A coalition of Northern youths put out a divisive statement yesterday. Spokesperson for the coalition, Abdulaziz Suleiman said the entire Northern Nigeria was done with coexisting with the Igbos and was asking that “all Igbos currently residing in any part of Northern Nigeria are hereby served notice to relocate within three months and all northerners... Read More

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January 23, 2017

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Opinion: Honourable Solomon Adaelu – An emerging leader

by Chinyere Akataobi Nnam a gi lahu!!! Nnam a gi lahu!!! {this man must return!!! this man must return!!!} The elderly woman standing next to me who is popularly called Da Matilda blurted out in a joyful mood that had a slight tinge of stubbornness in it. I turned to her and asked in... Read More

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August 22, 2016

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Farming policy: What Okorocha introduced in Imo is forced labour – NLC

According to the president of the Nigerial Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, the union is displeased with, and has strongly condemned, the Imo State Government’s three-day work, two-day farming policy for workers recently introduced by Governor Rochas Okorocha. Wabba, speaking in Abuja on Sunday, at a News Agency of Nigeria forum declared that the new policy... Read More

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July 7, 2016

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‘Our members are now living in fear because of DSS harassment’ – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the constant harassment and arrest of innocent people by the Department of State Services (DSS) under the pretense that they are IPOB members. IPOB, in a statement released by its Media and Publicity Officer, Emma Powerful, called the attention of the international community to the harassment and... Read More

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July 6, 2016

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‘Leave Nnamdi Kanu, Peter Obi, Ekwueme out of your dirty schemes’ | Igbo youths unhappy with media reports

The Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) has warned politicians in the area to desist from dragging the names of Nnamdi Kanu, Alex Ekwueme and Peter Obi “into their dirty and imaginary dream world.’’ The group, in a statement released by its founder, Elliot Uko, described the attempt by some politicians to cause disagreement between the aforementioned... Read More

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March 28, 2016

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Kachikwu should resign… he still has the orientation of PDP – APC

The South-South and the South-East regional chapters of the All Progressives Congress have thrown their weight behind the recent unabashed criticism of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, by the National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu. In a statement released on Sunday by the APC’s National Vice-Chairman, South South region, Hilliard Eta,... Read More

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December 29, 2013

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Sonala Olumhense: A recent history of your Sagamu-Benin expressway

by Sonala Olumhense It is a thirsty road, guzzling the blood of innocent Nigerians. In one accident, a friend of mine was able to find only her brother’s head, but no other part of him. In a well-publicized crash a few years ago, a vehicle ran over tens of people who had been forced to... Read More

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June 26, 2012

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Jimmy Henchman implicates himself in Tupac attack that sparked east/west coast war

by Tolu Orekoya When rapper Tupac Shakur was attacked in 1994, it ignited the east c0ast/west coast rivalry that turned into a blood bath and made the record industry millions. Now, after almost two decades of denying his role in the affair drug kingpin James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemund finally implicated himself in the attack that started the... Read More

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