Diekoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14”. When he did begin to find out […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong – Jos Citizens of Plateau State are not new to mass and isolated attacks and killings in communities as such were almost daily occurrences in the State but the trend was reversed for some months as there were no rampant cases of such incidences. However, the people were jolted back to reality […]

By Rasheed Sobowale Of the 1,095,299 international students studying in the United States, there are about 13,423 Nigerian students ― a figure representing 33 per cent of the total African students in the country; thus the leading source of students from the African continent. The United States Embassy on its website also announced that the […]

The year 1960 was to be crucial for Africa: 17 sub-Saharan countries became independent from their European colonisers, 14 of them from France. Here is a timeline of events in Africa that year: – January – – 1: Cameroon, a former German protectorate split between Britain and France after World War I, becomes independent – […]

A wave of sub-Saharan African countries became independent in the 1960s, 17 achieving self-rule from colonial Belgium, Britain and France in 1960 alone. Portugal’s colonies would only break free in the 1970s and it took other nations, such as Eritrea, even longer to re-establish their sovereignty. Here is a breakdown of African decolonisation according to […]

….withdraws from suit, returns case-file to CJ By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, withdrew from the fundamental rights enforcement suit the convener of RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, filed to challenge his continued detention by the Department of State Service. The judge based his […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Trial of former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Grace Taiga, resumed before an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo on Thursday, with a witness, Umar Babangida, revealing that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), neither signed nor approved the controversial gas […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, filed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, alleging that he was tortured, assaulted and subjected to inhuman treatment by security operatives when he was arrested […]

Anthony Joshua after a 12 round of fierce exchange of punches reclaimed his world heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz Jr who defeated earlier in the year (1 June 2019). Joshua won the bout unanimously on points at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arena to reclaim his four titles. Full name Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua was […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Department of State Service (DSS) has clarified it only re-arrested Omoyele Sowore and not along with his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer of DSS in a press statement explained only Sowore was re-arrested and this was because of his “resort to call for violence, forceful takeover of […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has joined voices to express discontent at Nigeria’s Department State Security (DSS) action to rearrest Omoyele Sowore after he was released less than 24 hours. Sowore, the convener of the RevelotionNow Movement was rearrested by the security agency in the Federal High […]

By Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is any violence directed at an individual based on his or her sex or gender identity. It includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and psychological abuse, threats, coercion and economic or educational deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life. Whoever the victim is – […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi who was in Madrid, Spain for a Climate Change event escaped being injured on Friday when he was attacked by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB group which claimed responsibility for the attack stated in a press statement seen by Vanguard that it is acting […]

The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS), has revealed that corruption in Nigeria slightly reduced in the year 2019. The NBS said this in its report tagged “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trend  2019”  released on Friday in Abuja. The report indicated that out of all Nigerian citizens who had at least one contact with a […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has described the invasion of the court and harassment of Omoyele Sowore by men of the State Security Service, SSS, on Friday, as “African wild dogs on a pack hunt.” Soyinka, in a statement titled ‘Lesson from the African wild dog,” written by Lycaeon Pictus, urged “President-General […]