JUST IN:’Fulani herdsmen kill ex-councilor, farmers, rape women in Kogi’

  Chief Matthew Obasa, Oba of Ayede Oke-Agi Amuro, Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi, has decried alleged killings of farmers in Amuro communities by herdsmen. Obasa stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lokoja. He alleged that an ex-Councillor of Mopamuro Local Government Legislative Council, Mr…

Amaechi needs urgent psychiatric attention, angry Wike lashes out

*says Amaechi is monstrously corrupt *optimistic Amaechi will be prosecuted for corruption By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that former Governor Rotimi Amaechi is a failed governor who needs urgent psychiatric evaluation and treatment. This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the…

PHOTOS: Boko Haram humiliated during clearing out(graphic images)

Army captures their food supply Foreign currency in their possession to show they are not even Nigerians

PHOTOS: Army Boko Haram clear out (graphic images)

JUST IN; Boko Haram logistics officer apprehended by Nigerian Army

*more civilians rescued By AUSTIN OWOICHO, Abuja The 7 Division Garrison in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force, have arrested one Mallam Ashiru Zarami at Mainok, a suspected Boko Haram terrorists logistic officer at Mainok with food items. The suspect has been handed over to the Joint Intelligence Processing Centre. In a related development, another…

Ibru joins his ancestors at 80

  One of the business icons in Nigeria and former Governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru is dead. According to report made available to Urhobotoday, Felix Ibru died after a brief illness at the age of 80. Felix Ibru was born on 7 December 1935 at Agbarha-Otor in the Ughelli North local government area…

SAD! This young soldier was killed by Boko Haram on Monday

  By AUSTIN OWOICHO, Abuja The wife and three children of 24-year-old Lance Corporal Shehu Manu Zagi Sakaba, became a widow and orphans respectively as the news filtered in that he was killed in battle protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria on Monday. The unfortunate incident took place in Borno State, where his life and…

AMAECHI’s corruption : APC challenges Wike to make public Omereji Panel Report

    By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt   Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC said it has come to its attention that in an apparent attempt to respond to the challenge posed to Governor Nyesom Wike by the former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, that the governor should make public…

Total Sabo Kaduna selling fuel to only ‘family and friends’ (PHOTOS)

  By PHILIBUS DAUDA, Kaduna If hoarding fuel is corruption, Total Sabon Tasha would be guilty as they were caught selling the product to only who they know, or who knows somebody that they know, in Nigerian terms ‘connection’. At about 11:30pm when our correspondent visited there, he witnessed the attendants dispensing from just one…

OPINION BY FEMI ADESINA- Ocholi: Too late to stop believing

By FEMI ADESINA Let’s be honest with ourselves. When some baffling things happen, we question God, if not verbally, at least, in our hearts. But we pretend that we are not querying the Almighty. We say to ourselves: well, no man can question God. However, in the deep recesses of our inner man, we have…