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The targetted attacks on police and INEC facilities continued on Sunday with an attack on a police division and an office of the electoral agency on Sunday evening. The latest attacks occurred in Awka, Anambra State. The gunmen Sunday evening attacked the B Division of the Nigeria Police Force and the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze-South local government Area of Enugu State was on Sunday gutted by fire. Romanus Ezekwueme, the chief security officer (CSO) of the local government, confirmed the incident to reporters on Monday. “I was on duty with some neighborhood security around 11 p.m. on Sunday when we saw the flame coming out from the INEC …

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all public buildings, facilities and official residences to fly the Nigerian flag at half-mast in honour of his late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers who died in a plane crash on Friday. Mr Buhari also approved May 24 as a work-free day for the members of the armed forces. Mr …

Following calls for the discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, has been billed for the second reading in the House of Representatives. The sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, rolled out the various reasons …

…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 …