Leader of the Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF, Mr. Benjamin Onwuka and 12 members of his group arrested last week following a failed attempt to seize the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, have been transferred to the Force Headquarters, Abuja for further investigation. The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, who disclosed this in…
By Dozie IkedifeSuit No FHC/OW/CS/192/2013: Bilie Human Rights Initiative Representing Indigenous People of Biafra v.Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney-General of the Federation: The Defendants in the above-named Suit pending in the Federal High Court Owerri Nigeria and the General Public and members of the International Community are hereby put on notice that Mr Nnamdi…
By Dozie IkedifeSuit No FHC/OW/CS/192/2013: Bilie Human Rights Initiative Representing Indigenous People of Biafra v.Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney-General of the Federation: The Defendants in the above-named Suit pending in the Federal High Court Owerri Nigeria and the General Public and members of the International Community are hereby put on notice that Mr Nnamdi…
Some children, whose parents fled from Boko Haram attacks on their communities to hideouts on the mountains and caves in the Gowza Local Government Area in Borno State, have died as a result of hunger and malnutrition, Saturday PUNCH investigation has revealed.Boko Haram insurgents have surrounded mountains and caves where hundreds of fleeing villagers are…
By GEOFFREY ANYANWU, AwkaThe peaceful community of Alor in Idemili South local government of Anambra State has been thrown into crisis following alleged connivance of some government officials with few natives of the community to enthrone a monarch against the customs and wishes of the people.Consequently, tension, apprehension and war drums have become the order…
By Henry UmoruAHEAD of 2015 Presidential election, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC and other opposition groups must note that that Nigeria was heading for what it termed the most trying election and should epensure that the present democracy does not break, just as it…
By PHILIP NWOSU, Lagos and ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna•FG assures on Chibok girlsThe Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu has said that the Boko Haram insurgecny is a serious war and as such requires officers and soldiers who can think out of the box to win the battle.He asked Nigerians not to sympathise…
Five days after he was installed as the Emir of Kano, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gained access to the palace for the first time yesterday. The emir, who had made the Kano State Government House his home on account of the occupation of the palace by policemen, made his way…
The United States yesterday posted $18 million in rewards for the capture of Khaid al-Barnawi,leader of Ansaru, a splinter group from Boko Haram, and three other African militants. They are accused of involvement in the kidnapping of foreigners and attacks on Western targets. Some $5 million each was offered for the former member of Boko…
The General Officer commanding the 3rd Army Division in Jos, Major General JS Zaruwa was shocked to find so many soldiers roaming the streets of Michika in Adamawa State when he made a private visit to his home in the area. The soldiers deserted Biita after Boko Haram militants returned to avenge a rout of…