How Gunmen Killed Imo Judge During Court Sitting
Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants fled. The killing of the jurist who our correspondent gathered hailed...
Gunmen Bomb INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra
Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ojoto and a police station in Nnobi, both in Anambra State's Idemili South Local Government Area. The hoodlums were said to have stormed the facilities around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday in four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga of the State Police,...
How ISWAP Fighters Doled Out Old Naira Notes To Highway Passengers In Borno
Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari village, along the Maiduguri/Monguno highway on Saturday in...
Nigeria’s Unrest Caused By Foreign Forces – Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria's insecurity issue, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, results from powerful nations determined to destroy Nigeria. After touring the state to commission projects under Governor Ganduje's administration, Buhari made the claim on Monday at a presidential lunch in Kano. "One can clearly see how these foreign countries took on our weaker part of Nigeria, the Lake Chad, where we have crude...
How Troops Launched Special Operations In Sambisa Forest, Killed Boko Haram Commander, 31 Others
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have neutralised a Boko Haram commander and 31 other terrorists in Konduga Council of Borno State. The commander, Abu Iliya, was killed on Saturday when troops raided the terrorists’ hideout in the Kayamari-Habasha-Yuwe axis of Sambisa Forest. A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama,...
How Jigawa DPO Slumped, Died In Office
The Divisional Police Officer of Jahun Local Government Area, Jigawa State, SP Abubakar Musa has slumped and died in his office. Spokesman of the State police command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adamu confirmed the death in a statement issued on Saturday. He said the incident happened on Friday night around 9:00 pm in the DPO’s Jahun Division office after a protracted illness. According...
Abducted Imo LG Boss Beheaded, Assailants Publish Video On His WhatsApp Status
The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be no election in the country. A source from the LGA, who...
How Gunmen Abducted Imo LG Chairman, Two Others, Set House Ablaze
Unidentified gunmen, Friday, abducted the Sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu and two others. A source said the gunmen had shot the council boss on the leg when they stormed his residence at Imoko, Arondizuogu, in the area. It was gathered that his residence was thereafter set ablaze after whisking him and the two...
Police Affairs Minister Says IGP’s Tenure Extended, Will Not Retire At 60
Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, will not be retiring midway into the general elections as earlier expected. He made the clarification while fielding questions from State House reporters after the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the year. Dingyadi, who said Baba already had an appointment letter extending his...
Igbo Youths Demand Military Checkpoints Removal In Southeast
The dismantling of all security checkpoints in the area has been demanded by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders or COSEYL. The coalition's President General, Goodluck Ibem, said in a statement on Tuesday that the appeal came after reports of the Nigerian military allegedly treating drivers inhumanely at checkpoints in the South East. The coalition claims that the military checkpoints...
