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Earlier today it was reported that a schoolboy whose body and decapitated head was found inside a sack carried by a man in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The new update reveals that they were actually two men who were caught with the sack.  The 7-year-old schoolboy who allegedly went missing yesterday was found dead, covered with charcoal and foam inside the sack. See the graphic photo below (viewers discretion advised).

Like the Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB, a new group from Niger Delta has demanded that it gains independence from Nigeria. The group named 'Region of the Niger Delta' (Rondel) has demanded the sovereignty of the region. In a statement by its spokesman, Efe Edet-Tamuno, the group said its demands are made on a non-violent struggle. Read the statement below A Demand for the Independence of Rondel from Nigeria in 2018. We the people of the Region of the Niger Delta (Rondel), represented by members of Rondel Solidarity Movement (RSM) - a newly born aggressive but non-violent umbrella body for all intellectuals, groups and associations in the Niger Delta Region, having lived together in the past as a loose federation under the Benin Empire and the great Ijaw and other kingdoms, desirous of searching for our own country since northerners in Nigeria have decided to evacuate southerners from 'their Nigeria' - we today, 07.06.2017 wish to announce the f...

1. The attention of the South East Governors Forum has been drawn to the widely publicised ultimatum, credited to a coalition of 16 northern youth associations or groups, demanding that Nd’Igbo resident in Northern Nigeria should vacate the region within 90 days or before the 1st day of October, 2017; and equally urging northerners resident in Igboland to return to the North within the same time spectrum. 2. Typical of our preferred modus operandi, we have carefully considered the contents of the highly provocative statement and reflected on its implications for Nd’Igbo specifically, and for the status of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a viable and sovereign nation generally. 3. This public statement is intended to accomplish a couple of objectives, one of which is the expression of our deep appreciation to all Nigerians, including the Presidency; the reputable socio-cultural group, Afenifere; the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Dr Bukola Saraki; H...

Sixteen staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would be trained in the art of effective communication, as part of efforts by the United States Government, to assist the anti-graft agency in taking its anti-corruption crusade to the grassroots. At the formal launch of the project tagged, "Effective Communication and Public Relations for Nigeria Law Enforcement Agencies", in Abuja, on June 6, 2017, Aruna Amirthanayagam, Counsellor, Public Affairs of the US Mission to Nigeria, noted that the project was expected to strengthen criminal justice law in the country. "The project is structured to help enhance cooperation and build trust among citizens, in order to make Nigeria a better place," he said, noting that citizen participation was essential to winning the war against corruption. According to Benson Olugbuo, CLEEN Foundation’s Executive Director,"The project seeks to strengthen relations between law enforcement a...

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, debunked the allegation of non-inclusion of South-East states in the rail line projects of the railway networks across the country for which $5.8 billion loan is being sought from China. Amaechi, who spoke during the hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign debts also explained the technicalities of the rail-line project before the loan request from the China Exim Bank can get the approval of the lawmakers. The minister further explained that former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan had already applied for the loan while the present administration wants to implement it. According to the minister, “I do not know where the information that the South East States were excluded in the rail projects is coming from.” Amaechi also explained that the two major rail projects of the Federal Government are the coastal rail project, which is from Lagos to Calabar tra...