Security beefed up as IGP arrives Imo

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Security operatives have literally taken over the streets of Owerri, the capital of Imo State in anticipation of the arrival of the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu. The IGP’s visit follows the Monday morning attacks on the state police command headquarters in Owerri and the Owerri Correctional Centre. The Police Spokesperson in […]

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BREAKING: Jusun storms Federal High Court Lagos, evict workers

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Members OF THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria enforcing its indefinite nationwide strike, which begins today, have evicted court staff from the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The unionists arrived the court premises before 9am this morning and directed their colleagues in courtrooms and offices to comply with the industrial action.

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FG Moves To Avert ASUP Strike, Calls For Emergency Meeting

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Federal Government has invited the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to an emergency meeting, following the threat by the union to embark on strike. The emergency meeting with the Ministry of Education is to hold today at 11:00 a.m. in the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Director, Press and Public Relations,

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Attack On Imo Correctional Facility, Police HQ Is An Act Of Terrorism – Buhari

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA President Muhammadu Buhari has described the attacks on the Owerri Custodial Centre and Police Command Headquarters in Imo State as an act of terrorism. He condemned the incidents which he said were insurgent attacks on the facilities in the Imo State capital on Monday. Yabatech Radio had reported that a total of

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Three Ondo scavengers arrested with ammunition, charms

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three scavengers for unlawfully being in possession of ammunition and charms. It was gathered that the scavengers were on a motorcycle when some policemen on stop-and-search patrol along Ala Road in Akure; intercepted them. Live ammunition and charms were found on them during Easter celebration.

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Police arrest suspected kidnapper with AK-47 rifles in Kano

BY-OGUNSOLA OLADEJI The police have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Burumburum, aged 27, years,who was found in possession of two AK-47 rifles by operatives of the Operation Puff Adder in Kano. The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to journalists in Kano. He explained

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Ebonyi killings: Justice will be served, says Osinbajo

BY-DEJI OGUNSOLA The Federal Government has pledged to ensure justice for victims of the recent attacks on three communities of Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi by unknown gunmen. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made the pledge in Abakaliki while addressing stakeholders of the state after inspecting the affected communities and the Effium/Ezza-Effium intra-communal crisis. Osibanjo,

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BREAKING: Gunmen attack Imo prison, free over 1500 inmates

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA Gunmen this morning attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates. The attackers also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters. The hoodlums further freed the suspects in almost all the

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Gunmen attack: Soludo is safe, says Anambra CP

BY DEJI The police have arrested a suspect in connection with the attack on a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Soludo, in Anambra State. Ikenga Tochukwum, who is the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed this in a statement to newsmen today. Professor Soludo, who is aspiring to

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Easter: FAAN beefs up security at airports

BY DEJI OGUNSOLA The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has beefed up security at all airports in the country as Nigerians prepare for the Easter holiday. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria In a statement released today assured members of the public of safety, and also stressing that the airports in the country are fully

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