■ Ilomuanya and Onyeneke dethroned The Imo State government yesterday announced the dethronement of two traditional rulers. The deposed monarchs are Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, who was the traditional ruler of Obinugwu Autonomous Community in Orlu Local Government Area, and Eze Cosmos Onyeneke, the traditional ruler of Lagwa Autonomous Community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area.…
Following the ceaseless killings of innocent citizens by Boko Haram insurgents particularly in the northeastern part of the country, the Christians and Muslims Youth Forum (CMYF) has called on retired military Generals from the region to intervene. The group, which called on retired Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida and T.Y. Danjuma to assemble other northern…
Ado Abdullahi Bayero, the Emir of Kano, was one of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional rulers [Reuters]Ado Abdullahi Bayero, the Emir of Kano and one of Nigeria’s most prominent Islamic leaders, has died. Palace and state government sources told the AFP news agency on Friday that Bayero died after a long battle with cancer.Bayero, who with…
Nnamdi Kanu:Just coming in from the site of Biafra Memorial housing our cenotaph in remembrance of our dead heroes and murdered children where Uwazuruike’s thugs in Massob in collaboration with the Nigerian Police attended today in my absence to attack and damage the Eagle the centre piece of the structure. The cowards struck at exactly…
*Mission of Onwuka and his group was to topple govt – CP Members of the Pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, again invaded the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS in an attempt to seize the radio and television station for a broadcast.The group had attacked the Government House, Enugu on…
Yenagoa—Houses shook and residents were rattled late Wednesday, as earth tremor rocked Okordia clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The noise, it was learnt, was so loud that some residents mistook the tremor for an earth quake.Residents of Okordia clan, which is predominately a fishing and farming settlement, said they felt a…
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – FForty-five people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group’s spiritual home in northeast Nigeria, two residents said on Thursday. The attack happened at about 9:30 pm (2030 GMT) on Wednesday in Barderi, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, and saw insurgents hoodwink locals…
The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP-Cross River), has alerted the Senate on renewed moves by the UN Demarcation Committee to cede more territories of Nigeria to Cameroon. Speaking under Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, Ndoma-Egba told the Senate that border demarcation between Nigeria and Cameroon was currently ongoing, adding that the exercise…
The governor’s private house which also serves as his official residence was bombed in late Thursday
By JEFF AMECHI AGBODO, AbakalikiA police Corporal was shot dead while a constable sustained injuries yesterday, when gunmen attacked them along New Market Road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.The policemen, were said to be on patrol when some hoodlums operating in a Toyota Camry car opened fire on them killing the corporal and injuring the constable…