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Armed bandits have killed at least 10 people in five villages in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits overran Mashigi, Dakwaro, Sabon Gida, and a last village, a resident said. “Ten bodies of people killed were recovered, while many are unaccounted for,” Malam Umar, a resident, was quoted as saying in a statement by a group, Birnin Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance. The armed bandits attacked the villages about 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, with the attacking lasting for about three and half hours. Also, the armed bandits burnt houses and grains stock of the affected villages, the group said. The police confirmed the attacks but could not provide details. Herders-Farmers Crisis: Miyetti Allah Exonerates FG, Blames Govs Meanwhile, Baba Ngelezarma, National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has blamed governors for clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The clashes have led to the loss of many lives and d

My heartbroken experience inspired my song, Folasade -Praiz For sensational R&B artiste, Praiz, his award winning single, Folashade, was based on true-life experience.             According to the X3M Records’ singer, who won the Headies award in the Best R&B category, the song was inspired by his last relationship, which got broken. Hear him: “Folasade was inspired by my last relationship. I love to write songs based on true-life experiences. I was heartbroken then. I went into the studio and I started making the beats. I actually produced the song. I just started pouring out words that came to me. I put it out and everybody loved it. It was different and unexpected. I am happy the song got its due acknowledgement.” Praiz, who refused to talk about who the lady was, said his ex girlfriend knows the song was about her and that he won an award for that song. “The lady actually knows the song was for her. We don’t talk anymore though. She knows, however, that I won an award f

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that only ‘Igbo traitors and saboteurs’ would attend the Ohanaeze summit slated for Awka, the Anabra State capital, on Monday, May 21. IPOB in a strong-worded press statement issued on Thursday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, accused the Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze of organising the event to appease the Federal Government, and vowed to scuttle the summit. It warned Igbo leaders and other eminent personalities who still cherish their integrity to stay away from the summit or be counted as part of those sabotaging Igbo interests for pecuniary gains. Powerful said: “We shall compile the names of all keynote speakers at the event to add to the register of all those that have over the years been betraying our people, especially the individuals that packaged and executed ‘Operation Python Dance’. IPOB accused Nwodo of protecting the interest of the Federal Government while pretending to advance the cause of Nd

Another three killed in Benue during Osinbajo’s visit Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna, Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and George Okoh in Makurdi The death toll continued to mount without let in parts of the country on Tuesday when 10 persons were brutally murdered in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, following an attack on five villages in the area. The attack on Birnin Gwari preceded yet another invasion on villages in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen on Wednesday morning, leading to the deaths of three persons. The herdsmen attack on the Benue communities took place when Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was on a two-day visit to the state to assess the damage caused by the farmers-herdsmen crisis. In the case of Birnin Gwari, the attack occurred on the same day the Chief of Army State, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, visited the area, which has recorded dozens of attacks in recent months. During his visit, Buratai had

governors of the 36 states of the federation are canvassing a novel initiative that will see each state taking responsibility for subsidising petroleum products consumed within its territory. Arising from their discontent over the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it supplies a ridiculous 60 million litres of petrol daily to the domestic market, the governors are contending that instead of deducting the difference between the landing cost of petrol and the official pump price of the product before remitting net crude oil receipts to the Federation Account, every state should be responsible for paying its own subsidy according to its consumption. The push by the governors to take over the responsibility of paying subsidy payments on fuel in their respective states could prove to be a major solution to the inefficiency and graft that has characterised fuel imports and consumption in the country for decades. Other than the crippling impact fuel subsid

           ENUGU —AN expert in peace and conflict, human security and counter terrorism and a senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Dr Kingsley Udegbunam has said the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, proposed sit-at-home protests across the South East and South-South regions may not record total success in the midst of their proscription, their waning influence and the disappearance of Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB members Dr Udegbunam who spoke in a chat with journalists at Nsukka also cited the clash in ideology between IPOB and other pro-Biafra groups like the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, as reasons the planned sit-at-home will fail. “It is plausible for me to argue that it will hold but the level of success might not be like the last one. In fact, I foresee a situation where majority of Easterners will ignore the sit-at-home order because of the waning influence of IPOB. Again, Biafra Inde

Award winning broadcast journalist turned politician and media mogul, Senator Chris Anyanwu, was recently at the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited, during which she drew questions from Vanguard editors on her latest media project in Lagos, Hot FM, 93.3. The parlay also offered opportunity to draw questions from the former senator on the ongoing political spectacle that has seen Governor Rochas Okorocha ranged against nearly every major political stakeholder in their native Imo State. Excerpts: Did you back Okorocha in 2011 or were you deceived to back him? I am not going to allow you put me in a defensive. I would say I was fighting for my political survival and then there was a convergence of interest between him and I, in the sense that we shared the same platform and of course we campaigned together. Once I won, it gave him the momentum and that is what I keep telling people; you need to have strong candidates who can build up the momentum. You need to have

We all are aware of the depth of love that Nigerian son of a Billionaire, Davido has for his popular Chef bae, Chioma Avril Rowland, who is also from a wealthy background’. Well, it appears the luxury assurance porshe is not enough to show the world just how much Chef Chi means to him, as the singer declares in a now viral video that he is an Igbo man. Davido who is from a Yoruba tribe is captured on video saying; “Igbos are winning, I be Igbo” A man who is clearly an Igbo man is heard screaming; “My In-law say it again” leading excited Davido to repeat his proclamation. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

