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FORMER GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.

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 […]

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POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION CONDEMNS THE RECRUITMENT PATTERN OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE.

The Police Service Commission PSC has frowned at what it describes as the lopsided and crooked recruitment and deployments by the Nigeria Police Force in which the North-East and South-East regions of the country are under-represented, advising the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba to be guided. Spokesman of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani in a statement at the weekend called for adequate representation of women in both management and tactical […]

todayJune 19, 2023 119 1

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ENUGU STATE TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE MILITARY ON INTERNAL SECURITY.

The Governor of Enugu State Peter Mbah says his administration has identified insecurity as the major cog in the wheel of the state growth plan and has negatively affected the well-being of the people both psychologically, socially, physically, and economically. Mbah who made the statement yesterday when the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, and other top military officers paid him a courtesy visit at Government House Enugu, noted […]

todayJune 14, 2023 24

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COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH BY HANGING IN OSUN STATE.

The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo presided over by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo has convicted the founder of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, and three staff of the hotel of conspiracy to murder and the murder of a student of the Obafemi Awolowl University OAU, Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin was charged along with six of his workers, as first to seventh defendants and were […]

todayMay 31, 2023 110

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KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST REGAINS FREEDOM IN IMO STATE.

The Catholic priest that was kidnapped in Imo last Friday, Reverend Father Mathias Opara, has regained freedom. The priest identified as Owu Ujo, was abducted along Ejemekwuru-Ogbaku Road in Oguta and Mbaitolu Local Government Areas of Imo State after attending the burial rituals for the father of one of his colleagues at Izombe Community in the Oguta LGA. The priest who is in charge of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri’s […]

todayMay 30, 2023 107

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GUNMEN KILL THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN EBONYI STATE.

The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State Faleye Olayele has confirmed that unknown gunmen yesterday killed three police officers and injured one at Oshiri Divisional Command, located in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Olayele confirmed the attack in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki by the Police Public Relations Officer Onome nov/wak/Poyeya. It would be recalled that armed hoodlums killed one police inspector whose […]

todayMay 25, 2023 24

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POLICE IN ANAMBRA STATE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS OVER ATTACK ON UNITED STATE EMBASSY CONVOY.

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested two suspects in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the United States US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area.  The Commissioner for Police in Anambra state, Echeng Echeng, during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters in Amawbia, said Preliminary investigations revealed that seven persons who were on a mission to assess the impact of erosion in Ogbaru were killed in the assault, […]

todayMay 19, 2023 124

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OVER FIVE HUNDRED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS SURRENDER IN THE NORTHEAST.

Five hundred and eleven 511 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the Northeast region. The figure comprised 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations. The Director of Defense Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami said during one of the operations, troops killed 26 […]

todayMay 19, 2023 106 1

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GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UNITED STATES MISSION WORKERS.

The Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo has expressed condolences to the families and organizations of the United States US Mission staff members and policemen killed by gunmen in the state, while strongly condemning the attack which he described as heinous and unprovoked. The assailants killed two workers on a mission and two accompanying officers along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area LGA on Tuesday. Soludo in a statement […]

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