Umahi Weeps As Fulani Herdsmen Kill 22 In Ebonyi Community
Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday invaded Obeagu community in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed 16 persons who were between the ages of 18 and 56. Our correspondent, who visited the scene of the incident, observed that about 10 motorcycles and a vehicle, whose owners were killed, were set ablaze. One of the eyewitnesses, who escaped the...
332 Fulani Herdsmen Armed With AK47 Rifles In South East — Ohanaeze Youths
The national leadership of Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has described as ‘fact’ the revelation of 332 settlement of killer Fulani herdsmen in Igbo land by the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Ozo Celestine Okoye. DIG Okoye in a publication on Friday, March 26, 2021 on the New Telegraph newspaper said there are 332 Fulani herdsmen settlers heavily armed...
Attack On Ortom: Abba Kyari’s Team Arrives Benue
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu has set up a Special Investigation Task Force to further probe the attempt by some gunmen to kill Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. The team, the police said, is led by Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and it has arrived in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A statement on Sunday in...
Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho, Others Are Charlatans — Presidency
The Presidency has described secession agitators as “charlatans” sponsored to bring down the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television on Friday, Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, said President Buhari will not be bullied or cowered. He warned self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu,...
Abia By-election: IGP Deploys New Unit To Checkmate CTU Operatives
By Emeka Ndem, Aba Following the petition by the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) Abia State Chapter urging the Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Adamu to withdraw Police Counter Terrorism Unit ( CTU) operatives from the Aba North/ South federal constituency by-election holding on Saturday, the IG has dispatched a secret unit to checkmate the activities of the...
Bye-Election: Gov. Ikpeazu Orders Restriction Of Movement In Aba
Ahead of the Aba North/South bye-election on Saturday, Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has approved the restriction of movements in the two affected Local Government Areas (LGAs) from 8:00pm (2000hrs) Friday, 26th March, 2021 to 6:00am (0600hrs) Sunday, 28th March, 2021. The governor in a a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu said voters,...
Bye-Election: Abia Police Commence Deployment Of Officers, Warn Troublemakers
Abia state police command says it has commenced the deployment of officers and men ahead of the Saturday bye-election in Aba North/South Federal constituency of the state. This is even as the Force warns those it described as troublemakers to stay away from the places where election is taking place especially when they have no business there, saying any attempt...
Fear As Security Forces Kill 16 Suspected Gunmen In Aba, IPOB Insists Victims Not ESN
There is palpable fear among the residents of Aba as soldiers of the 144 Battalion, stationed at Ariaria junction, along the Enugu–Port Harcourt expressway, on Tuesday allegedly killed 16 gunmen who engaged them in a fierce gun battle. A military source, however, said it was a joint operation of the Nigerian Army and police which led to the death of...
Buhari Meets Governor Ortom 3 Days After Attack
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, met with the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came three days after Ortom’s convoy was attacked while on his way to his farm. READ ALSO: Three Suspects Arrested Over Attack On Governor Ortom Buhari has since ordered that the attack which took place on Saturday be thoroughly investigated. Details later…
Killing Of Policemen In The State, Nationwide Worrisome – Abia Speaker Decries
The Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has decried incessant attacks and killings of policemen in the state and across the country, saying it is worrisome. While further adding that it has become a recurrent decimal, the Speaker while reacting to a matter of urgent public importance on attacks on security agents brought before the Assembly...
