Oluwarotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Governor has described the birth of the Amotekun Corps in the state as timely, stressing that the move has made the state to be adjudged the most peaceful state in the country. According to the governor, no state can be termed as healthy if the security of lives and property […]
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The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, averted what could have resulted into a bloody ethnic showdown between Hausa and Yoruba at the popular Mandate Market in Ilorin, the state capital on Tuesday Sources had it that there was palpable tension when an Hausa man allegedly stabbed a Yoruba […]
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A suspected leader of bandits, Bello Turji who has been on the security wanted list, has freed over 70 victims in his custody in Zamfara State. The development was made known by the Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi on Tuesday. Dr. Abdullahi told Channels Television that […]
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The Government of Imo state has said some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu, Okorocha’s son-in-law, was a Deputy Chief of Staff and also Action Alliance (AA) Imo governorship candidate in 2019. A statement by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, on […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State on Monday of collaborating with security operatives and Ebubeagu to kill innocent people in the state. Spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, claimed that Uzodinma, alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, security agents and Ebubeagu, has turned Imo State into an “abattoir for […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has stated that the state’s Blue and Red Lines trains will commence operation this year. Sanwo-Olu revealed this on Monday while speaking with journalists after a tour round the train project from Ikeja where the Red Line begins to Marina where the Blue Line ended. He said: “Our promise […]
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Popular Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that the Igbo spirit will be against former President Goodluck Jonathan if he fails to support the realisation of a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Enugu, said that the […]
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Nasir El-Rufai Governor of Kaduna State has stated that security operatives should “carpet bomb the forests” to wipe out bandits.The governor spoke in a chat with Arise TV on Monday. El-Rufai ascribed the prolonged inability of security operatives to curb banditry in the northwest region to a “lack of enough boots on the ground”. He […]
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The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has requested that admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to guarantee their consideration. The institution in a statement issued on Monday by its Spokesperson, Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, said only candidates who […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has disclosed its action plan for the year 2022. IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, put an end to the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools across the Southeast. He also announced the ban on Fulani cows during festive seasons in the Southeast. The DOS said […]
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