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MASSOB in a statement by its National Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edeson said MASSOB is surprised that such a well red man could make such provocative statement in a Jos, Plateau State radio station. “Although MASSOB understand that Mr Arkwright is working for the interest of some through the present Nigeria government, should also know hat Biafra agitators have the right for freedom of speech and right to demand for self determination as guaranteed in the United Nations Charter on Human and Peoples Right which Nigeria is a signatory.  “MASSOB is doubting the credibility of of the British High Commission in Nigeria, the world also knows that Scotland is agitating for full sovereignty from United Kingdom, but non of the Scottish agitators were arrested or killed by British Government, instead they conducted a referendum to determine the wish of the people of Scotland.  “Why then is Britain, a foremost Christian country and her Islamic allies working against the actualiz

REACTIONS on Friday trailed the indictment of the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over his alleged double voter registration. Prominent among those who expressed their views on the matter are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election in the state, James Faleke and the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye. The PDP said it had been justified and vindicated that the governor acted illegally and should be made to face the wrath of the law. “Double registration is an offence under our laws and we are happy that INEC is doing the needful now. Bello doesn’t know the law and unfortunately he has surrounded himself with amateurs. If not, ordinarily, his Attorney General should have been able to advise him that double registration is an offence. “Definitely, he cannot be in contention in the next election.

Three Soldiers and three other civilians were roasted to dead when a tanker carrying petrol exploded in Iwuru in Biase local government area of Cross River State. The truck, in an attempt to avoid the deplorable part of the road swept and emptied the content. After the crash, an eyewitness told our correspondent in the area on Friday that 3 soldiers, travelling in the opposite direction when the accident occurred, rushed to rescue the driver and the conductor but the tanker exploded into a hell of flame, burning them beyond recognition. Her words, “When the tanker fell into the gutter, smoke started coming out and the soldiers who were in a vehicle heading to Calabar quickly stopped their van and went to rescue the driver and the conductor, suddenly the tanker burst into flames and they were caught in the fire.” Among the victim were soldiers who was also trapped in the inferno but managed to escape with severe burns and was later rushed to the Akamkpa General Hospital for m

Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last weekend elected a new set of leaders who will run the affairs of the party for the next four years. The new party officials are mostly people with experience in local and state politics. These are their profiles: Uche Secondus (National Chairman) Mr. Secondus has been in politics for 39 years He joined politics in 1978 during the Second Republic as the youth leader, in Rivers, for the now-defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN. He later became the state publicity secretary of another national party, the National Republican Convention, NRC, from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Secondus became the acting national chairman of the PDP in 2015 after the resignation of the then chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, following the party’s defeat in that year’s presidential election. Before then, he was the party’s deputy national chairman. As a businessman, he is said to have interest in Intels Nigeria Limited, a company that is lin

THE Federal Government has continued to receive attacks over the decision to take $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to prosecute the war against Boko Haram. Some of the critics described the war as a cash cow from which some people are making money.Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, had said the Governors’ Forum granted the concession to the Federal Government to support its efforts at tackling insurgency. However, Dr Junaid Muhammed, a vocal northern political leader and a member of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, told Saturday Tribune that he was not bothered by the amount of money spent on the fight against the insurgent group, but that the protracted war appeared to have become a “cash cow” for some people. Also reacting, the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere described approval of

Popular musician-turned-activist, Chukwuemeka Charles Oputa, popularly known as CharlyBoy, has criticized Pentecostalism in Nigeria, stating that their preaching is solely based on systematic fraud. The convener of OurMumuDonDo movement took to his Instagram account on Friday to slam pastors who preach for money. The AreaFada, who shared a photos of himself with a Buddhist monk, said the system practiced by the preachers is fraud and deception. “Pentecostalism na modern-day commercial enterprise garnished in the cloak of religion with deception and exploitation as its foundation. “Their goal na the complete monetisation of peoples ignorance. It remains the only legally and politically accepted movement completely based upon systematic fraud, deception and cheating. “Fck the con men of God, dem crooked theology is all for the Naira. Na so AreaFada Talk,” Charly Boy wrote.