Men of the Imo state police command today January 3 repelled an attack on the palace of Eze Imo; HRH Eze Dr E. C. Okeke, by men suspected to be members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN group at Ezioha Amaifeke in Orlu LGA of Owerri, lmo state. According to a statement released by CSP Michael Abattam,…
Police have shut down an app in India that puts up Muslim women for sale. It comes after two Indian states registered reports after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on “sale”. The police have now arrested the developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the…
Gunmen have kidnapped Dr Monday Hassan Zitta, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Plateau State University, Bokkos. It was gathered that he was abducted alongside former governorship aspirant in the 2019 election, Nkemi Nicholas Nshe in Shendam in the early hours of Saturday Jan 1. Nshe and Hassan’s abduction came…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced a ban on the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools across the Southeast. IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, made the announcement as part of its action plan for the year 2022. He also announced the ban on the use of “Fulani cows”…
The Rivers state police command has said that there was no attempt to kidnap singer, Teni in Degema, Asari Toru Local Government Area of the state. While eyewitnesses said sporadic gunshots which were fired forced people to leave the venue while Teni was also taken off the stage, the Command’s Public Relation Officer, Iringe Grace…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commented on the recently concluded forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Speaking in Abuja at the virtual commissioning of NDDC Prototype Hostel at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Thursday December 30, the President said his administration is reviewing the concluded forensic audit with a view to recovering every…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has said that South-Easterners have a right to the presidency in 2023 as they understand the country better. Addressing journalists after visiting President Buhari at the state house in Abuja, Ikpeazu described South-Easterners as “Pan-Nigerian people”. He said; “I think that the southeasterners have a right to take a…
President Buhari received in audience former President Goodluck Jonathan in the State House today December 30. The reason for the meeting was not disclosed by presidential sources.
A lawyer, Ebi Robert has filed a case on behalf of one Otoworo Woyengidenyefa Collins, over alleged violation of his fundamental human right by four member of Okolobiri community in Bayelsa state In the post shared on Facebook today, December 30, Barrister Robert alleged that the victim was paraded in the community, beaten, harassed, tied…
Police in Busia County, Kenya have arrested a 40-year-old man ferrying bundles of marijuana in a bag strapped around his body. The man identified as Albert Wabwire was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, December 30, at the Sio area walking on from Busia to Matayos. Police said that upon conducting a search, they found him with…
