By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi This is a difficult column to write because although scores of people have importuned me to intervene in the controversy regarding Communication and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami’s utterances before he came into government, my wife, who knows Pantami is my friend,... Read more

Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today expressed its alarm and outrage regarding deteriorating religious freedom conditions in Nigeria in the context of increased violence. On this seventh anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok, the security situation remains dire.... Read more

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has concluded plans to meet with top members of the nation’s socio-cultural groups from the North, South East and South West over insecurity. A source told Daily Sun at the weekend that 20 members each would be drawn from the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo... Read more

THE Ogbeani Community in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State on Monday, protested against Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company SEEPCO/Ashtavinayak Hydrocarbon Limited for their alleged failure to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the community. Members of the community,   including the old and young,... Read more

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has confirmed an oil leak incident from its facility at Agbura-Otuokpoti axis in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa as impacted communities lament the negative impact of the oil discharged by the spill.   Whereas SPDC claims to have responded swiftly, residents say... Read more

The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Nweze Umahi has condemned Monday’s massacre of multiple number of people of Egedegede in the Ishielu Local Government Area of the State by suspected Fulani herdsmen describing the killings as “senseless”. The Governor made the condemnation when he visited the affected communities to... Read more

 . Many wounded overwhelm hospitals Several persons have been confirmed killed during a surprise Monday night attack by  suspected Fulani herdsmen on three communities in the Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi state. Also killed during the attack was a priest of the Methodist church, whose name is yet... Read more

Yoruba ethnic community in the 19 northern states, yesterday, said it has nothing to do with the call for the creation of Oduduwa Republic out of the present Federal Republic of Nigeria. President of the Yoruba Welfare Group Worldwide, Abdlhakeem Adegoke, told newsmen in Kaduna during a peaceful protest, that,... Read more

THE SECRETARY TO RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT, DR. TAMMY DANAGOGO, IN AN INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH SOME JOURNALISTS MADE HIS VIEWS KNOWN ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING GOVERNANCE OF THE STATE, OUR CORRESPONDENT PRESENTS EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERACTION: SOME PERSONS ARE COMMENDING THE GOVERNOR ON HIS DEVELOPMENTAL STRIDES AND OTHERS ARE OF... Read more

The Ilana Omo Oodua has berated Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, a day after he dissociated his state from the calls for the secession of the South-West from Nigeria. The Ilana Omo Oodua, led by a renowned Professor of History, Banji Akintoye, on Tuesday tackled Governor Akeredolu, saying that... Read more