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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Four Officers Killed As Police Says They’re On Trail Of Unknown Gunmen

  Enugu State Police Command has assured that their men are currently on the trail of the unknown armed assailants that attacked one their checkpoints. Unknown gunmen had on Saturday evening, attacked a police checkpoint located at Amodo Obeagu in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state. Four officers lost their lives during the deadly attack. It was learnt that the gunmen stormed the police checkpoint in two Sienna cars and shot consistently for several minutes even after killing the policemen. Some of the surviving policemen sustained heavy bullet wounds during the attack that eyewitnesses said lasted for about five minutes. In a short message sent to our correspondent, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the spokesmen of the command said: “Police Operatives have been duly deployed and are on the trail of the unknown armed assailants. “You will be updated with further development, please.”

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Benue Airport Drama: Osinbajo, Air Force Apologise To Ortom

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has apologized to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State over the conduct of security personnel attached to the gate of the Air Force Base in Makurdi. The security personnel attached to the gate of the Air Force Base in Makurdi barred the governor from receiving the Vice-President into his state on Saturday. Daily Trust learnt that the authorities of the Nigerian Air force equally apologised to the governor who eventually received the Vice President at the Air Force Base. A picture of the governor welcoming Osinbajo was later released by the official photographer to the vice president later in the day. Earlier today, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has stated that he was prevented by security personnel at the main entrance of the Air Force Base (NAF) in Makurdi, the State capital while on his way to receive the Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Osibanjo was travelling to Wukari, Taraba State en route to the Makurdi military airport in Benue to attend the convocation of the Federal University, Wukari. Ortom told newsmen in Makurdi that he was denied entrance at the gate of the Air Force base by the security personnel despite receiving a notice earlier that the vice-president will be passing through his territory, described the action by the security personnel as unacceptable, breach of protocol and politics taken too far. The governor said that he was more pained about the development because he had initially set out to attend the burial of Professor Ignatius Ayua, but had to delegate the duty to his deputy for him to receive the Vice President when he go the communication via a letter from the presidency intimating him of the vice president’s transit visit.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Fire Guts Sheikh Gumi’s Private Residence In Kaduna

  The private residence of a Kaduna based Islamic Scholar, Shaikh Ahmad Gumi, has been gutted by fire, Daily Trust reports. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon. Details of the fire incident remained unknown and no casualties have been recorded, but the roof of the one-storey building was affected, as residents battled to put off the fire. Daily Trust also observed that part of the building was also used as school. Dr. Gumi confirmed the incident to Daily Trust saying ‘it was Allah’s will’. He said, “It was God’s will and the cause unknown because there was no electricity when the incident happened.” Daily Trust also observed that the video of the fire incident was posted on the Facebook wall of the scholar as youths battle to prevent the fire from spreading to another part of the building. The former army captain Gumi had been in the news following his peace mission to many bandit hideouts in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Police foil unknown gunmen attack on Anambra police station

  THE Anambra State police command has foiled an attack by unknown gunmen who stormed the Uli Police Station in Ihiala local government area. The attackers stormed the station in a black coloured Lexus 330 car, but were repelled by the superior fire power of the officers on duty, thus forcing the gunmen to run away. Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga said the operational vehicle of the gunmen was recovered by the police. It was gathered that the gunmen headed back to Mgbidi in Imo State from where they came from. Ikenga, in a statement said: “The Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng has assured the residence of Anambra that the command is firm and ready to ensure public safety and peace in the state. “The CP made the remark as he cheered the gallantry of the command operatives as they successfully repelled an attack at Uli Police Divisional Headquarters. “The attackers abandoned one of their operational vehicles, Lexus 330 black colour and fled the scene due to the superior fire of the police operatives. The station is in good condition and no personnel or arms were lost. “The area has since been reinforced by the operatives of the command and operation is ongoing”.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

