An attempt by some inmates to foment trouble and escape from the Kano Central Prison, Kurmawa in Kano State was on Thursday evening foiled. It was gathered that the incident occurred when the inmates “condemned inmates” numbering about 150 staged a protest that officials should allow them to consume illicit drugs (wee-wee) and use other […]
The senate is considering a bill seeking to create a database for cows in the country. The bill for an act to provide for National Livestock Bureau scaled second reading at Tuesday’s plenary session. According to the proposed law sponsored by Muhammad Enagi from Niger south, the agency will be in charge of identification, traceability […]
The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has disclosed that the newly formed Ebube Agu security outfit for the South-East region is not an alternative to the police, army and other federal government established security outfits. The governor in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, said that Ebube Agu is but […]
Charges S’East govs on good governance Chairman, Board of Directors of World Igbo Congress (WIC), Prof. Anthony Ejiofor, and executive members have rejected Ebube-agu, the proposed security outfit for the region. WIC spokesman, Basil Onwukwe, in a statement yesterday, stressed that the governors needed to work for and earn the confidence of the Igbo citizenry […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has raised the alarm that South-East Governors, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and others were compiling the names of its members and those of Eastern Security Network, to handover to the Federal Government for incarceration. The secessionist group noted that the move was suggested to the leaders of […]
Elder statesman and Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council – Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has called for synergy and collaboration between the newly floated South East Security Outfit code-named Ebube Agu and the IPOB’s Eastern Security Network (ESN) to tackle the current security challenges in the region. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke to newsmen in Owerri said that it […]
Ayatutu Lawyers Forum, a group of indigenous legal practitionals in Benue, has condemned repeated vengeful raids by Nigerian soldiers on Konshisha and other communities in Benue State. FIJ had reported how about 15 truckloads of Nigerian soldiers laid siege to Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, following the killing of two soldiers by bandits. The […]
The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described northern Nigeria as one of the safest places for Igbos to live in and do their trades. The chairman of the group in the 19 northern states, Augustine Amaechi, yesterday in Abuja, stated that the region has accommodated Igbos beyond measures, saying that accounted for their […]
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dismissed the alleged plans by its security outfit, Eastern Security Network (ESN), to attack banks and other financial institutions in the South-East zone of Nigeria for the purpose of acquiring money to purchase arms as false information. The group described the information as propaganda by the security […]
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Satellite offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt, Rivers State with immediate effect. He disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at his maiden meeting with police commissioners from the 36 states of the country and Federal Capital […]
