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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday described the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu’s threat to attack South East Governors as cowardly and an act of desperation. Chairman of Ebonyi State chapter of the party, Onyekachi Nwebonyi stated this in a statement he issued in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital. The Chairman…
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi says the International Criminal Police Investigation (INTERPOL) is the best agency to track criminal activities in view of its global outreach. Dingyadi disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the Nigeria INTERPOL week. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INTERPOL is the…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has alleged that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is sponsored by politicians within and outside the country, especially a northern presidential candidate. It also claimed IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s popularity soared because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s poor handling of the economy, which exposed the citizenry to acute hardship. The Igbo…
Blessing Okagbare on Monday in Rabat at the 12th African Games suffered disqualification after a false start in the women’s 100 metres semi-finals heat 1. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that she was disqualified for beating the gun at the starting block. It was a huge disappointment for Okagbare who had earlier in…
The police command in Adamawa State has arrested a teenage boy over a violent sexual assault on a five-year-old girl. The police told our correspondent on Monday that 16-year-old Adamu Abdullahi of Jambutu, a community in Yola North Local Government Area, took advantage of a heavy rain during the weekend to commit the act and…
A housewife in Bagudo local government area of Kebbi State has reportedly killed her new husband so that she could go back to her former hubby. According to the police, the suspect Auta Dogo Singe conspired with one Garba Hassan and Sahabi Garba at Sabon Gari village, Illo district area of Bagudo to kill her…
Vice President Yemi Oshibanjo has condemned imposition and arbitrary high surcharges by shipping lines in the West and African countries. He also tasked the Union of African Shippers Council to adopt common, political and diplomatic strategies to check the operations of shipping lines servicing the ports in the sub-region. Osinbanjo made the calls on Monday…
Several people are feared missing as a vessel, which left Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for Cameroon with over 100 persons on board, capsized on Sunday evening, The Nation gathered yesterday. A source, who begged not to be named, said the vessel named AUSTRHEIM left the Terminal C of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA)…
Gunmen, on Sunday attacked Ikirike Police Station in Enugu. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said they came pretending to be in distress and then launched the attack. gunmen As at the time of filling this report, no casualty has been reported. Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu places N1m bounty on…
The federal government through the Department of Petroleum Resources has dismissed the risk of possible fuel scarcity in the Lagos state over petroleum marketers failure to load at depots for days into the weekend. Operations Controller DPR Lagos, Wole Akinyosoye told journalists in Lagos that government is on top of the situation after meeting with…