There is tension in Enugu State on Monday after over 38 criminals reportedly escaped from police custody, The Punch reports. According to Punch, it was gathered that the inmates were remanded in the custody of the State Police Command for various offences . Police sources told The PUNCH on Monday that the inmates numbering between […]
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, on Sunday blasted the South-East governors for rejecting a security outfit launched by the secessionist group. IPOB in a statement issued on Sunday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, described the governors’ action as shameful. IPOB had last week announced the […]
The Ekiti State Council of Elders has advised South-West governors to urgently engage with the Federal Government on the need for operatives of the State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun corps to bear firearms. The elders noted that the waves of kidnappings, killings and other heinous crimes in the states would only be tackled effectively […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has debunked insinuations that the security outfit recently floated by the group; Eastern Security Network (ESN) is targeted at attacking and clamping down anyone that speaks against their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Publicity Secretary of the group, Comrade Emma Powerful […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed four senior Police Officers for misconduct and acts unbecoming of public officers. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani in Lagos. Ani said that the PSC took the decisions at the 10th Plenary Meeting presided over […]
The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on Dec. 11. It disclosed that while kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used to ensure all the boys were rescued unhurt, there was resistance from the abductors […]
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government would place a bounty for useful information that can lead to the re-arrest of escapees from two correctional facilities in the state. The governor also said his administration is considering pardon for those who stayed back and refused to participate in the jail […]
…..Umahi imposes new Covid-19 restrictions on religious worship, others Chairman of South Governor’s Forum and Governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, yesterday said the region does not need the security outfit recently launched by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ,Nnamdi Kanu, to protect the zone. Kanu recently launched Eastern Security Network(ESN) […]
Chadian President, Idriss Debby, on Wednesday, met with Nigerian officials, including Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and Nigerian Ambassador to Chad, Zannah Umar Bukar Kolo, over the return of thousands of Nigerian refugees in the country. Most of the refugees from Borno State fled to chad following attacks by insurgents since 2014. Malam […]
Some irate youths have burnt down the police station in Igboukwu in Aguata local government area of Anambra state. TheCable learnt that the mob invaded the police station on Wednesday morning over the reported killing of a motorcyclist by a policeman on Tuesday night. The victim whose name could not be immediately confirmed was shot […]
