The immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed satisfaction with the level of governance in the South-East geo-political zone. He made the observation in Lagos on Sunday when Ndigboamaka, a scoio-cultural organisation, honoured him for the exemplary leadership he had continued to provide for the Igbo in particular and Nigeria in general. Speaking…
By JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that Sunday’s attacks by Boko Haram on churches in three villages near Chibok, Borno State are meant to instigate violence among religious groups in the country. The President, who condemned the attacks, said the insurgents have just proven by the latest violence that they are totally…
By Kogonuso The National coordinators of IPOB have been mandated by Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of the Radio Biafra/ IPOB’s movement towards Biafra restoration to participate in activities that will lead to converting all the offices of the IPOB around the world to missions. This will translate to the ability of IPOB wherever they are…
The body counts from the war against terrorism are getting abnormal. Whether the losses are on the part of the security agencies or mere standbys, like school children, it is becoming clearer .that government needs to do more. Terrorists may do all they can to make the country unsafe, but government has the responsibility to…
by Stephen Uka A group, known as Igbo World Union, has expressed strong reservations over the reported release of 113 out of the 486 detained Boko Haram suspects arrested penultimate Sunday in Abia en route to Port Harcourt.President
By EMMA EMEOZOR President Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of playing newspaper column diplomacy with the fate of the over 200 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok abducted by Boko Haram militants on April 14. The accusation comes on the heels of the president’s opinion published by United States-based newspaper, the Washington Post on …
The newly inaugurated Youth Wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo has threatened should there be any attack on the Igbo nation, the group will follow with a reprisal. Recent arrests of suspected members of the dread islamic sect, Boko-Haram in the south-east geo-political zone had sent shocking waves in the region.…
*As Catholic Church bans women handbagsAS part of efforts to forestall attack on the church by Boko Haram insurgents who are feared to have invaded the South Eastern states, the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Sunday, conducted thorough screening of its members before allowing them into the Sunday services. The church also banned women from entering…
by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The fear of possible attack of members of the national conference by Boko Haram enveloped the conference on Monday when a delegate, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) said he received a message on his telephone of a possible attack by members of the sect in Abuja this week. Raising a matter of…
“Since the arrival of the Americans to help stop Boko Haram, there is a frenzied condemnation of the terror network by those long suspected of being the chief sponsors. “Suddenly, just too suddenly, Buhari and Babangida are outdoing themselves in throwing jabs at Boko Haram. The deaf, dumb and blind have magically, miraculously received hearing,…