Southern Nigeria

“Bandits” have emerged as the new bogeyman for insecurity in Nigeria, joining a long (and still growing list) that includes Boko Haram, cultists, herdsmen, kidnappers and militants.

A faith-based organisation, Nasrulahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), has trained 200 Muslims in southern Nigeria on sound inter-faith relationship and peaceful co-existence.

Immidate past governor of Enugu state, Mr. Sullivan Chime, has faulted the Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, for assuming that President Buhari will ceed power to south west in 2023.

The Global Environmental Facility-Small Grant Programme has supported Nigeria with 4.9 million dollars grant to fund 141 environmental related projects in 27 states between 2009 and 2018.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to leave office as Nigeria’s president in 2023 if elected next year.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday said that even one million groups/parties coalition against APC or President Muhammadu Buhari will not stop him from winning the 2019 election.

A Renowned televangelist and Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, Tuesday faulted the federal government claim that those perpetrating killings in some Northern states are not from Libya.

State of the nation: In the last two weeks, over 200 persons in Plateau State were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen, 45 villages were ransacked and sacked and those villages we are told have been taken over by Fulanis, and the original owners have had to flee from their homes

A spate of kidnappings for ransom in the Birnin Gwari district of northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state has left residents afraid to even leave their homes.

The Global Environmental Facility-Small Grant Programme has given Nigeria a 4.9 million dollars grant to fund 141 environmental related projects in 25 states between 2009 and 2017.

A presidential aspirant for the 2019 General Elections, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has blamed the nation’s poor leadership over the years on a pattern of rotational presidencies between Northern and Southern Nigeria.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared 40 of its members missing after an alleged clash with the police and Army personnel in Anambra State on Thursday evening.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described the plot to grant amnesty to Boko Haram sects as a confirmation even to the most ardent supporters of the government that ‘Boko Haram is part and parcel of the present government’.

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar, and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, would be among those attending the Northern Young Leaders Conference scheduled for March 10 in Kano.

Young leaders from the southern part of Nigeria have vowed to mobilise the youth for the 2019 general election.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has offered to distribute 10,000 setup boxes valued N15 million free to low income households in rural areas to enable them access digital television.

The Borstal Training Institute (a juvenile detention centre) in Abeokuta has declared that 40 young offenders in the institute registered for 2018 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has applauded the Tivs of the Middle Belt for showing disgust about their state in Nigeria and for demanding for a separate state of Takuruku Republic.