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Oct

2023

Abia Says No Plan To Send Northerners Packing, Insists Cattle Market Non-Residential.

ABIA SAYS NO PLAN TO SEND NORTHERNERS PACKING, INSISTS CATTLE MARKET NON-RESIDENTIAL Abia State Government has described as false news making the rounds that it has directed Northerners, who live and conduct their businesses at the Lokpanta Cattle Market, around the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by Umunneochi, to leave the state. The government said there was no iota of truth in the fake news as those Northerners "are the second and third generations of Igbos" living in Lokpanta. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Navy Commander Macdonald Ubah (rtd), made this clarification while briefing Journalists at the Government House,…

Oct

2023

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Tension As Okada Riders Beat Police Inspector To Death In The Presence Of And Children

Mishap, Security

Tension As Okada Riders Beat Police Officer To Death A Nigerian police Inspector identified as Festus Onori has been beaten to death in the presence of his wife, three children by Okada riders in Delta State. Narrating the sad incident, the elder brother of the deceased, Austin Onori said that Inspector Onori was on his way to church with his wife and three children when a commercial motorcyclist said to be of Hausa/Fulani extraction hit his vehicle from behind in Okpanam, adding that his brother drove a distance of about one pole after the minor accident to park properly and…

Oct

2023

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President Tinubu Considering Hamza Al-Mustapha, Former Abacha CSO For Top Security Appointment.

Abuja, Politics, Security

The political climate in Nigeria seems to be taking another surprising turn. Reports emerging from the corridors of power suggest that President Tinubu is considering appointing Hamza al-Mustapha, the erstwhile Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The news, first reported on the X app, has sparked a flurry of debates and discussions. Hamza al-Mustapha, known to many as Abacha’s right-hand man, was a pivotal figure during the Abacha regime. As the CSO, he wielded significant power and was often in the limelight…

Oct

2023

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Wanted Kidnap, Idris Amedu Arrested With International Passports, ATM Cards, Others In Edo

Crime, Security

Wanted Kidnap Kingpin, Idris Amedu Arrested With International Passports, ATM Cards, Others In Edo Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old Fulani herdsman, Idris Amedu, over his alleged involvement in a series of bloody kidnappings in the Niger Delta region. The suspect popularly known as Dogo, was alleged to be the head of a notorious kidnapping syndicate which allegedly killed some policemen during their recent operations. Dogo who was previously declared wanted by the police, was arrested at Ahor Community near Benin City, when he emerged from a bush with a bag containing items allegedly belonging to…

Oct

2023

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President Tinubu Set To Appoint Olanipekun Olukoyede As Substantive Chairman Of EFCC

Politics, Security

The candidate being considered for the EFCC job by Mr Tinubu is a lawyer, who served as secretary of the anti-graft agency for two years during the reign of Ibrahim Magu as the acting chair of the commission.President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Barring any last-minute change of plan, President Bola Tinubu is set to appoint Olanipekun Olukoyede as the substantive chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a move that is bound to set off controversy over the candidate’s qualification for the job. Mr Olukoyede, a lawyer, had served as secretary of the…

Oct

2023

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We Don’t Want To Engage Wike Who Has To Take ‘Ogogoro’ Before He Goes To Office – Miyetti Allah

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Security, Urban Planning/ Lands

We Don’t Want To Engage Wike Who Has To Take ‘Ogogoro’ Before He Goes To Office Every Morning – Miyetti Allah Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has reacted to the threat by the minister of FCT Nyesom Wike, over the movement of cows in the Nigerian capital. The national secretary of the body, Saleh Alhassan Kubah said “Where is the grazing land in Abuja? Is it inside the building they will graze? The thing is, Wike is not consequential. We have seen Ortom come and go. “So we don’t want to engage Wike, who has to take ‘Ogogoro’ [Alcoholic drink] before…

Oct

2023

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Just-In: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Embattled UNICAL Professor Accused Of Molesting/Sexually Harassing Law Students

Education, Security

Just-In: Unknown Gunmen Abduct Embattled UNICAL Professor Accused Of Molesting/Sexually Harassing Law Students During the early hours of 12midnight to 1:00am Thursday, unidentified gunmen welding heavy arms and ammunition whisked away the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon to an unknown destination. It was learnt that the men forced their way into Prof Ndifon’s Akpabuyo residence in the outskirts of Calabar and arrested him from his sleeping bed. The men with heavy arms and ammunition whisked away the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon to an unknown destination. A family…

Oct

2023

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Abia Governorship Litigation: Call For Security Agents To Arrest Instigators Of Terror And Insecurity In Abia

Abia State, Good Governance, Security

Abia Governorship Litigation: Call for Security Agents to Arrest Instigators of Terror and Insecurity in Abia. The attention of Abia state government has been drawn to videos arising from two press briefings conducted by individuals suspected to have been hired by opposition elements who were roundly defeated in the last Governorship election in Abia state. In the first press conference a group of few young men had alleged that Governor Alex Otti was using Abia Funds to sponsor the litigation of the LP Presidential candidate in the last Presidential Election, Mr. Peter Obi. In the second press conference, another group…

Sep

2023

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Just In: Six Persons Killed In Fresh Southern Kaduna Attack

Security

JUST IN: Six persons killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attack Terrorists on Tuesday night reportedly killed six persons in the Takanai community of Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack is coming barely five days after an attack was launched in Kaura where a woman was killed and two of her children were kidnapped. The acting Secretary to the District Head of the Community, Mr. Samson Markus, who confirmed the sad incident to The PUNCH on Wednesday, said the terrorists invaded the village at around 7:pm and opened fire killing four people in the…

Sep

2023

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Tragedy: 100 Die, 150 Injured As Fire Breaks Out At Wedding In Iraq

Security, International

100 Die, 150 Injured As Fire Breaks Out At Wedding In Iraq At least 100 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in Al-Hamdaniyah town of Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. Hundreds of people were celebrating in Al-Hamdaniyah when a fire tore through the venue late on Tuesday evening. The cause of the fire is not yet known but early reports say it broke out after fireworks were lit and inflammable panels in the venue might have fuelled the flames, causing parts of the ceiling to catch…