Crime

The Governor of Enugu state Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has announced a proposed meeting with his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom over the killings of Eha-Amufu indigenes in Enugu by suspected herdsmen in an alleged collaboration with the Agala natives of Benue State. Ugwuanyi who met with the stakeholders of the Eha-Amufu community in Enugu, on Tuesday however assured that peace will soon return to the troubled Community following a series of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has confirmed that its office in the ISU Local Government Area in Imo State was attacked and vandalized by hoodlums. The Commission said the incident which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, is the fourth attack on INEC facilities in Imo in less than three weeks following previous attacks in the Orlu and Oru West Local Government Areas and the State Headquarters in […]

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned a media publication that over 100 northerners were killed in the South-East last week, describing it as a lie from the pit of hell and calling for the investigation of the alarmists, to compel them to show proof of the wild allegation. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization in a short press statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, said making such bogus and […]

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of Kwara State High Court has sentenced three persons to death by hanging over the rape and murder of Omowumi Olajide, a 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin Unilorin Olajide was raped and murdered at her Tanke residence around the University of Ilorin on June 2, 2021.Eight suspects including accomplices were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS in connection with the crime. […]

The Ado Local Government Executive Council has reacted to the report that it aided Fulani herdsmen in last Friday tragic murder of persons and destruction of properties in Eboh, Aha-Amufu Community of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Council expressed shock over the reports in some media houses that the people of Benue State, particularly from Ado Local Government, collaborated with the suspected herdsmen or gunmen who attacked […]

Activities were interrupted in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital yesterday following shootings by gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB which resulted in many shop owners closing their business premises for fear of being attacked as roads within the capital city was quickly deserted. It was gathered that the gunmen reportedly shot into the air at Ezzamgbo Junction, Ishieke Junction, and other places in the […]