The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday said that aggrieved politicians in the state were sponsoring militants to make the state ungovernable. The governor said that the attack on his country home last Saturday which left some security aides dead was one of the ploys by those he described as the enemies of […]
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has said that the newly created security outfit in the southeast, Ebube Agu, is not against the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The governor stated this on Friday during the handing over of some vehicles to security agencies to aid their work of bringing safety to lives and property […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the 23 LGAs of the state with immediate effect. In a statewide broadcast on Thursday, the governor said the decision was taken after an exhaustive deliberation by the state security council at the government house in Port Harcourt. In a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, […]
The National Broadcasting Commission on Monday wielded its big stick on Channels Television by ordering an immediate stoppage of one of its programmes, ‘Politics Today’. The commission said it took the decision following the a live interview the station had with the spokesperson for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful. The acting Director-General of […]
Police authorities have deployed helicopters to Imo State to provide surveillance in the wake of attacks by gunmen on several government establishments. The latest on the string of attacks occurred 48 hours ago with the burning of the Omuma home of the State Governor, Hope Uzodimma. The attack of the governor’s house followed the killing […]
Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, April 25, killing over 20 officers in Borno. Recall the soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area of the […]
As part of efforts towards giving effect to the establishment of regional security outfit, Ebubeagu, South East governors and leaders on Sunday in Enugu directs the State Houses of Assembly within the zone to amend existing laws with a view to accommodating the new security organisation. The leaders had during a security summit in Owerri, […]
Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will start wearing body cameras as part of efforts to tackle corrupt practices. Aregbesola disclosed this during a meeting with NIS officers on Thursday. He said the move will curb corrupt practices and also ensure transparency in the system. The minister noted […]
Police operatives and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services have killed one Commander Ikonta and six other militia members in Imo State, the Punch is reporting. The men, who were identified as members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, were killed during an early morning raid on their hideout […]
The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), has condemned the killings of security operatives in the South East particularly in Anambra State,Imo and other parts of the South East. The forum in a statement by the its president Dede Uzor A Uzor in which it described the killings of security personnel in the State as “attrocious and […]
