PORT HARCOURT: Unknown gunmen disguised as operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have killed two persons and injured five others at Agulu Creek, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that rude shock awaits those unpatriotic elements promoting insurrection and burning critical national assets across the country. Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, in a statement said Buhari gave the warning after he received briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the State House, on […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has described the ongoing attack on Nigeria Police Force (NPF) formation and killings of men of the force as an invitation to anarchy if not quickly checked. This is as he charged Nigerians to assist the force to aid effective policing and check […]

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to heed the ultimatum handed down by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, on the immediate reconstitution of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Tompolo had, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum […]

By David Royal President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday stated that ‘many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War.’ According to the president, those ‘who were in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them […]

…condemns govt position on shouting youths on site By Chioma Gabriel Diaspora Igbo group, the Igbo World Assembly, IWA, is still insisting on  the  need to restructure Nigeria to ensure true federalism as it was in the 1963 constitution based on regions or zones respectively. This is even as the group has condemned in the […]

By Joseph Erunke & Alice Ekpang, Abuja The federal government, Tuesday, inaugurated the Project Steering Committee for Stage II of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Phase-Out Management Plan, HPMP. Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammad Abubakar, who inaugurated the committee, in Abuja, explained that it will among other things, be responsible for advising on actions needed to ensure that […]

***Another militant group, NDRC, vows to use ‘maximum force’ if … ***Past IYC leaders meet in Warri over escalating tension ***Eradiri, NDDC interim administrator aide to meet Tompolo By Emma Amaize Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has initiated frantic moves to stop the leader of Niger–Delta agitators, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, from fulfilling […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has recently gained a lot of political capital from the political misfortunes of the country’s main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party PDP. The topsy turvy nature of Nigerian politics is such that politicians can easily move from one political party to another without legal encumbrances. Towards the end of […]

By Nwabueze Okonkwo Protagonist of Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, BIM-MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has been invited to address the world body on the criminalization of the Biafra self – determination struggle by the Nigerian state and to point a way forward. A press statement signed […]

By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The families of 63 years old Lucy Nwaorie and 38 years old Tony Bassey have protested against the killing of the two by a member of the Edo state vigilante network identified as Osagie Afua aka Stone accusing the police of not doing enough to bring the culprit and others involved […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday threatened that the federal government has given enough time to people plotting to destroy the country by promoting insurrection and burning down critical national assets. The President warned that very soon a rude shock awaits those that want his administration to fail. President Buhari, who stated this when […]

By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again alerted Nigerians on an alleged plot by officials of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration to divert over N1.7 trillion, ($3.9 billion) to their personal purses, under the guise of acquiring 20 percent shares in the $19.5 billion refinery being built by Dangote Group. […]

…Says those burning INEC offices want his administration to fail …Promises to meet INEC demands for 2023 polls … Says attacks on INEC facilities would not stop the elections By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said that the federal government has given enough time to people plotting to destroy the country by promoting insurrection […]

By Wole Mosadomi – Minna The Bandits that abducted pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town, Rafi local government area of Niger state have demanded a ransom of 110m before the release of the students. It was reliably gathered that the bandits had also threatened to “waste” the innocent kids if the […]