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File Photo Grace Abdu, a journalist with Voice Of America, was on Saturday assaulted and arrested by Nigerian soldiers for ‘interviewing residents of Oyigbo in Rivers State’. SaharaReporters gathered that Abdu was illegally detained by the soldiers for several hours. File Photo “She went there around 11, so around 12pm, the soldiers saw her and arrested her. They also seized her equipment. She was kept at the Army Post in Oyigbo for several hours before they released her this evening,” a source told SaharaReporters. Recall that army operatives were deployed to Oyigbo amid the violence that broke out in the town after some alleged Biafran agitators clashed with security agents. The soldiers have, however, been accused of extra-judicial killings and abuse of human rights.  The security agents are allegedly moving from house to house killing people. Also Amnesty International said it received reports that soldiers were invading homes and that “some residents reported see...

As a follow up to my last advocacy on the marginalisation and exploration of the resources of Ndokwa/Ukwani land, I wish to complete same today for the records. In as much as the Federal Government cannot be completely insulated for being the remote cause of the underdevelopment of the South-South in general and Ndokwa/Ukwani land in particular, it is time to look inward. The Niger Delta Development Commission is a Federal Government agency established by former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in the year 2000 with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region. In September 2008, late President Umaru Yar’Adua announced the formation of a Niger Delta Ministry, with the Niger Delta Development Commission to become a parastatal under the ministry.  One of the core mandates of the commission is to train and educate the youths of the oil rich Niger Delta regions to curb hostilities and militancy, while developing key infrastructure to promote diversificati...

The wife of Olugbenga Ale, Chief of Staff to Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who was abducted by gunmen, has been freed.  She was abducted on Thursday while travelling on the Owena axis of the state along with other occupants in her vehicle.  See Also Breaking News BREAKING: Kidnappers Abduct Wife Of Ondo Governor's Chief Of Staff 0 Comments 1 Day Ago SaharaReporters gathered that the woman, Mrs Olubunmi Ale, was released on Saturday morning by her abductors after ransom money was allgedly paid. One of the aides to the Chief of Staff confirmed her release. He said, “She was released overnight at Alade/Atosi axis after several calls including and midnight negotiations between the Chief of Staff and kidnappers.  “The hoodlums were so blunt and determined and were able to release her after they confirmed payment of ransom.  “It was a huge fund that we gave them and those who kidnapped the woman were so young and purely Fulani people who had s...

The author, Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi The scrapping of History as a subject from our school curriculum is a deliberate ploy by the OLIGARCHY to keep us in the dark concerning their dealings against the rest of the country. Unofficial historical records claim that Muhammadu Buhari’s father was a poultry farmer from  Niger Republic who came to settle in Northern Nigeria and eventually married a Kanuri Muslim from today’s Borno State. Muhammadu is therefore the 1st generation Nigeria citizen from the Buhari lineage. What a privilege for him to have become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria within a generation! A parallel of some sort between Buhari and Obama! Though Obama visited Kenya a couple of times as the sitting president of the United States of America, that was at his personal cost . We are talking about a federation where things work; a place where the president is a tenant in the White House and  must pay his rent; a facility where his wife as the first...

Six persons on Saturday died in an accident, which involved a truck and a Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle in the Ogere area of Lagos-Ibadan highway. Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Ahmed Umar, confirmed that the incident happened around 7:00am. According to him, the road crash was caused by speeding and loss of control on the part of the SUV driver. He stated that the driver of the Honda Pilot marked LSR 525 FY, was on “lost control of the vehicle and subsequently rammed into the moving truck with registration number KRV 716 ZV”. Umar added that an injured passenger was taken to Idera Hospital, Ogere, for treatment while the deceased were deposited at FOS morgue in Ipara. Accident News AddThis :  Original Author :  Saharareporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3o2xrS0 via EDUPEDIA

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Friday killed a cleric, Reverend Johnson Oladimeji, along Igbara-Odo/Ikere-Ekiti Road. The incident occurred around 5pm beside the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology in the Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State. It was learnt that the gunmen, who were hiding in the bush along the highway, attacked Oladimeji’s vehicle and shot severally at it in an attempt to stop him from fleeing. Reports had it that the pastor was hit by some of the bullets shotd at the vehicle. President of Ekiti Baptist Church, Adeyinka Aribasoye, confirmed the incident. Aribasoye said the deceased was killed while returning from Ipetu-Ijesha in Osun State. News AddThis :  Original Author :  Saharareporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3miP7bE via EDUPEDIA

Shekwo’s son, Samuel and •Shekwo’s widow, Larai With tears streaming down his cheeks, 20 years old Samuel Shekwo, son of the assassinated All Progressives Congress Chairman in Nasarawa State, could not fathom why unknown gunmen would cut short his joy by killing his father. The late Philip Shekwo was abducted by some gunmen last Saturday at his Lafia residence opposite Peace House on Kurikyo Road, Bukan Sidi in Lafia before his body was found the next day a few metres away from his house. Shekwo’s son, Samuel and •Shekwo’s widow, Larai TheNation Newspaper See Also Insecurity Bandits Kill Abducted Nasarawa APC Chairman 0 Comments 6 Days Ago According to The Nation, Samuel recalled that the late politician was captured by his killers in the toilet after searching extensively for him in the house. He said, “On Saturday night, we were all at home. My father went to play golf and came back in around 8 pm, and I went to the parlour to greet him. He had just finished eatin...

A federal appeals court on Friday flatly dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that the election was unfair and refused to freeze Joe Biden’s win in the key state of Pennsylvania. According to AFP, three appeal court judges unanimously said that allegations of unfairness were not supported by evidence in a scathing review of the Trump campaign’s arguments that the President was cheated in his November 3 re-election bid. “Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so,” the court said. In appealing a lower court ruling, the Trump campaign claimed discrimination, the judges noted. “But its alchemy cannot transmute lead into gold,” the court said. It was the latest in more than two dozen court defeats around the country for the Trump campaign and Republicans, who have alleged fraud and other misconduct contributed to the President’s loss. Trump persists in arguing that Biden’s clear victory is invalid. “Just so you understand, this e...

Lagos Judicial Panel One Omeli Humphery Darlington has submitted a petition to the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry against the Nigeria Police Force on how he was brutalised and assaulted in 2013. Darlington explained to the panel how he was wrongly accused by his company, First Bank of Nigeria, arrested and tortured for days. Lagos Judicial Panel SaharaReporters Media He stated that his ear drum had been damaged as a result of the torture by the police officers. He said, “This allegation was a crime I know nothing about as all evidences clearly points to those involved. But First Bank Of Nigeria Plc had to instigate the Nigeria Police Force to subject me to (11days) illegal detention with torture, without any form of fair hearing till date. “At first, (25/09/2013), I was taken to the Lion Building Police Station where I was detained for three days. “I was discharged on the third day 27/09/2013, but on my way home, some of the First Bank Head Offic...