IPOB Accuses Uzodinma, Security Agents Of Masterminding Killings In South East

  The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma and the security agencies of masterminding the incessant abductions and killings going on in the South East. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Saturday, the group noted that the Ebubeagu security outfit, in collaboration with the Nigeria Army and police, has eliminated scores of innocent youths in many communities in Orsu and Orlu Local Government Areas of Imo State, including women and children. The group listed communities such as Oboh Umutanze, Attah, Okporo, Amaifeke, Ihioma, Ama-azu, Amannachi, Nnempi, Akata, Orsuihiteukwa, Umutanze, as some of the areas Uzodimma and his group have wreaked havoc on. The statement also quoted Powerful as saying that it was imperative to call “Uzodinma and his gang to order and ask him why he used soldiers and police personnel to eliminate innocent Biafran youths”. He said mortuaries across the region, especially Imo State, are filled with unclaimed corpses, who are buried in mass graves or destroyed with acid from time to time, adding that the atrocities committed by Uzodinma extended to many communities in the region. Home IPOB Accuses Uzodinma, Security Agents Of Masterminding Killings In South East By Journalist101 -February 12, 20220 Governor Hope Uzodimma The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma and the security agencies of masterminding the incessant abductions and killings going on in the South East. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Saturday, the group noted that the Ebubeagu security outfit, in collaboration with the Nigeria Army and police, has eliminated scores of innocent youths in many communities in Orsu and Orlu Local Government Areas of Imo State, including women and children. The group listed communities such as Oboh Umutanze, Attah, Okporo, Amaifeke, Ihioma, Ama-azu, Amannachi, Nnempi, Akata, Orsuihiteukwa, Umutanze, as some of the areas Uzodimma and his group have wreaked havoc on. The statement also quoted Powerful as saying that it was imperative to call “Uzodinma and his gang to order and ask him why he used soldiers and police personnel to eliminate innocent Biafran youths”. He said mortuaries across the region, especially Imo State, are filled with unclaimed corpses, who are buried in mass graves or destroyed with acid from time to time, adding that the atrocities committed by Uzodinma extended to many communities in the region. READ ALSO Breaking News: Enugu SHOPRITE Shutdown For Fear of Reprisal Attacks Over Xenophobia in SA The statement reads in part, “We are asking Uzodinma and his APC party, why do they derive joy in killing innocent Biafra youths in cold-blood while Fulani bandits and terrorists go unchallenged in their killing spree across Nigeria? What crime did Imo youths commit to deserve the ongoing secret genocide in the state? “We call on the United Nations, America, British High Commissioner, Israeli Ambassador, German Ambassador, French Ambassador, Canadian Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador, Australian Ambassador, Amnesty International, Intersociety groups, Human Rights Watch, and all Human Rights Organisations across the globe to send investigation teams to these communities and find out what the situation is. “They will confirm to their amazement, that nobody is dwelling in these communities. The youths and people have been indiscriminately and mercilessly killed by the Fulani terrorist soldiers deployed in Imo State by the Federal Government in collaboration with Hope Uzodinma.” The group also claimed that the incessant killing of the youths in these areas had turned the affected communities into ghost towns. “IPOB is out now to expose these atrocities committed by Hope Uzodinma, Nigeria Army and police including, Ebubeagu security outfit. “It’s too appalling that Ebubeagu security outfit would join hands in killing our people and call them unknown gunmen. History will judge them all,” it added.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

One feared killed, many injured as thugs attack Igboho’s Ibadan residence

  One person was feared killed and many confirmed injured on Saturday when armed thugs attacked the Soka residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Igboho’s lead lawyer, Yomi Aliyyu (SAN), confirmed the attack in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Saturday. Our correspondent also obtained footage of the injured aides of the Yoruba Nation campaigner. According to Aliyyu, the armed thugs stormed Igboho’s residence and macheted the associates of the Yoruba Nation campaigner, leaving one of his aides dead. He said the hoodlums attacked the same house of the agitator that the Department of State Services attacked on July 1, 2021. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, did not take his calls which rang out. The secret police had stormed Igboho’s Ibadan residence in a Gestapo style around 2am on July 1, 2021. The secret police killed two of the agitator’s associates and arrested 12 others who were released months later. Declared wanted by the secret police for allegedly stockpiling arms to destabilise Nigeria, an allegation he denied, Igboho escaped to the neighbouring francophone country in July 2021. However, luck ran out on him and he was arrested by Interpol at a Benin airport when he tried to board a Germany-bound flight. He had since been remanded in a prison in Benin Republic for over six months where he is said to be facing trial for immigration-related offences, amongst others. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said the Federal Government would bring back Igboho to Nigeria after his prosecution in Benin Republic. Details later…

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Why Buhari is afraid to sign reworked Electoral Bill, by Wike

