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The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku-Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has blamed the current security situation in the country on deviation from cultural values and norms. The Benin Oba spoke during a display of Culture and Tradition in Benin, tagged, “IDIA N’IYE-ESIGIE” organised in honour of the visiting Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. The monarch stressed that kidnapping, …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has condemned the gruesome murder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and former Political Adviser to President Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, as wicked, unwarranted and unnecessary. Senator Ngige in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, Monday, said that Ndigbo cannot afford to be linked to a senseless murder. …

Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commended Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State; his Enugu State counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi;  Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State for taking some proactive actions in memory of the Biafra Day celebration. Kanu had ordered a sit-at-home to mark this year’s Biafra …

The Publicity Secretary of African Action Congress (AAC), Olorunfemi Adeyeye, has given more details on how Omoyele Sowore was shot with a teargas canister in Abuja on Monday. Mr Sowore was the flag bearer of the party in the 2019 presidential election. PREMIUM TIMES earlier broke the news of how a female officer directly fired a tear gas canister at him. The less-lethal weapon, …

..as security agencies stationed at strategic junctions In total compliance to the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, economic and social activities in Enugu state have been paralyzed as the State observed the order Vanguard reporter who went round the state to monitor and observe the sit at home gathered that the Major Markets, Banks, Parks, …

There seems to be palpable fear in different parts of the State, following the declaration of sit at home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in the state. The level of compliance in Ebonyi State is 100 percent as shops, business centres, parks, stadium, recreational Centres, banks, Universities, schools both private and public among others are not opened …

On this year’s World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO has warned that smoking one cigarette a day can seriously harm a person’s health even as it disclosed that no fewer than 1.2 million non-smokers die from exposure to tobacco smoke. In a message to mark the day, WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti noted that tobacco kills …

Police Commissioner in Imo, Abutu Yaro, says operatives of the command have arrested suspected killers of Mr Ahmed Gulak, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, in the state on Sunday. The CP confirmed this in a press statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday and signed on his behalf by the command’s spokesman, SP Bala Alkana. …

Barely twenty four hours a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, was shot dead in Owerri, Imo state, a former Enugu State High Court Judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji, Sunday evening reportedly assassinated by a yet to be identified gunmen in Enugu. Confirming the report in a statement, the Enugu State Police Command could not identify the victim as …

The sit-at-home protest ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, recorded total compliance and success with all the residents of Onitsha and Nnewi and business outfits complying with the directive. All business activities were shot down, all markets were under lock and key public and private …