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Saturday, May 29, marked exactly six years since President Muhammadu Buhari took office as the fourth man to lead Nigeria in the Fourth Republic. The former army general who became the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria returned to power in 2015 on the strength of his promise to tackle insecurity, fight corruption and improve the …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied any involvement in the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a former adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, who was shot dead in Owerri, Imo State, on Sunday morning. Mr Gulak was on his way to the airport when he was killed by gunmen. The police have accused IPOB and its security arm, Eastern Security Network (ESN), …

A few hours after the kidnap of many students from Saliu Tanko Islamic school on Sunday, Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, left Nigeria. According to his aide, Mary Noel-Berje, Mr Bello travelled abroad on a mission to seek solutions to the security challenges in his state. “The governor, who had left the country to explore all possibilities of strengthening the state’s …

The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been assassinated. Mrere was murdered on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, Vanguard learnt on Monday. A senior officer of NIS, who confirmed to newsmen, said the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere was riding a Hilux …

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 …