Former President Charles Taylor of Liberia will spend 50 years in jail after the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today rendered a historic final judgment in his case, dismissing the appeal he lodged following his conviction by the Trial Chamber. Taylor, 65, came under the hammer for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed…
After two months of deep reflection, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola this afternoon rendered an unreserved apology to Ndigbo over the July 24 dumping of 72 alleged destitute in Onitsha, Anambra State, by his administration. Speaking at the silver jubilee symposium of Igbo think tank Aka Ikenga at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA),…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Thursday opened fire in a church in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing the pastor and his two children
Some ex-Biafran soldiers have threatened to embark on a street protest in Abuja if the Federal Government failed to release their entitlements. The former soldiers said they had decided to take their destiny in their hands and would halt government and commercial activities in Abuja in order to alert the international community on their plight.…
The Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos has been thrown into darkness since Tuesday owing to power outage. Airlines operating in the terminal have resorted to manual check-in of passengers as all the systems packed up because of the outage. It was gathered that the power cable, which supplies electricity to the airport got burnt…
Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s denial that he signed a one term agreement with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, the controversy has refused to go away. Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu, who broke the news of the pact, said yesterday that it was moral to stick to an agreement. Aliyu is a member of the group…
Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, yesterday revealed why it has become difficult to reconcile all the feuding parties in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Accorind to him, external forces are deliberately frustrating reconciliation moves targeted at genuine process of resolution of the crisis. Warning them to steer clear from the party, he said that…
Kelvin Ibruvwe, the Niger Delta’s most wanted kidnap kingpin and leader of the Liberation Movement for the Urhobo People (LIMUP)
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, yesterday told the military to bury itself in shame because he is ‘alive’, even as he vowed to continue attacks and not to allow democracy thrive in the country. In an online video by the Islamist militant group, Shekau, who said the world “should know that he could not die…
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday reminded President Goodluck Jonathan of his alleged statement made in Ankara, Turkey two years ago that he would not go for a second term. Baraje, therefore, advised the President to shelve his plan to run in 2015. Baraje quoted the President…