BY GODWIN OBI The United Kingdom has clarified that it did not designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The clarification comes after it emerged that the UK sought to exclude IPOB members who have committed human rights abuses from its asylum program. A statement signedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the use of threats and intimidation by some southern politicians to demand the zoning of the presidency to their region or nothing else. It said such use of force cannot transmit power to the south without negotiation.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has On behalf of the government and the entire nation, expressed deep condolences to the Nigerian Army and the families of Master Warrant Officer Audu Linus and his partner, Private Gloria Mathew, who were beheaded after being shot by the terrorist group, the IndigenousContinue Reading
Ebonyi BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government is to take over the management of the University of Medical Sciences, Uburu in Ebonyi State, South-East Nigeria as a Federal Medical University. President Muhammadu Buhari said this on Thursday in Abakaliki at a state dinner held in his honour. The President’s pronouncementContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday denied betraying Asiawju Bola Tinubu, saying the office of the President is not an inheritance. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), spoke in Abuja during an interview withContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Protesters on Wednesday converged on the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, barricading the entrance as they demanded that the presidential ticket of the party be zoned to the south. The protesters displayed placards carrying inscriptions such as “promote unity, shift power toContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBIReactions have continued to trail the meeting of two political gladiators of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi and Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.Recall that the two men have both declared their intention to run for theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Army on Tuesday condemned the recent killing of two soldiers by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying the secessionist group is not protecting the interest of the Igbo. Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen have reportedly attacked Kautikari, a local ward in Chibok local government of Borno State. Local officials in Chibok, who spoke to the press in anonymity, confirmed that gunshots were heard around Kautikari at about 6:00 pm on Tuesday. According to the eyewitnesses, the sounds continued for almostContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi says banditry attacks and other insecurity challenges across the country are a form of revenge on Nigeria for neglecting to invest in human capacity building for several years. Peter Obi who is a Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic PartyContinue Reading