Wednesday, January 25, 2017
BREAKING: At Least 100 Fulani Herdsmen With Over 1,000 Cattle Invade Uzuakoli In Bende, Abia State

ABIA - Alarm was raised Tuesday 24th, when nothing less than 100 Fulani herdsmen with more than a thousand cattle allegedly moved from Ubani Umuahia to Eluoma Uzuakoli and beyond.


The herdsmen and their cattle reportedly came into the community at about 1AM when the locals were already fast asleep. But unfortunately for the rovers, their heavy foot noise woke several persons up.

On discovering it was herdsmen, the already awoken villagers decided to trail them

The villagers however raised alarm the following morning, warning all and sundry to keep watch as they herdsmen might as usual lunch a deadly attack soon.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Rivers State Kicks As Shell Proposes To Move Headquarters To Lagos

‎The Rivers state government has petitioned the senate over the decision of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to relocate its headquarters to Lagos state.

Rivers State Attorney-general brought a petition through Rivers Senator George Sekibo to the upper legislative chamber, on the matter on Wednesday.

Sekibo said the petitioner is praying the senate to investigate why the oil‎ major wants to leave the state, which he said is the capital of oil-producing states, for Lagos.

He said Shell’s planned action might spark off a security crisis in the Niger‎ Delta.

“Shell is planning a relocation to Lagos without any crisis in Port Harcourt. If they relocate now, it will cause security problems. So, the petitioner is asking that the senate should intervene to know why Shell wants to take the action.”

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
BREAKING: At Least 100 Fulani Herdsmen With Over 1,000 Cattle Invade Uzuakoli In Bende, Abia State

ABIA - Alarm was raised Tuesday 24th, when nothing less than 100 Fulani herdsmen with more than a thousand cattle allegedly moved from Ubani Umuahia to Eluoma Uzuakoli and beyond.


The herdsmen and their cattle reportedly came into the community at about 1AM when the locals were already fast asleep. But unfortunately for the rovers, their heavy foot noise woke several persons up.

On discovering it was herdsmen, the already awoken villagers decided to trail them

The villagers however raised alarm the following morning, warning all and sundry to keep watch as they herdsmen might as usual lunch a deadly attack soon.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
FLASH: Evangelical Christians, I Will Not Let You Down - Donald Trump [VIDEO]

During his campaign, the evangelical Christians massively supported the current US president. Thanking them, he promised never to let them down. See video after the cut...

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
President Barrow To Return To Gambia On Thursday

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow, is due to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide Amie Bojang said on Wednesday.Adama Barrow.

Barrow who was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators sought an exit deal for his predecessor Yayha Jammeh, on January 19.

“He is leaving tomorrow and will arrive in Banjul at around 4pm,’’ said Bojang.

It would be recalled that the ECOWAS Commission said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by Barrow.

Mr Marcel de Souza said this while briefing members of the diplomatic corps and partner organisations on the political situation in The Gambia on Tuesday.

De Souza, however, said that retaining troops in that country would be decided by the Chiefs of Army Staff.

The 7,000 Combat troops from Senegal, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana and other West African countries are already stationed at the border to jointly enter the country on air and by land in an operation to thwart any hostilities or breach of law in the country.

The Nigerian Air force spokesperson, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in a statement that the NAF dispatched a contingent of 200 men, as well as an aviation fleet comprising combat aircraft, cargo ships, a helicopter and a surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft in Dakar,”

ECOWAS had assured that military intervention will be the last resort while it attempted unsuccessfully to convince Jammeh to step down.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Pro-Trump Rally: Ohanaeze Calls For Judicial Inquiry Into P'Harcourt IPOB Killings

The national leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, denounced the killing of defenceless members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as well as the charging of survivors to court for treason by security agents in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

A statement signed by its President General, Chief John Nwodo, yesterday, asked:“Does anyone truly expect Ndigbo to fold our hands and watch our children being massacred and incarcerated with such impunity?”

It also stated that the Federal Government had adopted discriminatory methods in treating issues affecting Boko Haram members, Niger Delta Avengers, Fulani herdsmen and OPC, describing the action as unfair.

The statement entitled, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls for judicial inquiry into Port Harcourt IPOB killings,” read: “Last Friday, members of IPOB staged a demonstration in Port Harcourt in solidarity with President Donald Trump on his swearing in as president of the United States of America.

“That demonstration resulted in a clash between IPOB members on one hand and a combined security team of Nigerian Army and Police (on the other).

“IPOB alleges that the security agents killed 11 of its members, injured 27 and arrested 57 others. IPOB has threatened to take up arms if what it described as the continued killing of its unarmed and defenceless members continues.

“Police have since arrested and charged 54 members of IPOB and MASSOB to two magistrate’s courts for conspiracy to commit treasonable felony and conducting themselves in a manner likely to force or compel the President to change his measures by displaying flags and other items of the Biafra Republic.

“The Army Public Relations Department has similarly issued statements indicating that they were prepared to go to any length to ensure that the IPOB was contained.

