1949 video showing allowing a rare view into colonial Igbo society

A rare 1949 video of colonial Igbo society

The video below purportedly shows inhabitants of the Eastern Nigeria learning English Language in a colonial school somewhere in Enugu in 1949.

Boko Haram begins ISIS-style beheading as Al-Shabaab plans to join ISIS

Look of horror: A Nigerian soldier is made to kneel in front of three men after he was captured by Boko Haram

The Northern Nigeria terrorists group, Boko Haram has sank to a new low by setting a terrifying new precedent.  It released its  gruesome video of another beheading since it pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Back in march 2015, Boko Haram was reported to have beheaded two individuals.

The new video adopts many of the same style-points as the hundreds of barbaric videos released by ISIS over the last year.

Impunity personified: Buhari defies court order and orders Rivers Council Secretariats closed. "We Must resist this Impunity" - Wike

Impunity personified: Buhari defies court order and orders Rivers Council Secretariats closed. "We Must resist this Impunity" - Wike

Muhammadu Buhari's regime is assuming the posture of impunity in various angles. The Biafran warned of Buhari's dictatorial tendencies in various articles it published during the election campaign. Since after assuming power, Buhari has carried on with governance just like a dictator would. He has single-handedly ran the government for over a month without any cabinet and apparently micromanaging every aspect of the economy, resulting in an almost comatose economy.

Buhari' impunity reached another level yesterday when he ordered the police to seal off all local government secretariats in Rivers State, following a court order his party deemed not favourable.

Southern Kaduna Christians kick against El Rufai's Islamic cabinet

Southern Kaduna Christians kick against El Rufai's Islamic cabinet

Southern Kaduna Christians and other stakeholders of the state are kicking against Governor Nasir El-Rufai's Islamic tilted appointments and cabinet. The Union reports that almost all non Islmaic groups in the state, including Kabilu Forum and the Kaduna South Local Government chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), angst over  El-Rufai actions, describing the political appointment so far made by the governor as lopsided.

National Assembly not your secretariat - Ekweremadu reminds APC

National Assembly not your secretariat - Ekweremadu reminds APC

Nigeria's Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, not to misconstrue the National Assembly as its secretariat.

Senator Ekweremadu, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, was called up on a RayPower Radio morning programme, tagged: “Political Platform”, where he responded to questions on the alleged forgery/amendment of the Senate Standing Rule, 2011.

Boko Haram: Biafrans paralyse commercial activities in Eastern Nigeria

Boko Haram: Biafrans paralyse commercial activities in Eastern Nigeria

Irked by Nigeria's Government’s seeming unwillingness to relocate suspected Boko Haram prisoners from Ekwulobia Prison in Aguata Local Government Council, Anambra State, despite street protests, Biafran traders under the aegis of the South East Markets Traders Amalgamated Associations (SEMATAS), on Thursday, paralysed commercial activities in the Eastern Nigeria region. The traders demanded that the prisoners be moved of the prisoners to their original base.

Radio Biafra is located outside Nigeria - Frustrated Nigeria's security forces declare

 Radio Biafra is located outside Nigeria - Frustrated Nigeria's security forces declare

Radio Biafra, a private radio station spreading secessionist messages to the South East region may be broadcasting from outside Nigeria, Security Surveillance by security agencies and signal tracking by the National Broadcasting Commission have so far yielded no positive results.

Imo the lost state of Biafra: Muslims demand for Islamic Eid ground and Muslim Pilgrims Welfare board from 'Alhaji' Rochas Okorocha

Imo the lost state of Biafra: Muslims demand for  Islamic Eid ground and Muslim Pilgrims Welfare board from 'Alhaji' Rochas Okorocha

Imo State appears to be the lost state of Biafra. Whereas Christians residing in Islamic states of Nigeria such as Kano are being restricted from freely practicing their faith, Muslims in Christian states are making unimaginable demands. 

Muslims in Imo State have requested for an Eid ground, large enough to contain the 'ever-increasing Muslim population' in the state. They did not stop at that, they also demanded for the establishment of a Muslim Pilgrims Welfare board.

