BREAKING: Niger Delta Avengers blow up Shell, Agip pipelines
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa A new militant group in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers, has allegedly blown up trunk lines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Development...
View ArticleJonathan should be praised for accepting defeat — Carrington
Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE speaks about his struggle for the enthronement of democracy during Gen. Sani Abacha dictatorship and...
View ArticleObasanjo’s govt picked May 29 to spite celebrators of June 12 – Falana
Human rights lawyer and one of the pro-democracy activists in the post-June 12, 1993, political struggle, Mr. Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, tells LEKE BAIYEWU about the political events...
View ArticleText of President Buhari’s anniversary speech
My compatriots, It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age, instinct and experience, my preference is...
View ArticleSoldiers arrest 10 suspected militants, recover weapons
Alexander Okere, Benin The Nigerian Army has arrested 10 suspected members of the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers . The suspects were said to have been arrested at about 1:40am on Saturday, in...
View ArticleNigeria’s democracy is an expensive, tragic joke — Sowore
Founder, Sahara Reporters, activist and ex-President, University of Lagos Students’ Union, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, talks about his role in the enthronement of democracy and political struggles with GBENGA...
View ArticleCivil Defence uncovers two bomb-making factories in Dikwa
The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps on Sunday uncovered two bomb-making factories in Dikwa. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the...
View ArticleBuhari fails to disclose details of recovered loot
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday dashed the hopes of millions of Nigerians who were waiting to be told how much his administration had so far recovered from individuals and...
View ArticleIYC condemns military invasion of Delta community
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has condemned the military invasion of Oporoza, the headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local...
View ArticleIYC president, spokesman’s suspension laughable – Omare
Meanwhile, the IYC has described as laughable the purported suspension of its President, Mr. Udengs Eradiri and spokesman, Eric Omare, by some members of the national executive council. A statement by...
View ArticleCultists levy school for exams to hold
Chukwudi Akasike and Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt AN educationist and a principal of Uvawhu Comprehensive High School, Ibaa in Emohua Local Government Area, Mr. Greg Okpaka, has lamented that suspected...
View ArticleKuwait jails three royals for insulting emir
A Kuwait court on Monday sentenced three members of the Al-Sabah ruling family and four others to jail terms for insulting the emir and the judiciary on the Internet. The court sentenced the three...
View ArticleSoldiers invade Tompolo father’s house in Delta
Ovie Okpare, Warri Soldiers suspected to be operatives of the Joint Task Force have invaded the home of the father of wanted ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo, carting away what...
View ArticleCourt sentences ex-Chadian dictator, Habre to life in prison
A special court in Senegal sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to life in prison on Monday for war crimes, crimes against humanity and a litany of other charges, including rape. The verdict...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PHOTOS: Buhari meets Nigeria’s oldest photojournalist
President Muhammadu Buhari met the “oldest photojournalist” in the country, Alhaji Ladan Abubakar, in the State House. See photos of the visits, which were posted by Special Adviser to the President on...
View ArticleSeveral feared killed as soldiers, pro-Biafran activists clash
Tony Okafor, Awka Several persons including a soldier were allegedly killed today during a clash between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Onitsha, Anambra State. The clash...
View ArticleWe had nothing to do with Onitsha clash – MASSOB
Tony Okafor, Awka The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has dissociated itself from the Biafran anniversary celebrations that led to a bloody clash between soldiers and...
View ArticleOnitsha violence: Anambra govt condemns pro-Biafran protesters
Tony Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has condemned the Indigenous People of Biafra’s celebration and rally that turned violent and resulted in the deaths of several persons in Onitsha. The...
View ArticleRecovered loot: SERAP starts contempt proceedings against FG
Ramon Oladimeji Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project says it has commenced contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the...
View ArticleI will defend democracy for life – Tinubu
Toluwani Eniola The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he will devote the rest of his life to the defence of democracy in Nigeria. He said Nigeria must keep...
View Article