(Onitsha Nigeria) Nigeria In Review By: International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law: January to April 2013 remain the darkest periods in the history of Nigeria outside the full blown war and violence such as the 2011 post election violence in nine northern Nigerian States and the 2009 military action against the Boko…
THE discovery of a baby-making factory in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, early this month, draws attention to the nagging problem of the chilling child trafficking rings in the country reports The Punch newspaper. The existence of illegal baby markets, where infants are…
Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, at the weekend, expressed the fear that the nation was tilting towards disintegration, contending that critical measures must be explored by the Federal Government to salvage the nation in the face of daunting challenges threatening its corporate entity.
In further escalation of the Islamic separatist offensive in Northern Nigeria, there were reports of pandemonium in Ringim town, the headquarters of Ringim local government area of Jigawa state Sunday night as gunmen stormed the town and started shooting. An indigene of the town who spoke to Vanguard newspaper said the gunmen arrived Ringim town…
About five police officers were killed in an attack in Bama Town of Borno State. Barely a week after a massacre in Baga community of Borno State, a gun battle similar to the Baga massacre occurred on Thursday in Bama Town of the state, claiming 17 lives including soldiers and police officers, security officials said.
There is continuing outrage over the massacre of over 185 persons including women and children in a shoot to kill encounter between soldiers from Nigeria, Chad and Niger Republic and Hausa/Fulani Islamic terrorists in the Baga, area of Borno State last Friday. Baga is a fishing village near Lake Chad.
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday according to media sources, warned traditional rulers to be good ambassadors of the state. Obi told them to avoid making speeches, taking actions and attending occasions that may put their character in question. Implying they should not visit his political opponents or criticise his administration. He said this…
Embattled Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, this evening had his private jet grounded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The regulatory agency said it took the action because the operating licence of the aircraft had expired. The foolish craze of acquiring private jets and other ostentatious trappings of life which is…
Following the success of the special transmission by Radio Biafra London on Biafran and Nigerian soil recently, a radio station based in Lagos state (Nigerian Info 99.3fm) ran a 2 hours phone-in programme on their mid-day programme called HARD FACTS with MATSE on 24-04-2013 asking listeners if the push for BIAFRA ACTUALISATION was still necessary…
The Catholic Church in Benue says 70 of its Churches have been destroyed in the crises that rocked Benue in the past few months. Rev. Felix Apine, Coordinator, Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), an outreach arm of the Church, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the destroyed Churches were outreach arms of the…