Britain to ban Whatsapp and others in weeks

Britain to ban Whatsapp and other in weeks

Britons could see the hugely popular cross-platform app BANNED under strict new laws on social media and online messaging services.

Prime Minister David Cameron is pressing ahead with new legislation that plans to stop people from sending any form of encrypted messages.

On the march again: Boko Haram Attacks Buni Yadi – Military

Last year's Boko Haram's march of terrorism  also began with the capture of Buni Yadi

Boko Haram militants attacked the northern Nigerian town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Thursday and it was unclear how the fighting had ended, military sources said.

Boko Haram has’ taken over ‘Nigeria under Buhari – Nigeria's Deputy Senate President laments

Boko Haram has’ taken over ‘Nigeria under Buhari – Nigeria's Deputy Senate President

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, thursday expressed worry over the frightening spate of insurgency in the country, noting that it was unfortunate that development had attained a worrisome dimension since President Muhammadu Buhari took over power on May 29.

Lamido and sons to be remanded in Kano Prison for 2 months on court orders

Lamido and sons to be remanded in Kano Prison for 2 months on court orders

A former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, accused of fraud, will be locked up in prison till September 28, a Federal Court in Kano has ruled.

Delivering her judgement, Justice Evelyn Anyadike ruled that the four accused persons be remanded in a Kano Prison Custody because the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said they lacked enough facilities to accommodate them.

Billion Naira FRAUD! Oronsaye Nigeria's ex Head of Service to be detained for diverting N6Billion Biometric Pension Enrolment fund

Billion Naira FRAUD! Oronsaye to be Charged for diverting N6Billion Biometric Pension Enrolment fund

Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOS) Steven Oronsaye allegedly diverted over N6 billion biometric pension’s enrolment into private accounts, sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Pointblanknews.com.

Oronsaye is currently under detention at an EFCC facility while undergoing further interrogation into his involvement in the fraud. He is expected to be charged to court on Thursday on corruption.

Abuja villagers stop US ambassador from entering village

Abuja villagers stop US ambassador from entering village

Some youths in Dakwa Village in the Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday stopped a United States delegation from visiting the solar electrification project built for the community.

Drama started when the US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr. Anthony Blinken, who was expected to inspect the solar electrification project, initiated by a Mandela Washington Fellow, Olusegun Odunaiya, was not allowed to access the site.

Tinubu restrategises on how to combat Buhari's menace: Eyes new political party

Tinubu restrategises on how to combat Buhari's menace: Eyes new political party

The die appears set for the All Progressive Congress [APC] as the fractionalization of the ruling party seem to have begun with only months into the Buhari administration. Information available to 247ureports.com obtained from sources within the APC top echelons indicate that the top boss of the APC, Alhaji Bola Tinubu may have turned away from the Buhari administration to form an opposition group to battle the Buhari led APC.

Indefatigable Radio Biafra hits airwaves in Warri and Sapele. Itsekiri and Urhobo quakes with message of freedom

Indefatigable Radio Biafra hits airwaves in Warri and Sapele. Itsekri and Urhobo quakes with message of freedom

The indefatigable Radio Biafra has hit airwaves in Warri, Sapele and environs. Highly elated callers to the Radio Biafra disclosed this on Wednesday evening broadcast. They expressed their happiness on this development that has enabled them key into the train of freedom from Nigeria's oppression.

Apprehension in France as explosives are stolen from French Military base

Apprehension in France as explosives are stolen from French Military base

Some 40 grenades, 180 detonators and an unknown quantity of plastic explosives have been stolen from a French military base.

The theft from the Miramas base west of Marseille happened on Sunday night.