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is apprehensive to sign the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill because it will adversely affect the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections. Wike identified the inclusion of the compulsory electronic transmission of electoral results in the bill, which had been reworked, passed, and sent to Buhari by the National Assembly, as one of the greatest fears of the APC. A statement by Wike’s Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said the Governor spoke at the inauguration of lecture halls, laboratories, and offices of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa on Saturday. Referring to Buhari and the APC, Wike said: “They are afraid that if INEC in 2023 transmits election results electronically that is the end of them because they know they will fail.” Wike queried why the APC-controlled Federal Government was making excuses to justify their unwillingness to sign into law a document he said would advance the country’s electoral process. He recalled that in 2019, the President declined assent because the mandatory use of card readers was included in the bill out of fear it would diminish his winning chances. He said the President also recently declined assent on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill on the basis that the National Assembly included direct primaries and made it mandatory for a serving minister to resign before contesting elections. He said: “Every time this government, this party will find an excuse of not signing an Electoral Act. In 2018 to 2019 when they inserted the card reader in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Mr President said no, it is too early, I will not sign because they know if they had inserted it (card reader) in 2019 election it would have been difficult for APC to have won. “Now, we are in 2022, going for 2023, National Assembly in their wisdom said there must be direct primaries by all the parties, Mr President came and said no, put options. National Assembly in their wisdom has amended the bill and agreed to what Mr President said. “Now again, Mr President said I’m in dilemma, I’m consulting. What is the consultation? That there is a clause that says if a minister or a commissioner want to run for election you have to resign, that is why up till now Mr President cannot assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.” Wike said they were trivial excuses because in 2015, he resigned as Minister, contested and won the governorship of Rivers State. “After all, when I was a Minister I resigned to run for the governorship. I resigned and I won the primaries. So what is this hulabaloo of not resigning and you keeping Nigerians fate hanging? “Every day, Nigerians are thinking, what is going to be the future, where are we heading to?”, he said. The Governor said it was regrettable that nobody was willing to help the citizens and the country adding that the National Assembly lacked the courage to assist the country. Wike commended the Bayelsa Governor, Senator Douye Diri for his development stride boasting that PDP Governors were known as performers. He said while their APC counterparts were making excuses, those in the PDP deployed wisdom, and resources to provide infrastructure to improve the lives of their people. Wike donated N500million to help the Bayelsa government complete the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences building project at the Bayelsa Medical University, which is still at DPC, (damp proof course) level. He explained his delight at the courage of Senator Diri in providing such a training institution of medical personnel and said that in Niger Delta, there was a need for mutual support and unity among the States. Diri said his administration was built on the vision of his predecessors in expanding the Medical University and increasing the programmes of studies to make it one of the best in the country. Diri explained that Governor Wike was invited to perform the inauguration because he had already distinguished himself as a lover of medical education and relentlessly provided quality projects in development. Vice-Chancellor of Bayelsa Medical University, Yanagoa, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu said the Bayelsa Medical University had eight academic programmes in the faculty of science and basic medical sciences when it was established in 2018. But he said under the administration of Diri there the school could boast of 18 academic programmes with the student at 200 level of studies.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Russia Could Invade Ukraine Any Day,’ US Warns

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to speak with his US and French counterparts on Saturday after the United States warned that Moscow could invade Ukraine in days. The United States had dramatically raised the alarm over Ukraine on Friday, saying a Russian invasion starting with civilians caught under aerial bombing could begin in days and telling US citizens to leave within 48 hours. In a diplomatic flurry to head off a possible invasion, Putin will speak with Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he will also speak to Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the same day, terming this “a pivotal moment” in the crisis and that his government was “prepared for whatever should happen.” “We continue to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving around Ukraine’s borders,” Blinken said at a press conference in Fiji. “If Russia is genuinely interested in resolving this crisis of its own making through diplomacy and dialogue, we’re prepared to do that,” he said. The White House had earlier warned of an attack by the more than 100,000 Russian troops currently massed next to Ukraine, even while the Beijing Olympics were still underway. Blinken added that dialogue would only be possible if accompanied by “de-escalation.” “So far, we’ve only seen escalation from Moscow,” he said, adding Russia has yet to respond to “some of the ideas” floated by Washington. “I’ll be asking Mr Lavrov if we can anticipate a response in the coming days, to see if we can carry the dialogue forward.” Blinken declined to confirm whether the United States would be evacuating its embassy staff from Kyiv: “We’ll have more to say about that in the coming hours,” he said. On Friday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called on Americans to immediately leave Ukraine, warning a Russian attack “is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians.” While stressing that it was not yet known whether Putin had taken a decision, saying “we can’t predict the exact determination,” Sullivan made clear the United States was bracing for the worst, including a “rapid assault” on the capital Kyiv. Sullivan spoke shortly after President Joe Biden and six European leaders, the heads of NATO and the European Union held talks on the worst crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War. A US official said Biden would speak with Putin on Saturday, while Paris said Macron would also be calling the Russian leader on Saturday. Underlining the bleak outlook, a string of countries joined the exodus of diplomats and citizens from Ukraine, while oil prices surged and US equities tumbled.   – Western, NATO unity – Sullivan repeated warnings that Russia risks severe Western sanctions and said that NATO, which Putin wants to push back from eastern Europe, is now “more cohesive, more purposeful, more dynamic than any time in recent memory.” The Pentagon announced it was sending 3,000 more troops to bolster ally Poland. Following the earlier group phone call between US and European leaders, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spokesman said “the aim is to prevent a war in Europe.” But if Moscow fails to pull back, “the allies are determined to jointly take swift and deep sanctions against Russia.” These sanctions would target the financial and energy sectors, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said. Sullivan spoke to der Leyen’s chief of staff Bjoern Seibert by video call on Friday to coordinate “the details of a potential transatlantic response, including both financial sanctions and export controls,” according to a White House statement.   – Russia surrounding Ukraine – Russian naval forces and troops, including units brought in from all over the vast country, now surround Ukraine to the south, east and north. Russia, which denies any plan to attack Ukraine, already controls the Crimea territory seized in 2014 and supports separatist forces controlling Ukraine’s Donbas region in the east. The Kremlin says its goal is to get NATO to agree to never give Ukraine membership and also to withdraw from eastern European countries already in the alliance, effectively carving Europe into Cold War-style spheres of influence. The United States and its European allies reject the demands, insisting that NATO poses no threat to Russia. Adding to tensions, large-scale Russian military drills were underway Friday with authoritarian ally Belarus, which lies just north of Kyiv and also borders the European Union. Russia’s defence ministry said Friday it was also holding military exercises near Ukraine’s border in the Black Sea. According to the head of Norway’s military intelligence service, Russia is operationally ready to conduct a wide range of military operations in Ukraine and the Kremlin just needs to make the call. Top US general Mark Milley and his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov talked Friday by phone, the Pentagon said, giving no details of the discussion. AFP

