Former minister of Transportation during the Second Republic, Dr. Umaru Dikko, is dead. His younger brother, Dr. Bello Dikko, and another family member in London, confirmed this in Zaria, yesterday. Dikko died in the early hours of yesterday in a London hospital, after battling with stroke, at the age of 78. According to his younger…
BAUCHI, Nigeria — Jul 1, 2014, 4:54 AM ET By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press Associated PressA car bomb exploded in a market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday morning, and dozens of people are feared dead, witnesses said.They immediately blamed Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group whose birthplace is Maiduguri…
By DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, Nnewi Your grave is not far away, if B’Haram did not kill you Biafrans will. You were among the evil men who soiled the land and your panic right now is just what a chameleon. You lack the moral standing to make this call! ::|:: Boko Haram: Iwuanyanwu places South East govs…
By NGOZI UWUJARE Association of Ndiezendigbo Nuzoije in the Diaspora has called for the immediate release of Chibok schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. The association also condoled with the family of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, and the Kano State Government. The group commended the Federal Government for commencing work on…
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 Northern delegates to the ongoing National Conference have given reasons why they are opposed to the creation of an additional state for the South East. Spokesman of the delegates, Mr Anthony Sani, who made this known, said “the issue of an additional state for South-East purely on the basis of equality ignores the fact…
Strong indications have emerged that northern delegates at the on-going National Conference, under the auspices of Northern Delegates Forum, NDF, have again rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s fresh lobby over six-year single term tenure in office. National Mirror gathered that the Presidency had planned to lobby delegates for the adoption of the controversial tenure advanced by…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alerted the people of South-East of an alleged plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to feed them with what it called ‘stomach infrastructure’. That is interpreted as plan to heavily bribe the people to vote for the ruling party in the 2015 general elections. APC alleged that the…