSARS Protests — Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says at least 69 people have been killed in protests against police brutality that have rocked the country. The deaths were mainly civilians but include police officers and soldiers. The president announced the toll in an emergency meeting with former Nigerian leaders aimed at finding... Read more
US Delegation In Nigeria, Meets Osinbajo Over Lekki Shooting, Other Crises
Following the shooting of protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza, Lagos State on Tuesday, a delegation from the United States has arrived Nigeria. The team was at Aso Rock on Thursday to discuss with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and it comprised US Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights... Read more
Illegal Mining: 11 Chinese, Other Foreigners, Deported
More than 30 illegal miners, including 11 Chinese, who had been involved in illegal gold mining in Zamfara State, have been deported from Nigeria. The Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock... Read more