Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who had gathered close to the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The IPOB members had tried to gain access into Read more…
Month: July 2021
All hopes to seek the bail of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, were dashed on Monday when his trial resumed at the Federal High Court Abuja without the IPOB leader in court. Justice Binta Read more…
Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo Ide Nnewi, Chief LNE Nsoedo (KSM), we remember you for the wonderful years of service to humanity in all its facet. Simplicity and humility are fundamental traits that embodied your life, even in times of monumental achievement Read more…
The troops of Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested a suspected Nigerian Police personnel, Ebenezer Ojeh, with ammunitions in Borno State. The police personnel, a Sergeant was intercepted at a checkpoint by the troops of 154 Read more…
The Anambra Coordinating Office of the African Centre for Justice and Human Right (ACJHR), led by Comrade Chichien Chinonye Ike, has expressed satisfaction with the way the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) handled issues relating to governorship candidate of the Read more…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland Oba Saliu Adetunji has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Benin Republic to observe the proceedings of the court case involving Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Oba Adetunji stated this at his Popoyemoja, Ibadan Read more…
Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, on Sunday said security agents should not molest supporters of his client coming to show solidarity as his trial resumes in Abuja on Monday. Ejimakor, Read more…
SIMONKOLAWOLE! BY SIMON KOLAWOLE My roommate in my final year at the University of Lagos was a man of humour. Much older than I was, he was someone you would call a “mature” student. He even bought a TV for Read more…
Bling earrings, shaved eyebrows and funky hairstyles are not what many would normally associate with Nigeria’s Fulani herders, who spend most of their time in the forests herding cattle. But on occasions such as last week’s Eid al-Kabir, as Eid Read more…
The newest additions to Russia’s naval forces have been showcased during the annual Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin kicked off the event on Sunday by praising the fleet’s long history and hailing Russia as “one the world’s Read more…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali, former editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper, says the shooting down of a military jet shows how organised crime is becoming more daring by the day. Nigerians refer to Read more…
By Kingsley Moghalu As a young man out of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu Campus) in the mid-80s, I consciously sought and acquired experience that would position me for leadership on the world stage and in my country. First Read more…