In August 2024, Simon Ekpa and the Biafra Republic Government in Exile ordered a 30-day lockdown of the Nigerian government institutions in the Southeast region from August 28 to September 26, excluding private businesses. This action responds to the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu and the alleged killings of Christians and Biafrans. Ekpa demands Kanu’s […]
Not less than six policemen and vigilante members were killed by suspected Biafra agitators on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. In August, Simon Ekpa, heading the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, issued warning of a 30-day shutdown for Nigerian government offices in the South-East due to regional insecurity and Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing detention. He mentioned that […]
By Pascal Ibe Isaac Liberty Kelechi, a man who was extorted N3m by policemen in Bayelsa, has revealed that Nigerian police authorities have now asked him to come to Abuja and get his money back. In an interview in Owerri on Thursday, Isaac said the Force headquarters told him to come to Abuja on Monday […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday quizzed Chris Ngige, a former minister of labour and employment, over alleged wrongdoing. Ngige, who served as minister in the cabinet of former President Muhammadu Buhari, is accused of malpractices in the award of contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), […]
Policemen involved in the case of extortion of N3m from Comrade Liberty Kelechi in Bayelsa State on his way to Imo State with two of his friends have been arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who revealed this, said the men are attached to zone 16 command in Yenagoa. Adejobi said the […]
Gunmen on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning respectively attacked Obowo divisional Police Headquarters and killed a policeman. Our correspondent gathered while the fleeing gunmen killed an officer in his house at NEPA junction in Umulogho community on Tuesday night, they returned on Wednesday morning and razed the divisional headquarters situated in Otoko community. Locals who […]
Gunmen on Tuesday night killed many persons and set the Isiala Mbano council headquarters on fire. Isiala Mbano Local Government Area is in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. Our correspondent learnt that many persons had gathered to witness the All Progressive Congress (APC) LGA chairmanship primaries when the gunmen struck. As the time of filling this […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the extension of the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, sources at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation have disclosed. In a report by DailyTrust,the officials, who requested anonymity, told Daily Trust that the IGP’s tenure was extended by three years. They […]
By Pascal Ibe As hardship continues to bite harder in Nigeria, the administration of Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, is yet to react to the new minimum wage approved by President Bola Tinubu, one month later. On July 18 2024, the Nigeria leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian […]
A Ghana based Nigerian, Liberty Kelechi Isaac, has urged the inspector General of Police to fish out some policemen who extorted N3m from him on a gunpoint on Monday. Isaac who hails from Nguru Nworie autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state who spoke to journalists in Owerri on Friday said […]
