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…recover firearms, Police radio communication gadgets, “juju box, others Ebonyi State Police Command, Monday said it has arrested the kingpin behind the coordinated attacks on three Police Divisional Headquarters in Onicha, Abaomege, and Ohaozara Local Government Areas of the State. Another robbery suspect, Eluu Ekpehu Emmanuel who gave useful information that led the police operatives to the house of other …

*Police comb hospitals for wounded attackers *8 riffles, ammunition recovered, as attackers abandon 3 Hilux vans Seven vehicles, 50 generating sets and other equipment belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were burnt when hoodlums attacked the Anambra State headquarters of the electoral umpire on Sunday night. The attackers, who first fired shots at the B Division of the …

Director General for Culture and Communication in the German Foreign Ministry, Dr. Andreas Gorgen, has maintained that the German Government has acknowledged the looting of Benin artefacts and is committed to their return and restoration. Gorgen said this while briefing newsmen at the National Museum in Benin City, on the collaboration between the Edo State Government, Federal Government, German Government, …

Reactions have continued to trail the tragic death of Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and some other military officers in a plane crash last Friday, with the latest coming from the U.K.-based Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA). In a message of condolence addressed to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and signed by its President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, CMA …

By Norbert Chiazor Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has a stereotyped image- mellow media shy personage.That is where the puzzle begins.The perception in the public eye beggars belief. How come a man who speaks rarely sounds the loudest? Why is a man less forward to hug the cameras always the cynosure of attention? From party to people,the name Okowa …

Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-West geo-political zone, Sunday, opposed separatist agitations and hate speeches in the country and restated their belief in one Nigeria. Currently, there are agitations for Yoruba/Oduduwa Republic, Republic of Biafra and Middle-Belt Republic. The leaders urged those agitating for separate countries to desist while calling on the government to ensure …

Last year, when Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State failed to get the nod of the leadership of his then party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for a second term ticket, ahead of the 2020 gubernatorial election in the state, it was to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he ran for relief. In spite of the many years of …

The Yoruba Nation Solidarity Rally train arrived Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday as hundreds of agitators trooped to the city from the neighbouring Southwest states. The city stood still for several hours, as agitators embarked on a rally while awaiting the arrival of Chief Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) The agitators, who converged under the aegis of Ilana Omo …

A recent shoot-on-sight order against persons considered enemies of state in the Southeast by President Muhammadu Buhari, is worrisome. Amby Uneze writes The recent shoot-on-sight order by President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be the solution to the insecurity in the Southeast today. Besides, importing soldiers and police personnel from the Northern part of the country to the Southeast with the charge …

The Nigerian Army has arranged the burial proceedings of the late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and ten other senior officers for 10 a.m. on Saturday. The late COAS, alongside other senior officers, died on Friday in a plane crash while on an official trip to Kaduna State. Neither the Airforce nor the Army has given full details of …