Crime
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Police operatives in the relaunched C-4-I unit have killed a suspected crime kingpin during a gun battle in the Etche axis of Rivers State. Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Rivers State Police Command, DCP YOMI OLADIMEJI confirmed this to our correspondent. DCP OLADIMEJI while showing the corpse of the criminal […]
IMO State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, says aggrieved politicians in the country are sponsoring a “national crisis” in states controlled by the ruling All Progressives Congress in the South-East geo-political zone. Specifically, the governor said APC detractors were determined to bring down the regime and destabilize the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. by sponsoring attacks in […]
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the chairman of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Philemon Kingoli, on Wednesday. Kingoli was anducted in the early hours of Wednesday along the Peter Odili Road axis of Port Harcourt, the State capital. The circumstances leading to his kidnap could not be ascertained of the time of filing this […]
The Senate Minority Leader, ENYINNAYA ABARIBE is demanding a thorough investigation into the rising wave of attack on police formations across the country, especially the ones that happened recently in Imo State. ABARIBE condemned the frightening surge of violence in the South-East, particularly the attack on the Correctional Centre in Owerri, Ebonyi and Enugu states. […]
Gunmen have razed the Divisional Police Headquarters, in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area in Imo State. This came on the heels of an attack on Owerri Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command headquarters, which led to release some one thousand eight hundred inmates and destruction of over 50 vehicles. Recall that Professor YEMI […]
The first witness in Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has testified that he was told to make negative stories about the Israeli Prime Minister disappear. Former Walla Chief Executive Officer, ILAN YESHUA alleged he was also ordered by the news website’s owner, SHAUL ELOVITCH, to post content that attacked NETANYAHU’S political rivals. Prosecutors said NETANYAHU made […]
Five of the thirty nine kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Kaduna have regained their freedom after 25 days in captivity. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, SAMUEL ARUWAN, confirmed the development in a statement which noted that the five students were rescued by Nigerian Army troops yesterday. Source[Nation] Edited […]
The Acting Controller-General of Corrections, JOHN MRABURE has confirmed one thousand eight hundred and forty four inmates were forcefully released during an attack on the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State yesterday. In a statement, MRABURE ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident after he noted that the unknown gunmen stormed the facility and gained entry […]
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have invaded Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State and released inmates in the facility early this morning. Reports indicate that the attack took place at about 1am when the armed men gained entry to the Prisons using dynamites and other explosives. Other reports […]
Meanwhile, an Igbo women socio-cultural organization, NDINNE IGBO, has condemned the killing of Igbo people by suspected killer herdsmen in Enugu and Ebonyi States. In a statement, the Igbo women organization led by its President, BEATRICE CHUKWUBUIKE, said many Igbo children had become victims of the deadly herdsmen attacks, and called for stronger and more […]
