Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police say. No group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, but southeast Nigeria has seen a wave of deadly violence targeting security personnel and government facilities since the beginning of the year. Police have previously blamed the violence on the Indigenous People of Biafra or IPOB, an outlawed movement seeking independence for ethnic Igbo people of the region, but the group has denied the accusation. Imo state police spokesman Michael Abatan told news men on Wednesday that gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses heading to a Shell gas plant in the area. “We lost one policeman and six oil workers in the attack by the gunmen,” he said. He said an investigation was under way “to arrest the gunmen and determine the motive for the attack on SPDC, the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell, confirmed the attack “by unknown

Some major roads in the South-East states of Anambra, Imo, Enugu and Abia states remained deserted on Monday while some businesses were also shut in observance of the sit-at-home despite a counter-directive from the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, had last Friday through a release by IPOB, suspended the sit-at-home except on court trial days in order not to affect the economic and business lives of the South-Easterners. However, most towns in the South-East still observed the sit-at-home as some major roads were deserted as businesses remained shut. “Everywhere looks deserted from busy streets to major market roads. One of them is the Aba-Port-Harcourt Road in Abia State. It is quite scanty. No movement,” an observer stated. The same was noticed along the Onitsha-Owerri Road as people deliberately chose to sit at home. “Most filling stations are shut in Onitsha, Anambra State this morning

Veteran Nigerian rapper, Okechukwu Edwards Ukeje, popularly known as Mr Raw, escaped death when he survived a ghastly motor accident in Abuja, on Saturday August 14 2021. Taking to his Instagram handle, he shared photos from the scene of the accident and the hospital where he received treatment for injuries he got from the accident. He captioned the photos. "Thank God for my life o!. It's a blessing being alive in the land of the living. I was involved in a ghastly motor accident early this morning at abuja (before Bannex junction).... I was unconcious when I was pulled out of the red car after a another driver rammed into our car. I passed out twice but i am stable now and responding to treatment. @mickeystainless get well soon my friend. The driver is receiving treatment as well. God be praised. " See pictures below   Igbo Patri