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Vice President KASHIM SHETTIMA has endorsed the use of a non-kinetic method to combat insecurity in the Southeast with other steps the security agencies are already implementing. SHETTIMA in a statement yesterday when a group led by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, BENJAMIN KALU, paid a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa explained the merits of using a non-kinetic strategy to deal with the security situation in […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by Emeka Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Imo State seeking a certificate of return as the state’s lawful governor. Ihedioha had told the apex court that Governor Hope Uzodimma was not qualified to run for the election in the first place, claiming that Uche Nwosu was earlier declared by the court as the rightful candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]

The Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal led by Justice Anthony Akpovi has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere of the People’s Democratic Party PDP. The tribunal ordered a supplementary election within 90 days in the state as it declared that Ugochinyere was not qualified to contest the Ideato North/South Federal Constituency election after he was initially declared winner of the […]

A Royal Navy warship HMS Trent arrived in Lagos yesterday to aid the fight against illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking in the sub-region.   The British High Commission in a statement said Trent’s second visit to Nigeria will help deliver capacity training and support maritime security in the region.   HMS Trent departed Gibralter carrying an expert boarding team of UK Royal Marines and a Puma surveillance drone, with a […]