Sectionalism: As Buhari constitutes Federal Government of the North - Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu

 Sectionalism: As Buhari constitutes Federal Government of the North -  Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu

There is a reason for which Muhammadu Buhari was rejected everywhere else except the core sharia Northern states in all previous elections until some opportunistic politicians led by Bola Tinubu seeking a platform to serve their individual interests with the deceptive slogan of change joined the Buhari train. Those reasons are now being vindicated as Buhari characteristically constitutes a federal government of the North. Of the eleven appointments Buhari has made so far ten are Northerners while only one is from the South, in the same vein ten are Muslims while only one is a Christian. The appointments are as follows:

Russia shoots down UK-sponsored UN genocide resolution on Srebrenica. Between Biafrans and Bosnian Muslims who deserve genocide resolution more?

Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin described the UK-drafted text "not constructive, confrontational and politically-motivated."

Britain sponsored a UN resolution that would have condemned the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as a "crime of genocide". However, Britain has continued to remain silent on the genocide committed against Biafrans, that resulted in the death of over 3.5 million Biafran women and children. 

Prosecute T.B. Joshua over collapsed building - Coroner rules

Prosecute T.B. Joshua over collapsed building - Coroner rules

TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) should be prosecuted after the collapse of one of its buildings, a coroner has ruled.

A multi-storey part of the church hostel collapsed last September in Lagos killing 116 people, many of them South Africans.

The EXTRAVAGANT lifestyle of Bashir, the wild son of Governor El-Rufai

The Extravagant lifestyle of Bashir, the wild son of Governor El-Rufai 

BREAKING TIMES has obtained photographs of Bashir, one of the sons of Nigeria’s former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai and current Governor of Kaduna State.

Bashir, the wild son of Mallam El Rufai is seen here looking ‘stoned’ and living like the spoilt children of an oil sheik. More than 50 percent of Nigerians live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day, according to the United Nations.

How Buhari is aiding Boko Haram - Fani-Kayode

How Buhari is aiding Boko Haram - Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode Tuesday revealed how Muhammadu Buhari is aiding Boko Haram, which has led to resurgence of terrorists attacks since he came into power. Kayode explained why despite the gains recorded against Boko Haram under Goodluck Jonathan, ‎the insurgents have taken their barbarity to a new level.

Boko Haram threatens to kill Thisday reporter

Boko Haram threatens to kill Thisday reporter

Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in an email have threatened to kill “infidel” Adeola Akinremi, features editor of THISDAY news body. 

The death threat was issued after the journalist wrote a piece titled, Why Boko Haram don’t deserve our amnesty. This follows his return from Adamawa state to investigate killings by the insurgents and the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). 

"Angel riding on a horse" Scientists use lasers to project Ghost rider in the sky (movie onto clouds)

"Angel riding on a horse"  Scientists use lasers to project Ghost rider in the sky: movie onto clouds 

A green ghost rider appeared in the sky over the British city of Nottingham when scientists started testing a newly developed projecting device which allows the beaming of moving images directly onto clouds for the first time ever.

The image of a galloping horse rider was projected onto the clouds from a distance of 50 meters by a special laser-based projection system mounted on an aircraft.

The want to assassinate me. . .but - Ekweremadu raises alarm

The want to assassinate me - Ekweremadu raises alarm

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu on Monday raised alarm that his life is under threat by desperate politicians, just as the Police detachment stormed Deputy Senate President Office to invite him.

However, Ekweremadu vowed not to succumb to intimidation or harassment from the ruling party over forgery allegation raised against him. 

Divided House! APC South West frowns at Buhari’s tribal appointments, rejects Saraki, Dogora

Divided House! APC South West frowns at Buhari’s tribal appointments,  rejects Saraki, Dogora

The South West state Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have expressed anger and displeasure over the pattern of appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari, with the obvious ethnic slant.

Aside from Spokesman, Femi Adeshina, every other appointments so far by Buhari have been from the core north, all northern Muslims.

Buhari set to release Boko Haram suspects

Buhari set to release Boko Haram suspects

The Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government is set to release Boko Haram suspects detained in various military facilities. Leadership reports that the Nigerian army today declared that Boko Haram suspects who have been in their detention cells for months will be released today after investigation confirmed their 'innocence'.