ADDITIONAL ARRESTS Nigeria Police arrest 5 members of 'fulani' kidnap-for-ransom gang that specializes in abducting and raping women   A statement issued by Force spokesperson, CP Frank Mba, said the five suspects were arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team following massive manhunt for the perpetrators of the recent trend of abduction of women in some states in the South part of the country.   "The victims are subjected to series of sexual abuses and ransom demanded from th...

TODAY IN HISTORY.... 45 years ago  3/2/1976- In a nationwide broadcast, Head of State General Murtala R. Muhammad announced the creation of seven additional new states and renamed others.  This brought the total number of states in Nigeria to nineteen in 1976. Also on the same day he promulgated decree 6 of 1976 which created Abuja, making it the new Federal Capital Territory (FCT).  The new states he created includes Bauchi, Benue, Imo,Niger,Ogun and Ondo States. Ten days later, General...

FANTASY OF A MAN AND THE MAKING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES Looking at what is playing out in Nigeria at the moment, the hatred for the Fulanis, the ultimatum given to the Fulanis to vacate different parts of the country and the response from the man at the top; i decided to write this piece. ______________________________________________ Sometime ago, i was opportune to be in a place where restructuring of Nigeria was being discussed, and one of the persons in the room, a former governor of a Sou...