Suspected herdsmen on Sunday, set the farm of a former Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, near Akure, the Ondo State capital. According to a report by Channels Television which quoted the Spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, the police made... Read more

The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a coalition of armed groups in the Niger Delta, has served noticed that 4,314 ex-militants in the region are set to renege on the terms of the Presidential Amnesty they embraced in 2008. JRC spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, in statement distributed to the media by... Read more

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected plans by the federal government to establish “cattle colonies” for Fulani Herdsmen and their cows in Abia State. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, the Governor stated that Abia state will not cede any part... Read more

The Rivers State Government on Thursday January 11, 2018 restated her desire to hand over the development of housing estates in some parts of the new city currently undergoing construction to private investors.   Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, the Chairman, Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority, (GPHCDA), reassured on government’s... Read more

An advocacy group, the CACLD International has expressed grief over the relentless killings by Fulani herdsmen in parts of Nigeria, the latest being in Benue State. In a release made available to Africanewscircle, the group also proferred what it felt, are the solutions to the spate of killings of... Read more

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has described the documentary made by the Presidency to show the ‘human side’ of Buhari as an inhuman gesture by the Buhari-led administration at a time when citizens are in general discomfort due to scarcity of fuel, high unemployment rate and... Read more

Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday, stepped into the controversial arrest of industrialist and business mogul, Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of the indigenous motor vehicle manufacturing company, INNOSON Motors by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The upper legislative body asked its Committee on Anti Corruption Chaired by Senator... Read more

South-South and South-East Governors  have called for the improvement of the  monthly Federation Allocation to states  to reflect the rise in oil prices and production. The South-South and South-East Governors  Forum made the request  during its meeting on Sunday night at the Government House, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State.... Read more

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Federal Government is not serious about the clean-up of Ogoniland.  The governor stated that for now, the Ogoni clean up programme remains a political project aimed at attaining political mileage. Speaking when he granted audience to the Senate Committee... Read more