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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has condemned in strong terms the attack by gunmen at the Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional Service Centre in Owerri, describing it as “barbaric.” Mr Uzodinma expressed his displeasure after the State Security Council meeting at the Government House, Owerri on Monday, where he assessed the level of damages. Some gunmen had attacked a …

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo and renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, have called for special courts to prosecute bandits and kidnappers across the country. They made the call in a communique issued after a closed-door meeting in Abeokuta on Sunday, according to the News Agency of Nigeria report. They also called on the Local Government Councils, States and Federal …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has expressed deep sadness over the passing of the Director of Ford Foundation, West Africa, Innocent Chukwuma, who died on Saturday, April 3. Prof. Osinbajo also commiserated with the family members, friends and associates of the late civil society leader, noting that Nigeria has lost a “thoroughbred social activist” whose “relentless pursuit of justice and …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the N100bn investment in the state’s oil palm sector by seven oil palm investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP) Investors Group, will further strengthen the smallholder farmers’ scheme in the state, in furtherance of the government’s vision to make agriculture the mainstay of its economy. Obaseki, who noted …

Android device users are being targeted by a sophisticated spyware app that disguises itself as a “system update” application, a mobile security firm Zimperium zLabs has said. The new malware disguises itself as a System Update application, and is stealing data, Inspecting notifications and monitoring messages, images and taking control of android phones. Once in control, hackers can record audio …

MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps on Friday. The channels were blocked as a result of MTN reducing the banks’ commission on USSD airtime to 2.5 per cent. However, following the intervention by the Minister of Communications and Digital …

The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied masterminding the Monday morning attacks on Owerri Correctional Center and the Imo State Police Command headquarters. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Monday, said that it was ” fallacious” linking IPOB and the operatives of Eastern Security Network to the attack. According to the statement, ESN operatives were in the bushes …

Owerri Correctional Center, has been attacked by suspected hoodlums and hundreds of inmates freed. Vanguard gathered in Owerri,  that the attack happened early hours of Easter  Monday. An eyewitness who spoke to Vanguard said that the operation started at about 1am and lasted till 3am. He said: “The operation started at about 1 am and till 3 am. These men …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Mr. Adolphus Aghughu, an indigene of Edo State, as new Auditor General of the Federation. The governor gave the commendation during a thanksgiving mass to mark the appointment of Aghughu as the Auditor General of the Federation, at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Ewatto in Esan South East Local …

Nigeria’s National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh, at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in possession of two kg of heroin with a street value of N564 million. A statement by the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the heroin was found concealed in the …