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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, disclosed that his group was in possession of the original Aburi Accord tapes. Aburi Accord was reached in 1967 at a meeting attended by delegates of both the Federal Government of Nigeria (the Supreme Military Council) and the Eastern delegates, led by the Eastern Region’s leader Colonel Ojukwu. The meeting was billed to be the last chance of preventing all out war. It was held between 4 and 5 January 1967. Kanu made the disclosure while noting that former Nigeria Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon and Britain are in trouble. He vowed to expose the alleged lies told against former warlord, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu regarding the defunct Biafra. In a statement he issued, the IPOB leader said Gowon, Nigerian and British government’s are about to receive the biggest shock ever. According to Kanu: “The divinely-ordained noble family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is now in possession of the o

In Nigeria, civilians have been extorted, raped, tortured, and killed by police officers  from  the Special Anti-Robbery Squad – SARS.    P rotests  forced the  Nigerian government to finally put an end to SARS. But it's not enough. Victims of these crimes are still waiting for justice.  Tak e action  now to end the impunity of  SARS  in Nigeria.   People across Nigeria and Nigerians living abroad are standing together in  protests  calling for an end to the  assault, torture, extort ion, and  unlawful  killing s  by SARS  Officers.   The Nigerian authorities were forced to disband SARS . Now, p rotesters are  demanding true police reforms and the prosecution of SARS officers who have perpetrated human rights violations .   SARS officers are infamous for unlawful killings , extortion  and torture .   For years, human rights organizations and the media have  documented cases  of extrajudicial killings, torture, and other ill-treatment committed by SARS officers.    Survivors  of SAR

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump pulls off his protective face mask as he poses atop the Truman Balcony of the White House on October 5 after returning from being hospitalized for coronavirus disease treatment. (photo credit: REUTERS) Several more Arab and Muslim countries are set to normalize ties with Israel, but only after the election next week, US President  Donald Trump  said at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday. Asked if any more countries are on the way, after Israel established diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan in recent months, Trump said: “We have five, but probably nine or 10 right in the mix. We’ll have a lot. I think we’ll have all of them.” Trump later added: “We have five definites.” Progress on that front will be “largely after” the election next Tuesday, Trump added, speaking to the press before boarding Air Force One on the way to the first of three campaign rallies in the American Midwest. “We’re doing a lot of work right now. I’m involved i

A middle-aged man, Okoli Aguwu, says he spent about one and a half months in the detention of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). He disclosed this on Tuesday at the opening session of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the unit of the Nigeria Police Force which has now been disbanded. The incident is believed to have occurred in 2016. Aguwu, who was the first petitioner, told the panel that he was invited to a police station in the Ojo area of the state for some clarification over the disappearance of some goods at his former place of work. Upon honouring the invitation, he said he was immediately arrested and was handed over to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja. “I was like what is going on? And they said there was a complaint against me from my boss that something happened, and goods got missing. “I said well, my boss has to come here so that we can i

"Dr. Richard A. Joseph, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and previously of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His 1987 book  Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic  has done much to shape academic analysis of Nigeria and, in this op-ed, he places Nigeria's current protest movement within a broader historical and comparative context. I owe an intellectual debt to Dr. Joseph in my upcoming book  Nigeria and the Nation-State: Rethinking Diplomacy with the Postcolonial World ."  - John Campbell On March 21, 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa, sixty-nine persons were killed and many wounded during protests at a police station against the detested pass laws. The massacre intensified the struggle against apartheid, but the heinous system persisted another three decades. During the Soweto Uprising of June 1976 against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of inst

A rift between France and Muslim nations is growing after French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month that Islam was in “crisis”. Tension escalated after French teacher Samuel Paty was killed on October 16 near his school in broad daylight. He had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his students. Since the crime, French officials were perceived as linking the killing to Islam. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised Macron,  saying  the French leader needed “mental checks” over his attitude towards Islam. Across the Muslim world, some leaders have condemned France and Macron, including  Saudi Arabia  and Iran; while tens of thousands have attended protests in  Bangladesh  calling for a boycott of French goods. 2 mins ago Parisians more concerned with COVID-19 than Muslim world fallout As tensions between French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mount amid a debate over Islam and freedom of expression, some in France

Israeli soldiers stand near the area where Israeli military personnel continue their work on exposing and thwarting cross-border tunnels dug from Lebanon into Israel, as seen on the Israeli side of the border, near the town of Metula December 19, 2018 (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS) The Defense Minister made the comments while on a tour of the IDF's Lethal Arrow drill simulating war with Hezbollah. Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday welcomed the reported words of the daughter of Lebanon’s president , who said she could envision a peace deal with Israel after border disputes and issues concerning the Palestinians were resolved. Gantz spoke during a visit to a large-scale IDF exercise simulating war with Hezbollah and he said he had heard “positive voices in  Lebanon  that are maybe talking about peace and relations with Israel. These are welcome words. Claudine Aoun said Lebanon was “counting on solving these problems to advance our economy.” Lebanon is in a deep, years-