Uzodinma Talks Tough Over Killing Of Soldiers At Izombe, Vows To Arrest Perpetrators
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Monday in Owerri commiserated with families of two soldiers killed on Friday at Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state. The governor has also vowed that the perpetrators would be unmasked and brought to justice. This is contained in a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser, Oguwike...
Chiwetalu Agu’s Arrest Ethnic Profiling While Gunmi Still Campaigns For Terrorists, HURIWA Tackles DSS
Civic advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria, HURIWA has tackled the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army over the arrest and detention of veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu. The group described as injustice, ethnic profiling, the arrest of the actor for wearing ‘Biafran colours’, while controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, roams freely with bloodthirsty bandits. Soldiers on...
FG Backs AGF On Possibility Of Declaring State Of Emergency In Anambra
The Federal Government has expressed support for the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the possibility of declaring state of emergency in Anambra if the incessant killings and other criminal acts in the state persist. Malami, also the Attorney General of the Federation, had given the indication on Wednesday that the Federal Government would not rule out the option of...
After Heightened Killings, South-East Governors Revive Ebubeagu
South-East governors and leaders on Tuesday announced measures to end the rising violence and sit-at-home (Ghost Mondays) in the zone. The measures include the launch of the Ebubeagu security outfit by the zone’s five states before December 31 and engagement with the Federal Government for amicable settlement of all issues agitating the minds of the people, especially the youth. They also resolved...
Give Us N60m To Release Abducted Niger Perm Sec — Kidnappers Demand
Abductors of Niger State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Musa Garba, have demanded N60m ransom from his family. Dr. Garba was kidnapped alongside his three year-old-son, on Friday at a wedding ceremony holding at his residence in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State. A family source told our correspondent in confidence that the abductors called on Sunday...
‘Buhari’s Pardon To Nnamdi Kanu Will End Insecurity In South East’
A group, Youth Advocate for Peace, Justice and Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in the Southeast by granting a presidential pardon to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It blamed Buhari for what it termed creating the hitherto unknown Mazi Kanu and making him a hero by detaining...
Army Launches New Military Operation In South East, Vows To End Insecurity
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has stated that emerging security threats over the continued existence of the country are real, necessitating the operation, Golden Dawn, in the South East. Speaking in Enugu, Monday, while flagging off the joint military exercise for Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, he stressed that the army would do all...
Army Launches ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’ In Anambra To Crush IPOB, ESN
Determined to restore security in Anambra State, the 302 Artillery Regiment General Support, has lunched ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’, to provide security in the state. Exercise Golden Dawn, according the Commander 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Col. Abdulkarim .B. Usman, in the welcome address he presented at the flag off ceremony at Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area, is apart from...
Send Us N20m To Release 20 Abductees, Bandits Write Sokoto Community
Suspected bandits operating in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto state have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma demanding for ransom to secure the release of 20 persons kidnapped from two communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area. The letter was allegedly written in the Hausa language by one of the victims kidnapped by the bandits and...
Reps Backs Senate’s Call To Declare Bandits, Sponsors As Terrorists
The House of Representatives on Thursday joined the Senate in calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits and their sponsors as terrorists. Adopting a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Chairman of the Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, members of the House unanimously said it was important to support the position of the Senate on the issue...
