By Nwabueze Okonkwo ONITSHA — Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said the concerns raised by the late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, about Nigeria remain relevant 66 years after independence. Uwazuruike made the assertion in a statement issued on his behalf […]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December.

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced three men and a woman to death by hanging for kidnapping and membership of a secret cult. The judgment, delivered by Justice T. A. Momodu on Tuesday after more than three hours, followed an 11-count charge against the […]

Africa’s richest man was set to break ground on a new $16 billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday that he says will mark a vital step towards the continent’s self-sufficiency in fuel.

“Nigeria does not possess nuclear weapons, has never pursued a nuclear-weapons programme and has no intention of doing so. Our security does not depend on nuclear weapons,” he said.