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They were feeling fulfilled that Wednesday morning when their vehicle arrived the bus station in Gboko. Their trip was a success. A baby had been born and they had traveled all the way from their base in Okene, in Kogi State, to Taraba, to welcome it to the world and give it a name. In their culture, welcoming a new life deserves all that and more. From Gboko, they had justs few hours left to finally return home. But they did not, as a rampaging crowd pounced on them. The travelers had arrived Benue State at a time the state was recovering from the killing of 73 residents of Tiv descent by suspected herders. Unfortunately, for the seven, all of them were Fulani, the ethnic group suspected to be behind the attack on the 73 people that were given a mass burial in the state capital barely two weeks earlier. Since the attack, which was widely condemned across the country, tension had been high in the state and it almost reached a crescendo and spilled into violent reprisals when the

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has again proved that his government is nothing short of an apartheid regime which does not belong to all, except the Fulanis. The Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, stated this in a statement issued on Saturday condemning what he called the humiliation and arrest of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gboko police station in Benue State, Bur Dooior, for allegedly failing to use police resources to protect invading Fulani herdsmen. “Why arrest the non-Fulani DPO of Gboko because of the death of seven Fulani terrorists, whereas in neighboring police stations manned by Fulanis; DPOs are being promoted even though the greatest killing of innocent civilians happened under their watch,” he queried. However, DAILY POST reports that President Buhari had said “I belong to nobody, I belong to everybody” in a famed 2015 rhetoric, during his swearing in speech as the president of

A 25-year old man, Felix Simon, who worked as a gateman to a retired military personnel has narrated how he led his friends to rob and kill his boss, Mrs. Vivian Rafatu Ajibua aged 61 . The incident happened at Ugiagbe Street, Off Ogbonmwan Street, Off Ugbor Road, Government Reservation Area. Checks showed that other landlords in the area have chased their security guard away after the incident. Felix had raised alarm on January 28, 2018 at about 3am that a mysterious fire had engulfed his boss’s apartment. Sympathizers rushed to put out the fire and Mrs. Ajibua, a widow was found dead with severe burnt on her body inside her bedroom.                              the Boss The neighbours called the police and relatives who took her corpse to a mortuary and luck ran out of Felix when he was seen throwing his belongings and household items of his late boss over the fence to a nearby uncompleted building. He was caught as he attempted to flee and handed over to the police.

Six Fulani herdsmen were Thursday rescued by community leaders at Torugbene community, Burutu local government area of Delta State after youths from the community reportedly repelled an alleged attack on some farmers by the herdsmen in the community. 8 cows belonging to the herdsmen were said to have been killed by the youths over what they described as the continues destruction of their farm produce by the grazing herd. Sources from the community told Vanguard that the herdsmen had tried to attack a female farmer who raised the alarm, drawing the attention of her sons and other youths of the community who came to her rescue. One of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that farmers in the community have been having a running battle over the years with herdsmen who graze their herds on their farms. The source said: “They invaded the woman’s farm and when she accosted them on the rationale for their actions, they attacked her, leading to a confrontation with yout

The spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, has described the herdsmen crises in the Middle Belt as a plot by the South to divide the monolithic north. PoliticsNGR gathered that Abdullahi also dismissed the report on Restructuring by the APC, saying that it is the position of some party leaders and not Nigerians. In an interview with Sun, Abdullahi said; "That is the bottom line. It is politically driven. We have been having herdsmen for over 200 years or 300 years ago in Nigeria, particularly we in the North. I haven’t seen how this crisis between farmers and herdsmen would lead to attacks and loss of lives. This is a politically driven agenda, perhaps, intended to split the monolithic North; we have been talking about the monolithic North for a long time politically in this country. I have been involved in debates against some respected people from the southern part of this country who believe that this country is not balanced because the Nor

Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, Ph.D. is a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state. A group under the aegis of Coalition for Nigeria, CN, has accused Olusegun Obasanjo,a former president of Nigeria, of stealing its idea and name by ‘criminally’ launching the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, February 1, 2018, Sabo Odeh, the national president of the group, warned Nigerians not to be deceived into thinking they are dealing with the authentic group because Nigerians are playing into the den of political criminals. He described the Obasanjo-led Coalition Movement as a group of failed politicians and those that had made immense contributions towards wrecking Nigeria with a sprinkling of youths that have anger issues. The group said the authentic Coalition for Nigeria has noble intentions centred

