ARMED policemen Friday sealed off the Obio-Akpor Council of Rivers State thus complicating the already tangled politics in the state. Rivers State House of Assembly had last week suspended the chairman of Obio/Akpor, Mr. Timothy Paul Nsirim, his vice and 17 councilors following allegation of financial impropriety levelled against them by some persons who petitioned Continue Reading...

Abuja — A new insurgent group known as Nassiruddeen Li Ahlil Jihad Alal Kitab Was Sunnah, or Islamic Victors Committed to Qur’an and Sunnah, yesterday claimed that it had taken possession of a large cache of weapons following its attack on military barracks in Munguno in Borno State recently. The head of the new group, Continue Reading...

Nairobi — Two Iranians have been found guilty by a Nairobi court of being in possession of explosive materials which was found Mombasa in June last year. The court has ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Sayed Mansour Mousavi and Ahmed Abolfathi Mohammed were part of the group that left the Continue Reading...