•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State The governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has declared that the state is under siege from terrorists and bandits, saying that the recent attacks that have claimed several lives is beyond herders-farmers clash. There has been a surge in attacks in the North-Central state in recent weeks, with several [&h...
•Roland Stephen Owie The pioneer Chief whip of the Senate, Senator Roland Stephen Owie, was elected Senator for the Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform. He took office on May 29, 1999 as chief whip after forming a […]
•DSS operatives and IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Department of State Services (DSS) has distanced itself from the controversial arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Kenya, insisting its operations are limited strictly to Nigeria’s territorial borders. This emerged during cross-examination of a prosecu...
•Simon Ekpa Finnish prosecutors today said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with ter...
•Tinubu and terrorists The Nigeria Sanctions Committee has designated 17 individuals and organisations terrorism financiers. Those named on the list include Simon Ekpa, Godstime Promise Iyare, Francis Mmaduabuchi, John Onwumere, Chikwuka Eze, Edwin Chukwuedo, Chinwendu Owoh, Ginika Orji, Awo Uchechukwu, and Mercy Ebere Ifeoma Ali. Others are O...
•A representative image Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State has engaged the services of 75 Islamic scholars to seek divine intervention towards ending terrorism and related ills in the area and state as a whole. The Executive Chairman of the area, Dr Habib Abdulkadir, made this known in an interview with newsmen. The council [&hellip...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, today was before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court for the resumed hearing of his case. Kanu’s trial was stalled after Justice Nyako recused herself from the case following an oral application by the defendant on September […]...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today, called on Nigerians to rally behind the Army in its fight against terrorism in the country. The red chamber made the plea in a statement issued by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Abdulaziz Yar’ Adua (APC, Katsina Central). While commending the Army for its bravery in the campaign against […]...
The FBI said today it was investigating the deadly truck-ramming attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street as an act of terrorism and confirmed the suspected assailant was dead. “This morning, an individual drove a car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing a number of people and injuring dozens of […]
•Overthrown Syria President Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad said today that Syria is in the hands of terrorism, the former president’s first statement since his ouster. Assad said his departure from Syria was not planned and that Moscow requested his evacuation from a military base that was under attack, reports AFP. “My departure from Syria w...

