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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The brother of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, Kingsley Kanu yesterday lost a legal challenge against the British government about his continued detention in Nigeria after he brought a judicial review of London’s alleged refusal to officially acknowledge that Kanu was the victim of extraordinary rendition and unlawful detention. In London, Judge Jonathan Swift rejected Kingsley’s application that the United Kingdom foreign ministry should rule […]
Suspected political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu Edda community in Ebonyi State barely 24 hours after the conclusion of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Registrar of the court Oluchi Uduma who spoke to journalists said that the hoodlums invaded the court in the early hours of yesterday chanting war songs, and set ablaze the building, noted that they had […]
The Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Barde, has condemned the attack on the palace of the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area of the state, Ignatius Asor. Gunmen in their numbers yesterday morning invaded the Obudi Agwa community in Oguta LGA of Imo State, killing the community’s monarch and others. The police boss, while appealing for calm, assured the people of Agwa in particular […]
The South East Governors Forum SEGF yesterday at the Enugu State Government House, debunked the news making rounds that they formed a security outfit Eastern Security Network ESN, reiterating that the security outfit they credited is Ebubeagu and Forest Guard. The Governor of Ebonyi State and the chairman of South East Governors Forum, David Umahi who read the communique after the emergency Southeast Governor’s Forum meeting, told newsmen that they […]
The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has reiterated the need for Ohanaeze Ndigbo to promote and preserve Igbo cultural heritage as the custodian of Igbo culture and tradition. Ugwuanyi who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Simon Ortuanya, laid the emphasis at Michael Okpara Square Enugu as the State chapter of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group marks the 2022 IRI-JI New Yam Festival. In his remarks, […]
A former lawmaker, who represented Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives in Anambra State Afam Ogene, has lamented over the devastating effect of floods in areas like OGWU Ikpele, Akili Ogidi, Obeagwe, Ossomala, Umunankwo, Ogbakuba, Ochuche, Akili Ozizor, Atani, Ohita And Odekpe, Amiyi, Iyiowa, Ogbeukwu, Okoti and parts of Okpoko. Ogene, a candidate of the Labor Party LP for House of Representatives in the 2023 election, said the […]