A suspected member of a burglary gang that specialised in breaking into residential buildings, when owners are away was stripped last Sunday at the Iyesi area of Ota, Ogun State. It was learnt that the suspect and members of his gang had been terrorising residents of the area for sometime. Residents told The Nation that no fewer than eight houses had been burgled in the last two weeks. The suspect, Deji Oladeluyi was said to have broken into a house at Famous Estate, Iyana Iyesi, while the occupants of the building were away. He was said to have broken into the apartment through one of the windows of the apartment after vandalising its burglar-proof iron. He was however intercepted by vigilant neighbours while he was about taking away some valuable items from the building. He was said to have fled after he was accosted by a resident while he was removing valuable items from the apartment. The suspect allegedly scaled the fence into another compound and hid himself inside a so

President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has said that anyone who takes the mandate of President Muhammad Buhari to rule the country come 2019, would be in for a bitter fight. In an intereview with Sun News, Boyejo said, nobody should try and remove Buhari, adding that the eyes of the Fulani all over the country have ‘opened’. “Nobody should try to remove Buhari in 2019. All the Fulani in Nigeria today, our eyes are open. All of us are behind Buhari; we have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari. “We would not allow anybody to intimidate the Federal Government or to take Buhari’s mandate; we would be ready to follow him and fight it. We are ready to do anything to ensure that Buhari comes back to complete the good work he is doing. The people criticizing him are just few and nothing would affect his chances of coming back.” He also reacted to ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the president criticizin

Fresh facts have emerged on how a 60-year-old woman was murdered and set ablaze at her home in Benin last Sunday. Though earlier reports suggest that the victim was a retired military officer identified as Major Afisatu Ajuya, the Edo State Police Command has however given the true identity of the woman as Vivian Rafatu Titilayo Ajibua, saying she was not a retired military officer. According to police findings, “On 28th January, 2018, at about 6 am, one Princess Ajibade received a call that the house of her sister at N0 73, 1st Ugbor Road, G.R.A, Benin City, was on fire. “Upon the information, she rushed to the place and found her lying dead with fire burns. She informed the Command operatives who moved in there with her and found the story to be true. “Immediately, they arrested one Felix Simon, a security guard to the deceased. Also arrested, was Zakari Peter. On interrogation, they confessed that they murdered the deceased, looted her properties- jewelries, one bag of clothes

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has applauded the Tivs of the Middle Belt for showing disgust about their state in Nigeria and for demanding for a separate state of Takuruku Republic. IPOB said this came in the face of sponsored and sustained harassment, intimidation, massacre by Fulani dominated security operatives in the Nigeria security apparatus. A statement signed by the media and publicity secretary of the group Comrade Emma Powerful, insisted that there is no alternative to peace in Nigeria than dividing the country along “ancient boundaries for the benefit of all”. It said it knew that Middle Belt was deceived into fighting against Igbos when they clamoured for a nation for itself. “This is what we IPOB have been clamoring and fighting for since 1967 till date. Dividing Nigeria along ancient boundaries for the benefit of all, irrespective of tribe or religion, is the only solution to the myriad of problems bedevilling Nigeria today”. There is no other solution. Th

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, on Friday warned those ‘turning blind eye’ to the mounting security challenges in the country not to take the patience of the military for granted. The cleric insisted that there had to be Nigeria before anybody could be president. He said hate speech and other issues that surrounded the 2015 election were still very much with the country. Bishop Kukah spoke at a press briefing on the forthcoming pubic lecture: tagged: “How To Make Democracy Work ForAfrica”, organized by The Kukah Centre. He said Nigerians had been patient and had also witnessed the patience of the military for 18 years. “We as Nigerians should not take the patience of the military for granted,” he said He said the overwhelming presence of the military personnel in various parts of the country is a sign that the country is not democratizing. He said: “I go to Sokoto with my big cross. I don’t feel insecure. A lot of Moslem youths carry my bag, I don’t

Killer herdsmen went on a fresh rampage in Taraba State Thursday night,10 hours after Governor Darius Ishaku raised the alarm that they were coming. Four persons, including a couple ,were murdered  at Ngutwsem village in  Gassol local government area in the night attack. The couple were named as Mr. Shiriga Vaawombo and his wife, Ngunan. A relation who witnessed the invasion said that as soon as Shiriga heard the first sound of gun shots,he took his wife to a place outside their house where he thought she could be safe. “He was returning to pick their baby when the invaders shot him. His wife then cried out from where she was hiding. She was gunned down too,” he said. Shiriga’s  second wife, Iveren, 35, was all tears,yesterday. She was not at home during the invasion,having travelled to  Sabon Gida. Our correspondent yesterday in the company of Ishaku’s media aide Bala Dan Abu, a senior assistant to the governor on Revenue Mobilisation, Jerry Tyolanga and  three policeme

