Chief of Naval Staff, Mr Ibok-Ete Ibas, has warned Niger Delta Avengers against threat to resume destruction of oil facilities in Niger Delta. The militant group had recently announced plans to resume hostilities, claiming that the federal government had not fulfilled its promise to redress situations in the region. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday at headquarters of Eastern Naval Command in Calabar, Ibas said no group had the strength to threaten the peace and unity of Nigeria. The CNS, who had an extensive interaction with officers and ratings across all formations under the Eastern Naval Command, said that the navy…

Nigerian authorities must halt a violent, unlawful campaign of demolitions and forced evictions of waterfront communities in Lagos State which has so far left more than 30,000 people homeless and 11 dead, Amnesty International said today on Tuesday. A new report, ‘The Human Cost of a Megacity: Forced Evictions of the Urban Poor in Lagos’, details repeated forced evictions of the Otodo-Gbame and Ilubirin communities carried out since March 2016 without any consultation, adequate notice, compensation or alternative housing being offered to those affected. Some evictees drowned as they fled police gunfire, while at least one was shot dead. “These…

At least three explosions were heard in Zimbabwe's capital early Wednesday and military vehicles were seen in the streets after the army commander threatened to "step in" to calm political tensions over 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe's possible successor. The ruling party accused the commander of "treasonable conduct." The U.S. Embassy closed to the public and encouraged citizens to shelter in place, citing "the ongoing political uncertainty through the night." For the first time, this southern African nation is seeing an open rift between the military and Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state who has ruled since independence from white…

President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit southeast Nigeria this week, his spokesman said on Monday, his first trip since taking office to a region formerly known as Biafra. Calls for secession have become increasingly loud in the last few months in parts of the southeast, where the president is deeply unpopular, prompting Buhari to say he will not allow Nigeria to be divided by separatist groups. A million people died in a 1967-70 civil war over the short-lived Republic of Biafra. Buhari, a 74-year-old former military ruler who took office in May 2015, fought in the war as a young…