A surge from the Atlantic Ocean is threatening to submerge Koluama communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.It was learnt that the sea’s tidal current rose, overflew its bank and emptied into the Koluama River.Residents of the communities located on the banks of Koluama River are reportedly exposed to the waves and…
By SaharaReporters, New YorkPresident Goodluck Jonathan today appointed Mrs. Roli Bode-George, the spouse of Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and ex-convict Bode George, into the sensitive job of Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).Mr. Bode George, a former governor of Ondo State and also former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), is…
The first judgment in what lawyers have said could be the “largest ever” environmental trial will be handed down today, Friday.This will set the parameters for a lawsuit against energy giant Shell brought by 15,000 Nigerians from the Bodo community in the Niger Delta. The community was devastated by two massive spills in 2008 and…
Embattled governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has finally opened up on his frustrations in the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC against the backdrop of the party’s recently concluded national convention held in Abuja.Before now, other APC leaders had made similar complaints against the conduct of the convention and its outcome which they said fell…
By Tony Edike, Enugu FORTY-four years after the Nigerian Civil War ended and the Biafra Republic which was led by the late Ikemba Nnew, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu collapsed, the agitation for the rebirth of the defunct republic has been kept alive in the minds of some die-hard believers of the Igbo secession bid. …
Umuahia — Gunmen have killed a 72-year-old businessman, Chief Alex Okonkwo, in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.Family sources said yesterday that the man was abducted on June 8. The source said after a ransom of N1.7 million was paid, the body was discovered dumped in a bush path in…
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Wednesday reiterated that it did not ban the movie “Half of A Yellow Sun ’’ as being speculated. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Caesar Kagho, Acting Head, and Corporate Affairs of NFVCB, in Abuja.The statement said it had become necessary for NFVCB…
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA—The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, yesterday, withdrew the money laundering charge preferred against the eldest son of the late military dictator, Mohammed Abacha. Mohammed was accused of concealing the sum of N446.3 billion allegedly stolen from the national treasury between 1995 and 1998.…
By SaharaReporters, New YorkThe apex socio-cultural organization of Northern Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned in strong terms any attempts to categorize Northern Nigerians as members of Boko Haram, citing the danger of arresting people on account of appearance, faith or origin.The group expressed its position through Muhammad Ibrahim, its National Publicity Secretary, in…
By David Oladimeji, LagosThe United States government has declared that only 22 port facilities in Nigeria are so far compliant with the prescribed letters of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security, ISPS, code.The US government also said its declaration was based on the United States Coast Guard, USCG, reports on the several visits and…