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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the resurgence of Radio Biafra after the Federal Government had blocked the airwaves in 2015 following the arrest of the Director Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.  The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, who doubles as the Director of Radio Biafra The pro-Biafra spokesman, Emma Powerful, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said that the station operates on short waves and its satellites covers all the Southeast geopolitical zone, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, London.

Credit: AFP A bus driver was shot and killed on Friday morning while driving his bus in Tongaat, Crisis Medical reports. According to the report, the fully laden bus was found on the embankment of Watson highway. The driver had sustained fatal gunshot wounds when he had come "under fire from an unidentified male, who then fled the scene." No passengers were harmed during the incident, and no arrests have been made thus far.

  Erstwhile chairman of the Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, PDP, Delta North is also chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs. Nwaoboshi, a veteran of many political battles in his native Delta State includes among his laurels or scars, his famed fallout with Governor James Ibori in the approach to the 2007 transition when he was a leading protagonist for the shift of the governorship to Delta North. Nwaoboshi would also not be easily forgotten for his leading role in the nationally televised pitch battle for the 2011 Delta North Senate PDP ticket that saw him engage another and possibly more entrenched operator in the person of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa. At that time, Nwaoboshi was not even an aspirant, but his trenchant position gave the impression of being an ally of Dr. Mrs. Mariam Ali, wife of a former national chairman of the PDP, Col. Ahmadu Ali,

NFF President, Amaju Pinnick Nigeria’s Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled to hold in Gabon, has continued to attract mixed reactions. It is the second time in a row that Nigeria’s flag will fail to fly at the biggest continental football fiesta. Last Tuesday the Pharaohs of Egypt dashed the dream of Super Eagles to attend the 2017 African Cup of Nations, after they pipped the Eagles by a lone goal barely four days after holding them to 1-1 draw in Kaduna. This is the second time Nigeria Flag will not be hoisted in AFCON tournament after failing to defend their title in 2015.

Years of delays may have caused corrosion to metal elements of the flyover, undermining its stability, according to rescuers who examined the wreckage.     (Nyomdagepek) Indian police on Friday opened a case of culpable homicide against the company building a flyover that collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers worked all night with cranes and jackhammers to clear concrete slabs and steel girders from the 100-metre (110-yard) length of the flyover that broke off suddenly and crashed down on pedestrians and vehicles on the road below.

"I have to look at the bill that has been passed ... ministry by ministry, to be sure that what has been brought back for me to sign is in line with our original submission."   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a news conference after meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Abuja, Nigeria March 2, 2016 (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde) Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will check the 2016 budget bill passed last week "ministry by ministry" before signing it, he said on Thursday, signaling further delays before the legislation takes effect. The budget for Africa's top oil producer has been held up for months as Buhari had to withdraw his original bill, which set spending at a record $30 billion, in January, due to an unrealistic oil price assumption and flaws in the draft.