Security

The police public relations officer in Imo State Henry Okoye has confirmed the arrest of 26 enforcers of the illegal sit-at-home order by some suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB. The police also arrested 53 other suspects involved in criminal activities ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, defilement, kidnapping, child trafficking, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching, and vandalization of electrical cables. Okoye at a press […]

The House of Representatives, says it would investigate an allegation of the gruesome murder of Nigerians by soldiers in Enugu State following a motion by a member Cyriacus Umeha Umeha alleged that on June 29, 2023, licensed local vigilantes operating under the Enugu State Neighborhood Security Guards responding to a distress call about banditry and kidnapping, were shot dead at close range, by soldiers of the Nigerian Army, 82 Division […]

A Catholic priest Joseph Azubuike who was kidnapped in Ebonyi State has been freed. A spokesman for the state police command said Azubuike who regained freedom at about 6 pm yesterday was rescued unhurt, hal,e, and hearty as a result of the concerted efforts of the Operatives of the Command. The cleric and three other persons in Ebonyi State were kidnapped by Gunmen. Azubuike was abducted on Monday in ISU, […]

The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly Ifeanyi Ubah has moved to end Monday’s sit-at-home in his constituency soon, saying the illegal exercise has caused much damage and plains to Ndigbo. Ubah stated this while addressing over 2000 vigilante operatives from the four quarters of Nnewi, comprising Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewi-Ichi, at the Ifeanyi Ubah International Stadium, Nnewi, where he inaugurated security gadgets procured to […]

Former Governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has narrated how he survived an assassination attempt when his convoy was attacked by gunmen in the Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway, killing one of the policemen. Okorocha who spoke yesterday narrated that the cop killed during the attack which happened on Friday was one of the policemen deployed from the Government House in Enugu state to take him to the […]