Cultists operating in Ahoada area of Rivers State have killed and beheaded a District Police Officer, Bako Angbashim. The incident happened Friday night at Odumude Community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. Bako, a respected police personnel is notable for his efforts in the fight against cultism, ...
Anger over the planned military action against Niger Republic coup plotters took a disturbing dimension as the Nigerian Embassy in Niamey, the capital of Niger, was attacked by Nigerien protesters, who besieged the facility. The angry protesters stormed the embassy located at Boulevard des Ambassades in protest against Nigeria’s role ...
ECOWAS defence chiefs on Friday said there should be comprehensive approach that encompasses political, security and diplomatic dimensions in addressing the situation in Niger Republic. The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) of Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) countries made this known at the end of their ...
The Nigeria Navy Headquarters, has debunked allegations in a publication that Navy personnel aboard Motor Tanker (MT) PRAISEL were aiding oil theft. The Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said on Friday that the personnel only escorted the vessel for thorough investigation of its contents. Ayo-Vaughan said that MT ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government are meeting in Abuja, at an extraordinary summit on the socio-political situation in the Republic of Niger. President Bola Tinubu, who is also the chairman of the ECOWAS, is hosting the meeting to continue to dialogue on ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken immediate step to restore democratic order in Niger Republic by dispatching the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, on intervention mission to the troubled nation. There had been reports early on Wednesday morning from Niamey, the Nigerien capital, that the nation’s ...
Agbu Kefas, governor of Taraba, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Karim town, headquarters of the Karim LGA, as a result of communal clashes in some parts of the area which has reportedly led to the death of 30 persons. In a statement on Sunday, Yusuf Sanda, chief press secretary ...
The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has vowed to stop the Monday sit-at-home in his constituency with immediate effect. Ubah said the adverse effects the exercise has so far inflicted on the commercial, economic, and well-being of the South-East residents have become so devastating that the ...
Ex-Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has escaped assassination by hoodlums last Friday along Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway way. Okorocha spoke in brief about the attack, on Sunday, when he attended the birthday celebration of the Imo state Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, ...
The security operatives in Ondo State had rescued no fewer than 13 victims of kidnapping along Abuja Road in Isua, the headquarters of Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the development on Thursday to newsmen. The spokesperson said ...
