The Military High Command on Thursday refuted rumours of a looming mass retirement of senior officers in the military following the appointment of Major General Faruk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko made the clarification in Abuja while updating Defence correspondents on the […]
Efforts by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to prevail on a former dreaded militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, to withdraw his ultimatum for the inauguration of a board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has hit a brick wall. Tompolo has warned of consequences if after seven days beginning […]
Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet wherein he threatened to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”. In the tweet shared on Tuesday, Buhari spoke about the civil war experience and threatened to deal with those “bent on destroying” Nigeria through “insurrection.” “Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went […]
A former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, has urged the Federal Government to dialogue with secessionists and believes addressing the root causes of their agitations will help in dousing tensions in the West African nation. Moghalu made the call on Wednesday when he featured on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, and believes secessionist agitators feel […]
A yet-to-be-identified lady has narrated her experience when she was abducted by a human parts selling gang along Iwofe Road in Port Harcourt and taken to a forest at Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday. In a viral video on social media, the lady, who filemed herself and her bruises but did […]
The Northern Youth Leaders Forum has blamed the pervading insecurity in the country on former President Goodluck Jonathan. The NLYF, a coalition of northern socio-political groups, argued that the country would have been spared the current security challenges if Jonathan had respected the agreement he reached with northern state governors and leaders of thought to […]
The police authorities have rearrested an inmate who recently escaped from the prison in Imo State, South-East Nigeria. Some 1,844 prisoners were freed when gunmen attacked the prison headquarters in Owerri on April 5. The police headquarters in the state was similarly attacked by gunmen. Francis Enobore, the spokesperson of the correctional centre, said the […]
There is palpable tension in Ifite Isuaniocha Community, in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State following a mass influx of Fulani herdsmen in the area. Some residents were said to have abandoned their homes and fled following a report that went viral on social media over the arrival of trucks loaded with Fulani […]
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to ignore the claim that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are plotting to attack the state. It noted that such rumour was a ploy to distract the governor and his administration from providing good governance for all residents of the state. President-General […]
The Second in Command to the neutralized IPOB/ESN Terrorist leader Ikonso, Awurum Eze, has been arrested by security operatives in Aba, Abia State. A statement by Brig Gen Mohammed Yerima said, “The 48 years old Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano LGA, Imo State, had on the 4th of May 2021 escaped when […]