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Delta hotelier allegedly kills security guard

  A hotelier Noble Iteme has been arrested for allegedly killing his security guard in Abraka, Ethiope East council area of Delta state. Iteme is the chief executive officer of Noble Ocean Hotel, Abraka. It was gathered that the suspect was assisted by some others in clubbing the victim, Godstime Sunday, to a pulp, leading to his eventual death. According to reports, the security guard, 31, was beaten for being absent when some armed robbers allegedly invaded the hotel, creating a suspicion that he might be in the know. The suspect reportedly questioned the security guard about his whereabouts when the robbers allegedly stormed the hotel. He then ordered that he be beaten up, perhaps to confess when he was unable to give a genuine reason for his absence. Upon noticing that the security guard was bleeding profusely, the suspect, on second thought, contacted the police for the guard’s arrest. Sources further said that the security guard was already gasping for breath from blood loss before the arrival of the police and consequently died. Rather than arresting the deceased, the police operatives who arrived at the scene arrested the hotelier for alleged murder. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident. He said that the deceased died of machete wounds, which he sustained in the head while he was being clubbed. “He was accused of stealing handsets in the hotel. While they were trying to make him confess, he was beaten to a pulp with machete cuts on his head. He died in the hospital. “The hotel owner was arrested on the strength of his being the one that initiated the attack on the boy. “The hotel owner is present at the State CID in Asaba,” he noted.

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Post Date : February 13, 2022

Terrorism: North-East glory will be restored, says Adeboye

  The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says the glory of North-East Nigeria and other parts of the country troubled by terrorists will be restored. He stated this on Saturday in a Facebook post after the ‘Light Up Nigeria’ outreach in Gombe State which was organised as part of activities to mark the cleric’s 80th birthday. Adeboye wrote, “The Glory of the North Eastern Part of Nigeria will be restored by God’s grace. “I use Gombe state as a point of contact: that as the light of God came down powerfully during the @reach4christ Crusade, the light of God descends upon every troubled parts of our dear Nation Nigeria.” The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit uncovered 123 companies, and 96 others linked to terrorism financing in 2021. Earlier in 2021, the regime of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had arrested 400 alleged Boko Haram sponsors and financiers including bureau de change operators but about a year later, the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has not prosecuted the moneybags behind the nefarious activities of the bloodthirsty marauders who have viciously mauled thousands of Nigerians in the North-East for over a decade. Experts have argued that terrorism financing is a criminal offence and Nigerians have nothing to do with the information that the terror sponsors had been uncovered. Instead, the government should arrest and swiftly prosecute them. A former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, last August, had said that Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation but the President demonstrated an unwillingness to go after the high-profile politicians for reasons best known to him. The Boko Haram war has lingered for over a decade. Thousands of innocent Nigerians and soldiers had been killed by the insurgents in war-wracked North-East Nigeria including Gombe, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Though the government of the day has repeatedly insisted that the terrorists had been decimated and “technically defeated”, the ferocious fighters continue to wreak unprintable havoc on the Nigerian state.

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