By Jimitota Onoyume The controversy generated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s remark that oil in the Niger Delta belongs to Nigeria and not the region seems unending as Niger Delta activists said the ex-President’s children and kinsmen should call him to order. They also urged Obasanjo to identify the particular treaty that gave ownership of […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi This is certainly not the best of times for the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue state given the spate of high-profile defections that have hit the party in the last few weeks. Privileged information revealed that the party is neck deep in a crisis which may not be […]

STAKEHOLDERS of the Niger Delta are enthusiastically awaiting the end of this month (June) or latest July 5, which the Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, under pressure, promised ethnic nationalities of the region and ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, that the long-expected Board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC,

Properly managed livestock – key to climate change, desertification – Allan Savory, Zimbabwean ecologist and land management expert Says: Farmers/herders need one another Farmers/pastoralists conflicts in Nigeria will not end unless•• CR government pioneers unique solution By Ebele Orakpo APART from unrelenting Boko Haram terrorists’ attacks, Nigeria and Nigerians have in recent years continued to […]

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Palpable fear and confusion have enveloped residents of Imo State, following the unabating reign of terror visited on them by yet to be identified gunmen. Unknown gunmen, Monday night, attacked the Okigwe South Area Command Headquarters, Ehime Mbano, killing five policemen during the operation, while one police officer, at the […]