Four issues arising

“Was the IPOB demonstration an unlawful assembly? Did IPOB require a police permit to demonstrate?

“Was IPOB violent in any manner that threatened public peace and order? And does possession of Biafran flags and coat of arms per se constitute conspiracy to commit treasonable felony?

“Whereas some of these issues are subjudice, it is important in the public interest to note as follows:

“The correct position of the law in Nigeria is that any curtailment of the right of the citizens to freely associate and assemble for lawful purpose is unconstitutional

“It is unnecessary for police permit to be first obtained, prior to any assembly, subject, of course, to section 70 of the Criminal Code (See IGP Versus ANPP (2008) WRN 65; Anambra V AG Federation (2005) NWLR (PT 572) 616 per UWAIS JSC.)

“Any attempt to deal with demonstrations of IPOB in a manner different from treatment of Boko Haram members, Niger Delta Avengers, Fulani herdsmen and OPC will be discriminatory and unfair.

“Given the serious national security implications of this development, Ohanaeze would like the Federal Government to appoint an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of IPOB and MASSOB members in Port Harcourt.

“We have just witnessed wanton massacres of Nigerians in Benue and Southern Kaduna without a single arrest or prosecution.

“Last year, several farmers were killed in Nimbo by herdsmen without any of those arrested prosecuted.

“After a judicial inquiry and findings on massacre of followers of Zakzaky in Kaduna State, no arrest or prosecution has been made. Where is consistency in the enforcement of the law?

“A dangerous trend is emerging in our country. There are gathering storms of conflict. A stitch in time saves nine. Government must do the needful and set up an inquiry before overzealous law enforcement agents plunge the country into chaos.”

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Rivers State Kicks As Shell Proposes To Move Headquarters To Lagos

‎The Rivers state government has petitioned the senate over the decision of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to relocate its headquarters to Lagos state.

Rivers State Attorney-general brought a petition through Rivers Senator George Sekibo to the upper legislative chamber, on the matter on Wednesday.

Sekibo said the petitioner is praying the senate to investigate why the oil‎ major wants to leave the state, which he said is the capital of oil-producing states, for Lagos.

He said Shell’s planned action might spark off a security crisis in the Niger‎ Delta.

“Shell is planning a relocation to Lagos without any crisis in Port Harcourt. If they relocate now, it will cause security problems. So, the petitioner is asking that the senate should intervene to know why Shell wants to take the action.”

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Police Teargas Protesting Shiite Members In Front Of National Assembly [PHOTOS]

Some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria always known as Shittes, who were staging a protest in front of the National Assembly, were this morning teargassed by members of the Nigeria Police Force.

The group is calling for the immediate release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who was arrested in December 2015 following the clash between the group and the Nigerian Army officers in Zaria, Kaduna.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
President Trump Set To Ban 7 Predominantly Islamic Nations From US

President Donald Trump is about to sign executive orders that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of seven predominant Islamic countries, including three from Africa.

The countries to be affected by the ban are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Responding to the spate of attacks across the world, Trump had vowed, in the buildup to the US presidential election, to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the US until he figured out “what the hell was going on”.

Although the comment created uproar, some Republicans and his allies defended the ban, insisting that the measure was about Americans’ “safety” and not about discriminating against religion.

Trump is also expected to target legal immigrants as early as this week, White House officials said, by halting a decades-old programme that grants refuge to the world’s most vulnerable people.

The refugee policy under consideration would halt admissions from Syria.

Trump had earlier hinted of his plan to embark on the measures.

“Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!” he wrote on Twitter late Tuesday.

According to Reuters, the order is expected to ban, for several months, the entry of refugees into the United States — except for religious minorities escaping persecution — until more aggressive vetting is in place.

The border security measures probably include directing the construction of a border wall with Mexico and other actions to cut the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States.

The agency quoted sources as saying the first of the orders would be signed on Wednesday.

“With Trump considering measures to tighten border security, he could turn his attention to the refugee issue later this week,” Reuters said in its report.

Stephen Legomsky, who was chief counsel at US Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Obama administration, said the president had the authority to limit refugee admissions and the issuance of visas to specific countries if the administration determined it was in the public’s interest.

“From a legal standpoint, it would be exactly within his legal rights,” said Legomsky, a professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.

“But from a policy standpoint, it would be terrible idea because there is such an urgent humanitarian need right now for refugees.”

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Rivers State Kicks As Shell Proposes To Move Headquarters To Lagos

‎The Rivers state government has petitioned the senate over the decision of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to relocate its headquarters to Lagos state.

Rivers State Attorney-general brought a petition through Rivers Senator George Sekibo to the upper legislative chamber, on the matter on Wednesday.

Sekibo said the petitioner is praying the senate to investigate why the oil‎ major wants to leave the state, which he said is the capital of oil-producing states, for Lagos.

He said Shell’s planned action might spark off a security crisis in the Niger‎ Delta.

“Shell is planning a relocation to Lagos without any crisis in Port Harcourt. If they relocate now, it will cause security problems. So, the petitioner is asking that the senate should intervene to know why Shell wants to take the action.”