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has taken another dig at the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, over appointments, especially in the area of security which favours his own section. He made this submission yesterday, Thursday 1 February in Abeokuta after the Coalition for Nigeria Movement was inaugurated in Ogun State, and he was registered as a member. In his words: “For instance, the Federal Character principle, as espoused in our constitution, was to guide the leadership to search for competent holders of major offices to be distributed within the entire nation, and avoid concentration in a few ethnic hands or geographical places, as we currently have in the leadership of our security apparatus. “To avoid such non-integrative situation, we have the National Assembly and the Federal Character Commission, both institutions which must raise the alarm or call for correction of actions by the executive that violates the spirit of our constitution.” Obasanjo added: “Let me emphasise impo

A former Minister of Aviation has taken to his social media handle to wonder why a police DPO of Tiv extraction was whisked to Abuja following the death of some Fulanis. Femi Fani-Kayode Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister has reacted after the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Tiv extraction was summoned and interrorgated in Abuja over the killing of some Fulanis. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain accused the Federal Government of addressing the issue of killings in the country for too long in a selective manner. Read what he wrote below: "Thousands are slaughtered by Fulani terrorists yet Buhari has refused to arrest even one of the killers.7 Fulani are killed in Benue and not only are dozens of Tiv youth arrested the next day but the Tiv DPO is summoned to Abuja and accused of helping his people to kill Fulanis!" We bring the news to you as it comes.....

. SIX Fulani herdsmen were Thursday rescued by community leaders at Torugbene community, Burutu local government area after youths from the community reportedly repelled an alleged attack on some farmers by the herdsmen in the community. 8 cows belonging to the herdsmen were said to have been killed by the youths over what they described as the continues destruction of their farm produce by the grazing herd. Sources from the community told Vanguard that the herdsmen had tried to attack a female farmer who raised the alarm, drawing the attention of her sons and other youths of the community who came to her rescue. One of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that farmers in the community have been having a running battle over the years with herdsmen who graze their herds on their farms. The source said: “They invaded the woman’s farm and when she accosted them on the rationale for their actions, they attacked her, leading to a confrontation with youths f

How would you know a Fierce Gentleman walking down the street, and how would you tell him apart from just another Joe Schmoe (excuse me — a Man who has not yet come to the realization that the current global situation was calling him urgently to become a Fierce Gentleman)? Below is the sure-fire ways to tell if the guy you’re seeing is, in fact, a Fierce Gentleman: the ten characteristics that set the F.G. apart from other blokes. 1. He takes care of his physical appearance & style. No matter what industry he is in, or what his station in life, the Fierce Gentleman is dressed for success every day. He takes no days off from excellence, and this is reflected in his dress as well as in his attitude. He has cultivated a personal style as a manner of creative self-expression in the world and navigates by his own compass, without waffling in response to “fashion trends.” By itself, this is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a Fierce Gentleman (which we shall abbreviate he

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Babalola Alex, for being in possession of a human skull. The suspect, an indigene of Ondo State was Thursday, arrested at Asese area of Ogun State by the men of the Anti-Robbery Squad. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest in a statement said the arrest followed a tip off by a member of the public. Babalola was said to have confessed that the human skull was requested for by an herbalist who has promised to help him and his partner simply identified as Ijebu with money rituals. The statement read in part, “ “Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Babalola Alex a 25yrs old indigene of Ondo Town in Asese area of Ogun State with human head. “The suspect was arrested by operatives of Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) who are on routine patrol of the area. “His arrest followed an information from a member of the public who called the attention of FSARS

One of the loud and critical voices in the South-eastern part of Nigeria, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has written off the current administration of President Buhari. Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has declared that Nigeria is a failed state under President Muhammadu Buhari. Prof. Nwabueze also said Nigeria may become extinct if he is re-elected in 2019. The erudite scholar noted that Nigeria, under the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC), government had failed to perform the major role expected of a state which is to ensure the security and welfare of the citizenry. Nwabueze made the declaration in a paper entitled ‘Nigeria under president Buhari is categorised as a failed state by an internationally-recognised agency’. “By all internationally relevant and accepted indices and indicators, and judged by the reality on the ground, Nigeria is justifiably categorised as a failed state, now ranked 15th among the ‘worst failed’ states in the world.

In the wake of a robust response by the Christian Association of Nigeria in which they stated that they are in no way ‘religionising’ politics, a Muslim group, the Muslim rights concern, has come out to counter this claim. According to a statement released by the group’s President, Ishaq Akintola, CAN is trying to deceive people and are pushing Christians into politics with an aim to ‘win’ The statement reads; The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday denied instigating Christians to vote for Christians only in the 2019 general elections. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) had alleged on Tuesday, 30th January, 2018 that the Christian umbrella body was instigating Christians against voting for Muslim politicians. We are not convinced by CAN’s denial though its denial did not surprise us. It is only natural. Yet in spite of the denial, Nigerians know that CAN’s body language speaks volumes. Its hate speeches are legend. Its bitter expressions underline its frustration.

