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Theatre Command Graduates 157 NSCDC Personnel In Weapon Handling To Boost Fight Against Insurgency (Photos)
In a significant milestone in the fight against terrorism and insurgency, the Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) has graduated 157 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in weapon handling training. The ceremony, which took place on Saturday, 4 May 202 Animator at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, marked the successful completion of a comprehensive training program aimed...
Ex-APC Governorship Aspirant Dumps Party In Edo
An erstwhile governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mrs Victoria Amu, has resigned from the party. Amu announced her resignation in a letter addressed to the chairman of the party in Ward 4, Owan West local government area of Edo State. In the letter, she cited family and personal reasons for her decision to resign from...
Edo Guber: NSCIA Urges Muslims To Get Involved In Electoral Process
The Edo State chapter of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has advised Muslim faithful to get involved in the electoral process in the forthcoming September governorship election in the state. DAILY POST reports that NSCIA gave the advise in a communique issued at the end of its stakeholders meeting on Sunday in Benin City. The state chairman of the...
Unizik Denies Scheduling Institution’s Senate Meeting To Elect Vice Chancellor
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, has explained that the Wednesday 8 scheduled Senate meeting of the university is not for the election of the Acting Vice Chancellor of the university. There has been controversy and power tussle in the university over the position of the Vice Chancellor as the incumbent, Prof Charles Esimone will be retiring in June. There have...
NAF Airstrikes Kill Scores Of Terrorists In Niger State
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has reported a significant blow to terrorists’ elements in Niger State following airstrikes conducted in Allawa village, Shiroro Local Government Area. According to Edward Gabkwet, NAF spokesperson, the airstrikes were carried out by the air component of Operation Whirl Punch on May 3. The operation targeted terrorists who had attacked a primary school in Allawa and...
How I Killed My Cousin, Friends For Rituals — Suspect Confesses
A 39-year-old fruit seller, Dolapo Babalola, has confessed on how he killed his cousin and four of his friends for rituals at Okeigbo, in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Babalola, who was paraded alongside 18 other suspected criminals, said that he used their body parts for rituals. While answering questions from journalists, Babalola recounted how he killed his victims...
Ikwere Blasts Ohanaeze Ndigbo President, Says Classification As Igbo Offensive, Provocative
The Ikwerre people of Rivers State have rejected their classification as Igbo by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and its President, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The Ikwerre socio-cultural group, Iwhnurohna Progressive Organisation (IPO), dismissed the Ohanaeze claim as not only offensive and insulting but also shameful, disgusting, insensitive, careless, uncivilized and unfounded. Speaking on behalf of IPO in Port Harcourt, Dr. Okahchukwu Dibia, said...
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Hosts Online Publishers, Tasks Journalists On Nation-Building
The Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu has called on media practitioners in the country to work closely with the government to help in building the South East zone and the nation at large. He made this appeal on Saturday in Umuahia when he played host to members of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN). The...
ABN TV Celebrates Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu On His 53rd Birthday
ABN TV has joined the celebration of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, on his 53rd birthday today. In a press release signed by the Director, Ifeanyi Okali, the media organization extended its warmest congratulations to the celebrant. According to the release, Rt Hon. Kalu's dedication to serving the nation and his exemplary leadership...
PHOTOS: Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, Onwusibe, Ohajuruka, Onuigbo, Others File Out For Road Walk Festival & 1k Man Match In Umuahia
Prominent Abians on Saturday filed out for a fitness exercise tagged, "Road Walk Festival & 1k Man Match", which is aimed at creating awareness on the need to keep feet to prevent hypertension, keep good body weight, improve mental health and well-being. Among those who participated at the exercise in Umuahia, Abia State capital include, Deputy Speaker of the House...
