The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in a press statement, yesterday stated that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase should hide his face in shame for ordering the disarming of Biafrans, shortly after the massacre of IPOB members during their May 30 remembrance day ceremony. In the press statement issued by its spokespersons, Dr. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s one-day trip to flag off Ogoniland cleanup in Rivers state, has been canceled. The president is said to have appointed someone who is going to represent him. Reports have it that the cancelation is not unconnected to security threats to the President from the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers who had threatened to […]
Continue ReadingBy Joe Igbokwe All things considered, the Niger Delta Avengers are no different from the Boko Haram criminality in the Northern part of Nigeria, and if I wanted to be too strict, I would say that the Niger Delta Avengers are more deadly, more destructive, more dangerous and consequently more devilish. Boko Haram has been […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), a defunct militia group led by the late John Togo, has urged the embattled former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, to surrender himself to the Federal Government. The group also Urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to call off their campaigns and accept dialogue as nobody can […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday urged Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari a “pass mark’’ for his efforts in the first year of his administration. He made the call in Abuja at the launch of a book titled “We Are All Biafrans’’ written by Chido Onumah. According to Atiku, who was chairman […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he was queried by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999 for proposing the privatisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking on Tuesday at the launch of We Are All Biafrans, a book of essays by journalism and activist, Chido Onumah, in Abuja, Atiku said he made the proposal before the […]
Continue ReadingSerial entrepreneur, philanthropist and promoter of Africaptalism, Tony O. Elumelu on 27 May 2016, delivered an inspiring speech in Paris, France, selling Nigeria as an investment destination to the French business community. Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and proprietary investment firm, Heirs Holdings delivered the […]
Continue ReadingA member of the National Assembly, Senator Sola Adeyeye, representing Osun central senatorial district, has expressed disappointment with Ben Bruce, for allegedly misleading the public over the incident that happened at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday. Senator Ben Bruce had said officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) denied him access to […]
Continue ReadingThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIG) and Commissioners of Police (CP) in the South-East and South –South geopolitical zones of the country to disarm members of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). A statement on Tuesday by Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Olabisi […]
Continue ReadingSecurity Operatives at the presidential villa on Monday, barred Ben Murray Bruce, a Senator, representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, from exchanging pleasantries with President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Bruce, who joined his colleagues to a dinner to mark the 2016 democracy day, he had attempted to greet the president like a senator did, but the […]
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