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Jun

21

2021

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Police parade 60 suspected Bandits, Recover Rifles, live Tortoise, Charms In Ebonyi

CRIMEBandits, charm, crime, the Nigeria Police, Tortoise

Amah Samuel, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on Monday, paraded 60 suspected bandits, in the state. According to the police, the suspected bandits were arrested on grounds of conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, arson, among other crimes. The police said they were responsible for attacks on police stations and killing of its personnel, in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Aliyu Garba, stated this while parading the suspects at the Command's Headquarters, in Abakaliki, on Monday, saying rifles, live tortoise, charms, arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspected. He noted that…

Jun

20

2021

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PARIS CLUB FUND SAGA: Be Ready For EFCC Visit, Ikpeazu’s Ex Finance Commissioner, Obinna Oriaku Tells Sen. T.A Orji’s Family, Sir Onyedilefu, Others

CRIME, POLITICSAbia liberation, crime, EFCC, Hon. Obinna Oriaku

Hon. Obinna Oriaku, former Commissioner for Finance, Abia State government. "By next week, others from the former Accountant general sir GC Onyendilefu to former Commissioner for finance Dr Nto, Mr Sampson Orji , former HAG and the family of Sen TA Oji should be ready for same EFCC visit. Our liberation may start from here", were the words of Hon. Obinna Oriaku. According to the former Finance Commissioner, an invitation by the EFCC does not entail culpability rather it is a call to give clarifications on the management of state's fund in the course of one's service to the state.…

Jun

08

2021

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Updated: How NHSS Tactical Team Of Soldiers, Police & DSS Burnt Body Of Barr Ejiofor’s PA To Ashes And Falsely Labeled Three Innocent Others

CRIMEBarr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, burning, Genocide, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Nigerian security operatives

Man gruesomely murdered and burnt by Nigerian security operatives. Intersociety, Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria Sunday, 8th June 2021 The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law has received with rude shock, disbelief and dismay the burning to ashes together with a red 2013 model Toyota Camry car (belonging to Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor) of the slain body of Citizen Samuel Okoro (Gentle BIGGY) by a joint team of soldiers, police, DSS and Civil Defense personnel, called ‘NHSS Tactical Team’. The killer-NHSS Tactical Team is understood to be operationally led by the Nigeria Police Force at the Force Headquarters in Abuja…

Jun

07

2021

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Abia Vigilante Bakasi Set Timber Market Ablaze, One Trader Feared Dead, 5 Injured

CRIME, METROabia state, Abia State revenue, Umuahia Timber Market

There is pandemonium currently at Umuahia Timber market, situated along Ahiaeke road, in Abia state, which has claimed the life of a trader, popularly Indomie’ dead, while 5 others were brutally injured. This is as a result of the refusal of traders to comply with the PDP led government State over an imposed sum of #18,000 annual fee. Reportedly, the state revenue board had ordered the marketers to shut down their shops with effect from today, Monday, June 7 as the latter who argued that the fee was outrageous and so could not comply. Consequently, Abia state vigilante/Bakassi stormed the…

May

30

2021

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Gunmen Attack Abia state CID, Immigration Office, Set Umuahia on fire …’Keke’ (Tricyclist) operator feared dead

CRIME, NEWSAbia State CID, Abia State Immigration Office, Nigeria police, Unknown Gunmen, Unmasking unknown gunmen

Abia State CID razed by unknown gunmen. The Abia State Police Criminal Investigation Department alongsidethe Nigeria Immigration Services State headquarters at Ubakala has been reportedly set ablaze by unkown gunmen. The incident which occured Saturday evening threw the state capital into tension, as residents scampered for safety from heavy exchange of fire between police and the yet-to-be identified armed men. Columns of thick smoke emanating from the facility located along Uzuakoli Road Umuahia could be sighted from different locations of the city. The casualty figure is not yet clear but a police source told our Correspondent that one tricycle operator…

May

25

2021

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Mystery, As Suicide Vest Explodes, Kills Bomber In Amangballa Primary School

CRIMEexplosion, Nigeria government, suicide bomber

The entire Afikpo Loca Government Area of Ebonyi State had a mysterious experience in the early hours of today, Tuesday, as the suicide bomber's died consequent on the explosion of his suicide vest. According to a reliable source who was at the popular Eke Market, Afikpo, in the Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, the scene, the incident happened at about 10am, on Tuesday, The source said, “He made an attempt at entering Amaizu/Amangballa Primary School but was turned back by the school security since he couldn’t justify his reason for visiting. He immediately started running inside a…

May

25

2021

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Distress, As Gunmen Razed Orji Police Station In Imo

CRIME, METRONigeria police, Orji Divisional Police Headquarters, Unknown Gunmen

There entire nooks and crannies of Imo State in the early hours of Tuesday, was in distress, as gunmen burnt Orji Divisional Police Headquarters situated on Owerri- Okigwe Road in Owerri. As at the time of filing this report, security operatives comprising soldiers, policemen and Air Force engaged in an open fire with the hoodlums. The situation caused tension in the area as two banks situated within the axis, without hesitation, shut down. Also, Businessmen fled, some motorists diverted while others scampered for safety alongside commuters, hence they abandoned their vehicles,. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the gunmen attacked the…

May

11

2021

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Imo NUJ Condemns Invasion, Arrest Of Newspaper Vendors, Distributors

CRIMEarrest, imo state government, Newspaper, Nigeria police, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Vendor

Comr. Chris Akaraonye, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council. The leadership of and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Imo State Council has condemned with bitterness, the unwarranted invasion and arrest of Newspaper Vendors in Owerri, the State's capital, yesterday. This is contained in a press statement, jointly signed by Comr. Chris Akaraonye and Comr. Juliet Dim, the chairman and Secretary of the Union, respectively, and issued to Famous Reporters, today, Tuesday. It would be recalled that Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police, yesterday, Monday, arrested not…

Apr

11

2021

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Ohanaeze: Ozobu, Ibeh, others risk imprisonment as Ejimakor commences contempt proceedings

CRIME, LEGALAloy Ejilmakor (Esq. ) Marginalisation, Contempt proceedings, Court's, Court's Contempt, Dr. ikedi Ohakim, Ohaneze Ndigbo

A lawyer, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor has commenced contempt proceeding against Chief Richard Ozobu, Chidi Ibeh, Uche Okwukwu and Okechukwu Isiguzoro over the parallel election of executives of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. In the originating suit which has former Imo Governor, Ikedi Ohakim as the Plaintiff, the court order restrained Ozobu and Okwukwu from conducting a parallel election to offices in Ohanaeze outside the one organised by an electoral committee set up by former president general, Chief Nnia Nwodo and headed by Chief Gary Igariwey. Speaking to our correspondent, Barr Ejimakor said that It was the injunction that had enabled the electoral committee…

Apr

07

2021

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Attacks On Imo Correctional Centre, Police Hqtrs: IPOB, ESN Exonerated *As Gov. Hope Uzodinma Exposes Perpetrators

CRIME, NEWSburning, Eastern Security Network ESN, Federal Correctional Centre, imo state government, IPOB Biafra, Police headquarters, Police station

Imo state Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has today, Wednesday, exonerated members of the freedom fighting outfit, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and the Waste Security Network, (ESN) from the allegation, hence the various recent attacks on the police headquarters and Correctional Centre in the state. Sen. Hope Uzodimma in his speech accused some aggrieved politicians in the state as being the brain behind the recent attacks on police stations and a correctional facility in the state. According to his claims, the governor stobjective was to destablise the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. The governor made this statement today, Wednesday…