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Residents of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State are worried over the cult clashes and several killings in the LGA. Speaking to correspondent AYO ODUNGWERU in a telephone interview, a native, KABARI KABARI said the situation of insecurity in the area was alarming. KABARI also said the insecurity had crippled the economic situation of […]
President JOE BIDEN intends to nominate Chris Magnus, the chief of police in Tucson, Arizona, to lead the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency. A White House official made the announcement after MAGNUS, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies, was among the new leaders being installed at the Department of Homeland […]
The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, is worried over the chances of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 general election. LUKMAN warned against having what he called “blind trust” in some of the leaders of the ruling APC towards the 2023 general election. LUKMAN was of the opinion that the APC might […]
Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the United States city of Brooklyn Center, just north of Minneapolis. The man has been identified by relatives as 20-year-old DAUNTE WRIGHT. Minnesota Governor TIM WALZ said he was “closely monitoring […]
EBUBU-AGU The Abia State Governor, OKEZIE IKPEAZU has explained why the South East Governors’ Forum came up with the security outfit, codenamed EBUBE AGU. The Governor who spoke to newsmen after the Southeast region launched its own joint security outfits, said operatives of Ebube Agu would oversee and monitor the activities of vigilante groups in […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for a slash in the pay of political office holders such as the President, Vice-President, governors and their deputies, as well as lawmakers. SERAP made the call in a statement issued by its SERAP Deputy Director, KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE, and addressed to the Chairman of the Revenue […]
One JOY GODSTIME IHUNWO who was allegedly brutalized by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Rivers State has revealed that she has lost her pregnancy after the incident. In an interview with our correspondent, the lady who wept uncontrollably said the scan result which was sighted by journalists, dated 10th April,2021 showed that she lost […]
South-East Governors have set up a joint security outfit, codenamed Ebube Agu. The governors announced this in a communique issued after a meeting held in Owerri, the Imo State Capital. The document noted that the outfit would have its Headquarters in Enugu to coordinate the vigilante in the South East. Source[Cable] Edited by George Ukaegbu
Queen ELIZABETH the second’s husband, PRINCE PHILIP, has died at 99-year-old. Buckingham Palace in a statement issued just after midday spoke of the QUEEN’S “deep sorrow” following his death at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh, who was the longest-serving consort in British history, had returned to Windsor on 16 March after a month in […]
The acting Inspector-General of Police, USMAN BABA, has met with police commanders in charge of the South-East zone over the security crisis in the region. He said there were critical security situations in the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones of the country that must be addressed urgently. BABA disclosed that the meeting was aimed at […]
