An ex-militant leader, Eris Paul ( a.k.a Ogunboss) and 20 policemen escaped death yesterday when they were attacked by armed men at Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The policemen in two gunboats were detailed by the state Commissioner of Police, Hillary Okpara, to escort the ex-militant leader to his community.…
More facts have now emerged on how the Second Republic Political Adviser, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, led some northern elders to form a parallel body within the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF). The emergence of Yakasai-led Northern Elders Council, Sunday Sun gathered, might not be unconnected with the drama that played out during the last meeting of…
The ongoing insurgency in Borno State has taken a new dimension as the incessant onslaughts of Boko Haram sect on residents of the state and lack of food have forced many parents to abandon their children at welfare homes and flee to the neighbouring states. Sunday Tribune learnt that shortage of food and relentless killings…
Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu,
THE Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Imo State, Mr Mashal Okaforanyawu, said the party had set a target for one million members in the ongoing party registration in the state. Okofoanyawur, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Owerri, urged party loyalists to make sure they participate…
Nduese Essien, former Minister of Lands and Housing, was also a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007 during which he served as the Chairman of the South-South Parliamentary Caucus in the NASS. He also served as a member of the Federal Government’s Technical Committee on Niger Delta and Chairman of the…
The South West geopolitical zone, has reiterated its support for the proposed national conference, but resolved to
No fewer than 22 people were killed yesterday in a fresh attack by some Fulani herdsmen in Plateau State. This was even as some Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday night invaded Askira, the Headquarters of Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State and killed three people. The Plateau attack was carried out by the herdsmen…
Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has dared the police in Aba, Abia State,
The systematic war against Igbos in the Nigerian Police under the watch of Mohammed D. Abubakar has met with strong condemnation from frontline rights group International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety). In the concluding (Part Three) of its petition, the first two parts of which were published by News Express…