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PSC Sacks 1 ACP, Nine Other Senior Police Officers Over Misconduct
The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of one Assistant Commissioner of Police and nine other senior Police Officers while approving demotion of nine others for professional misconduct. The Commission also says it approved the punishment of severe reprimand for eight Officers, reprimand for 10, and letter of warning for three other Officers while exonerating three Officers. The Commission according...
Army Arrests Soldier Who Urged Colleagues Not To Shoot Protesters (Photos)
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced the arrest of Lance Corporal Harrison Friday, who “had gone on social media to advise his colleagues not to attack #EndSARS protesters. In a video uploaded last week, the masked soldier had asked his colleagues to understand that the protesters were fighting for a better Nigeria and must be supported by all, including the...
#EndSARS: Journalists, Health Workers, Others Exempted From Curfew — Ikpeazu
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has said journalists and others on essential duty are exempted from the curfew imposed on the state. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, made available to ABN TV, others exempted from the curfew are medical personnel, security agents, men of fire service and other paramilitary organizations "Kindly note...
BREAKING: US Seal Team Rescue Abducted American In Nigeria
The United States forces say they have rescued an American citizen who is being held hostage in northern Nigeria. In a statement, Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon spokesman, said the rescue operation was conducted on Saturday morning. The American was reportedly abducted in the Niger Republic on Tuesday and subsequently moved to Nigeria. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early...
MC Oluomo’s Book Has Nothing To Do With 2023 Politics — Spokesman
The Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, is set to launch a book in March titled, ‘My Service to Humanity’. However, his spokesman, Jimoh Buhari, told correspondents that the book had nothing to do with 2023 politics but was merely a biography of the NURTW boss. Buhari stated that this was...
Abia Community Begs Ikpeazu’s Intervention Over Attacks By Neighbouring Akwa Ibom
Leaders of Ikwuano Council communities in Abia State, who share boundaries with communities in Ini and Obot Akara Council of Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday, sent a save our soul (SOS) message to their state (Abia) governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, on the recurring attacks orchestrated by their Akwa Ibom State neighbours lamenting that between May 2020 and January 2021, not...
Ikpeazu Invites Udom Emmanuel To Commission Road Project On Friday
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has invited his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Udom Emmanuel to commission the recently constructed Osokwa-Aro Umuejie-Omoba Road which the state government says transverses Osisioma and Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Areas of the state. This in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu will take place on...
FG Vows To Crack Down On Fresh Protesters At Lekki Toll Gate
The Federal Government has vowed to crush any fresh strike at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos by #EndSARS protesters. It warned Nigerians against participating in any protest to block the toll gate. It said all security agencies have been put on the alert to curtail any protest. It said protests are constitutionally allowed only in designated places but not toll gates. It confirmed...
Use Your Position To Protect Vulnerable Persons, Ikpeazu Charges Justice Ururuka Onyenso
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has sworn in Honorable Justice Stella Maris Chinedum Ururuka Onyenso as the substantive President of the Abia State Customary Court of Appeal with a charge for her to protect the vulnerable and voiceless in the discharge of her duties. Speaking after the administering of the oaths of office and allegiance on the new President of the State...
Mechanics, Spare Parts Dealers Greatest Enemy Of Our Newly Constructed Roads – Ikpeazu Laments
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has given mechanics and motor spare parts dealers doing business in the streets of Aba till the 31st of May this year to move into the Ovom Mechanic and Motor Spare Parts Industrial Cluster, ABN TV reports. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,...
