A personnel of Department of State Services (DSS), Ezeonye Ozuzu, was reportedly killed, on Monday, while engaging hoodlums who were forcefully enforcing the sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in Imo State. The officer was said to be among the task force team deployed to Anambra State, a few hours after the burning of the DSS office in Nnewi, according to a family source. He was said to have been killed while returning to his station. Dan Opara, a relation to the deceased said their family got to know of his death when a report came from the…

Peter Obi, ex-governor of Anambra State in Southeastern Nigeria, is widely regarded in Nigeria as an advocate of good governance, openness, and transparency. In addition to speeches on his governance records and statistics-laden prescriptions for Nigeria’s development, he likes to talk about how hugely successful he became in business before diving into politics. In speeches and in printed literature, Obi is never shy, reeling out his numerous business affiliations and accomplishments. On his website, for example, the former governor said he “was chairman of Next International Nigeria Ltd, then chairman and director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express…

Boko Haram insurgents are coercing residents of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State to marry off their daughters at the age of 12 years. Residents of affected communities said the insurgents have ordered them not to recognise any constituted authority. A resident of the area, and Co-Convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths, Bello Ibrahim, told our correspondent that, “At a time, they were in Kawure, the village of former Senator Representing Niger East, David Umaru. “But there was operation to dislodge them by the joint military task force. “Fortunately they were dispatched but after a while, since military base is…

Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria’s Northcentral Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government, a local government official and the state’s information commission told Reuters. The Islamist group is typically concentrated in the Northeast of Africa’s most populous nation, and its presence in Niger, a state that borders the federal capital territory, could indicate a concerning spread at a time the military says its counter-insurgency efforts are working. Suleiman Chukuba, chairman of Shiroro local government area in Niger state, which borders Abuja, said Boko Haram fighters were now…