Charly Boy escapes death in Abuja

Charly Boy escapes death in Abuja

Charly Boy holding a placard during protest in Abuja

A popular musician, Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, who has been leading a campaign for the return or resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been attacked.

Biafrans have ceased to be frightened by DEATH and its HARBINGERS

Biafrans have ceased to be frightened by DEATH and its HARBINGERS

As the Biafra protest rages, it is good that we remind ourselves the purpose of this quest; what we are struggling to safeguard and why we are so determined to continue to fight for the release of LORD NNAMDI KANU and the restoration of the independence of Biafra. We have burn the brunt of this quest, we have suffered marginalization, deprivation, ostracization and all manner of conceivable deaths in the hands of an enemy that is so cruel, that is so wicked and that has used all manner of weapons to not only cage us as a people and stop us from developing at our own pace-keeping us in a state of arrested development, but has without respite hounded us into detention and daily murdering us for daring to ask for our freedom.

Over 200 die in Mecca stampede. Over 400 injured

Over 200 die in Mecca stampede. Over 400 injured

More than 200 people were killed on Thursday in a stampede at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence service said.

At least another 400 people were injured in the incident, the service said on Twitter, adding that rescue operations were under way.

Tafawa Balewa died of natural causes: The Truth you have never been told

Balewa was not assasinated: The Truth you have never been told

The controversy surrounding the 'mystery' of the death of Nigeria's Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, was settled by Late Mathew Tawo Mbu, a former cabinet minister under Balewa and one of his trusted subordinates. In an interview, with the Nation Newspaper, Mbu revealed that contrary to the widely circulated information that Balewa was shot by the revolutionary soldiers, Balewa died from asthmatic attack en route Calabar. Prior the revolutionary, political crisis in the Western Region culminated in the conviction (for treason) and jailing of Yoruba leader Obafemi Awolo in Calabar prison. The revolutionaries attuned to Awolowo's ideology had planned to make him Nigerian leader. Part of the plan was to take Balewa to Calabar to sign his resignation letter and relinquishing of power to Awolowo. This was not to be as Balewa suffered asthmatic attack on the way and died.