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri says Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fahola on Thursday “exposed” President Buhari and Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed as liars. He said Fashola, while trying to defend himself from allegations of ineptitude as regards the epileptic power supply in the country, ended up vindicating both Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP, albeit unintentionally. Reno noted that at various occasions since coming to power on May 29, 2015, both Buhari “and his lying parrot, Lai Mohammed, have attempted to sell the false narrative that the Jonathan administration and the Peoples Democratic Party, destroyed Nigeria’s economy and handed over a collapsed polity”. He recalled that on the 14th of August, 2017, Buhari through his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said: “With due respects to the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, these are the facts about the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. I hope this will help to erase the wrong s

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his nonchalant attitude to the killing of Nigerians in the country. The governor was reacting to the killing of seven Fulanis in Gboko Benue state. The killings led to imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew by the state government. The Benue state government said that the curfew would last from 6pm to 6am from January 31till further notice. In a post on Twitter, Fayose wrote: “Killing of 7 innocent Fulanis in Gboko, Benue State is condemnable. “President Buhari’s non-challant attitude towards addressing the killings in Benue and other States by herdsmen is dangerous to the peaceful co-existence of Nigerians. “Let the President act like a nationalist now!” We bring the news to you as it comes.....

The UN refugee agency on Thursday criticised Nigeria for breaching international agreements after the leader of a Cameroonian anglophone separatist movement and his supporters were extradited at Yaounde’s request . The UNHCR said it learned “with great concern” about the case of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, who was sent back to Cameroon this week with 46 others. They were arrested in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on January 5. Cameroon has called the 47 “terrorists” and said they would “answer for their crimes”, as tensions mount in the Southwest and Northwest Regions, home to most of the country’s English-speakers. They have complained about decades of economic inequality and social injustice at the hands of the French-speaking majority. Ayuk Tabe wants the two regions to separate from the French-speaking part of the country. On October 1 last year, his movement made a symbolic declaration of independence. The UNHCR said most of the 47 sent back to Cameroon had submitted asylum claims

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned that killing of six Fulanis in Gboko, Benue state. The incident led to imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew by the state government. The government said that the curfew would last from 6pm to 6am from January 31till further notice. But MURIC director, Ishaq Akintola, lamented that the media refused to give the killings attention. “The radio stations are silent over it. The television stations have ignored it. The print media also do not consider it as newsworthy”, he said in a statement on Friday. “Yet these are the same outfits which gave extensive coverage, superfluous broadcast times to the unfortunate Benue killings. “The same media outfits kept mum when 732 Fulanis were massacred in Mambilla. They looked the other way when 82 women and children of Fulani stock were killed in cold blood in Numan. “They said nothing when life was brutally snuffed out of 24 Fulanis in Lau. They couldn’t be bothered when 96 Fulanis were cut

A Fulani group known as Jonde Jam Fulani Youth Association yesterday accused the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and the Nigeria Police in the state of downplaying the killings of seven Fulani people at a motor park in Gboko. The National President of the association, Saidu Maikano said in a press conference with selected journalists in Jos that it was unfortunate that the killing of the seven Fulani travelers had attracted little condemnation from Nigerians and government officials. Maikano explained, “How can the police say the killing had no ethnic or religious undertone? Were they not killed because they were Fulani? Therefore the Tiv youths attacked and killed them simply because of their religion and ethnicity. So why are they always quick to point fingers at Fulani people but sceptical to mention other ethnic groups?  This tells us that there is a deep rooted hatred for the Fulani man and this conspiracy must stop for justice to prevail. When one or two Fulani people

There was fear in Gboko town, the ancestral home of the Tiv nation, as troops suspected to be from Nigerian Army headquarters in about seven trucks moved into the city, to patrol major streets in the area. The police had on Wednesday confirmed seven persons killed in Gboko town, which made the state government impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the area. Residents of the area who confided in our correspondent said they were afraid when the trucks conveying the soldiers drove round the town suddenly, adding that shortly before the arrival of the soldiers, news had filtered in that the soldiers were on a mission to kill and burn down the entire town following the killing of some travellers by criminals the previous day. However, Army spokesman for 707 Special Forces, Major Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, dispelled the rumour that the soldiers were in Gboko to cause havoc, stressing that they were there to keep peace and maintain law and order. “The soldiers are already in Gboko but what happen

The Senator representing Bayelsa East, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, has advised Nigerians on the kind of candidates they must vote for in next year’s elections. Speaking at the Nigerian American Business Forum in Tampa, Florida, the lawmaker said “you must vote for people who can change Nigeria”. “Elections are coming, Nigeria must be a better country. You must vote for people who can change Nigeria. It cannot be business as usual. Dumb people should not be in office,” he said. Ben Bruce has been largely critical of the incument administration headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. We bring the news to you as it comes.....