IGP warns Biafra agitators, IPOB against use of firearms

IGP warns Biafra agitators, IPOB against use of firearms

Following media reports credited to members of the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), threatening to carry arms in self defence against the Nigerian nation, Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has warned pro-Biafra agitators to reconsider their stand on bearing of arms or face the wrath of the extant laws concerning firearms.
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Pro-Biafra Protests, Kidnapping: Army to relocate Hqtrs to Aba

Pro-Biafra Protests, Kidnapping: Army to relocate Hqtrs to Aba

In a bid to contain the increasing protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, and ensure adequate protection of lives and property in Aba, Abia State, the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, has concluded plans to relocate its command headquarters to the city.

Oduah loses bid to stop bulletproof cars probe

Oduah loses bid to stop bulletproof cars probe

lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit by a former Minister of Aviation and currently a Senator, Stella Oduah, against the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and three others, challenging plans to question or prosecute her over the purchase of two armoured BMW vehicles at a cost of N255m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, under her watch as the Aviation Minister in 2013.

Was Lai the man for the job?

Was Lai the man for the job?

IN 1996 when the first phase of the Liberian civil war was ending, one of the warlords, Brigadier General Yormie Johnson (who personally killed former dictator, the late President Samuel Doe) wrote a pamphlet where he recorded his random musings about the war and his philosophical attitudes to some issues connected thereto. He titled the book: The Gun That Liberates Should Not Rule.

Ship owners accuse FG of encouraging piracy

Ship owners accuse FG of encouraging piracy

Nigeria Ship owners Association, NISA, has accused the Federal Government of encouraging piracy through the neglect of the nation’s seafarers’ cadets who are left helpless after their training.