A human rights’ group, the Independent Human Rights and Crime Monitoring Group (IHRMG) roundly condemned the on-going military exercise by the Nigerian Army code named “Operation Ayem Akpatuma” for bias and abuses. In a statement circulated during the just ended week detailing its observations on the ground in the... Read more

Bayelsa State Governor, Honorable Seriake Dickson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu have called on African member nations of the Commonwealth to close ranks, with a view to achieving sustainable peace, stability and development.   Speaking on Saturday  at the... Read more

The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, OPAN has expressed concern over claims by the Nigeria Police Force that two of it’s members conspired to commit terrorism offences and cyber crime because they approved an opinion article on their website which the police sees as uncomplimentary and offensive. The Nigerian... Read more

A civil society organization, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris over the conduct of service personnel attached to the Lagos State Command. In a statement issued by the group on Monday signed by the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman, the Save... Read more

After taking a giant step in reading for 122 hours at a Read Aloud Marathon Session organized by the GTBank’s “YouREAD Initiative”, a 40 years old Nigerian, Olubayode Treasures Olawunmi, is bidding for a Guinness World Record having read 6 more books and approximately 9 hours longer than the current world record... Read more

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has set machinery in motion to fast-track the completion of its 13-floor permanent headquarters building at the Eastern By-Pass, Port Harcourt. The Managing Director of the Commission, Mr Nsima Ekere, gave impetus to the process on Wednesday when he handed over the project... Read more

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Abdullai Gana Muhammadu has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in response to the orders of Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement emailed to www.Africanewscircle.com on Saturday, the deployment was in line with the presidential directive which asked... Read more

… Enrol In Bayelsa State Health Insurance Scheme Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, former Ministers of Information, Prof Jerry Gana, Chief John Odeh Mr. Labaran Maku, PDP chieftain, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, were among eminent personalities that on Thursday in Yenagoa, extolled the leadership qualities... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong     There were emotional scenes as Miss Kechi Okwuchi, a survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash that claimed many lives in 2005 visited the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) to express gratitude for the medical and financial assistance the company rendered... Read more

A delegation of the Steering Committee of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights Initiative (VPI) led by the current Chair, Mr. Ronald Roosdorp of the Netherlands Government will arrive in Nigeria on Sunday, February 11, 2018 for a five-day working visit. Other members of the delegation would... Read more