By chance getting into an abusive relationship is usually a sign of bad luck. As your peers and age mates are enjoying wonderful marriages and relationships. It is sadder when your relationship is facing challenges of abuse and various fights.       The situation is even very worse for women who still cling to the relationship despite it being faced with numerous challenges. But what might be the reason why many women would still cling to a relationship years after separation or even divorce? How hard is it for them to just leave and move on with other new life. Start here and find out why: 1. Distorted thoughts. Many women in abusive relationships being controlled and hurt is traumatizing, and this usually leads to confusion, doubts, and even self-blame. Their perpetrators usually harass and accuse women victims, which wears them down and causes despair and guilt on the women part making it hard to leave the relationship. 2. Fear. The threat of bodily and emotional harm to the w

It appears crisis in the Imo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is far from ending as stakeholders on Thursday said Governor Rochas Okorocha was politically irrelevant.               The group made this assertion after meeting with the APC national leadership in Abuja. Dr Theo Ekechi, who spoke on behalf of the stakeholders, said they had many evidence against Okorocha. “There have been wide jubilation in Imo because we have rescued the party from Gov. Okorocha, we have made it impossible for him to get help from anywhere,” he said. “He cannot run to any political figure in the state because none is with him, he cannot approach any clergyman in the state. “In his desperation, he ran to Sokoto, Daura and even to the Vice President, but help has refused to come.” According to him, Okorocha was responsible for the problems facing the party in the state and the South-East. In a petition submitted to the party national leadership, the stakeholders chronicled what t

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has called on the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to resign.                  This is sequel to a statement credited to Osinbajo where he promised to resign his appointment if the recurrent herdsmen killings in Benue and other parts of Northern Nigeria have religious colouration. Osinbajo stated this while responding to posers raised by some Christian leaders at a stakeholders meeting held at the new Banquet Hall of the Benue State Government House, Makurdi. Reacting, Fani-Kayode urged the Vice President to resign and let someone else who is prepared to defend the Christian community take over. “In the name of Jesus, resign and let another, who is prepared to defend the honor of the Church and protect Christians from mass murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide take your place. Christians are not cowards!,” FFK said. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

              A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State and the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Ifeatu Obi-okoye, Thursday, stated that the party has resolved to shut its doors on the embattled Governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. This is even as he confirmed to DAILY POST about attempts by Governor Okorocha through his aides and friends to be re-admitted into the party. Speaking to DAILY POST in a phone interview on Thursday, Obi-okoye said APGA had rejected the governor because of his nonchalant attitude, vowing that no amount of money can readmit him into the party. The former APGA spokesman, further disclosed how some powerful business moguls from Anambra state bankrolled and assisted Okorocha to become governor in 2011 and reiterated the resolve of the party not to re-admit him. According to him,”I can confirm to you that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has made approaches to us, APGA, throug

An aide of President Muhammadu Buhari believes the video in which the IGP struggled to read his own speech was doctored to ridicule him in the media.                                 Abike Dabiri-Erewa The Presidency has reacted to the viral video of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at an event in Kano. In the footage, IGP Idris, who was in Kano on Monday to commission the Police Technical Intelligence unit in the state, stammered consistently as he struggled to pronounce words. After failed attempt to get his speech right, he apologised to his audience. However, the clip stirred up reactions online as some Nigerians described the development as ’embarrassing and a shame to Nigerian Police Force’. Reacting, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Diaspora & Foreign Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the video was doctored by mischievous persons. On her Twitter page, she wrote, “This video is definitely doctored. “The er

The All-Atiku Support Group (AASG)has blamed the criticism by the Buhari Media Organisation of the proposal by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar               to privatise some aspects of the oil and gas sector as a display of poor knowledge about modern economic management. The AASG in a press statement signed by its Coordinator, Mr. Oladimeji Fabiyi said that the Buhari administration was least qualified to pass a remark about ideas geared towards modernising and optimising the operations of the Nigerian oil and gas sector, and indeed of any other sector of the economy. “What the BMO has done by its criticism of Atiku’s proposal is to further expose its lack of knowledge in the ways modern economies are run. As it is today, the NNPC is unprofitable, unwieldy and not accountable. Compared to its contemporaries like Petronas of Malaysia and Petrobras of Brazil which have since liberalised and modernised its operations, the NNPC still riddles in inefficiency and obvious lack of

Almost 24-hours after, the Nigerian Police on social media has reacted to the video of police chief, Ibrahim Idris that went viral showing him fumbling with reading a speech in Kano State. Without saying much, the official twitter handle of Nigerian police shared a video of the IG fluently reading another speech and accompanied it with a list of the schools he attended including; IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni attended; St. Paul Primary Sch. Sokoto, Govt Secondary School Farfaru, Sokoto, ABU Zaria (BSc Agric Economics), University of Maiduguri (LLB), NIPSS Kuru Jos. Author "Security and Justice, the Pathway to Peace & Reconciliation in Nigeria".. IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni attende St. Paul Primary Sch. Sokoto, Govt Secondary School Farfaru, Sokot ABU Zaria (BSc Agric Economics), University of Maiduguri (LLB), NIPSS Kuru Jos. Author "Security and Justice, the Pathway to Peace & Reconciliation in Nigeria". #IGPIdris We bring the news to

                   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said his faith is more important than his political position, The Cable reports. Osinbajo said this during a stakeholders meeting including Christian leaders in Benue State on Tuesday. The VP had been advised by one of the leaders to “exonerate yourself from this position.” Explaining what exactly the position was, the leader said: The point I’m trying to make is that a day is going to come when you, as the vice-president, will bear the brunt of the problem of injustice in our land, especially those perpetrated on smaller ethnic groups that have no one to fight for them. Osinbajo answered saying he would never give up his faith or refuse to stand up for his faith. He said: My Lord Bishop, you said you are not a politician, I am also not a politician. As a matter of fact, I’m also a priest and I’m a Christian, a born again Christian. Because I’m a born again Christian, my destiny is not determined by any man but by God who I s