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Oct

23

2021

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Breaking: Inmates freed as Gunmen attack another prison last night

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Breaking: Inmates freed as Gunmen attack another prison last night The correctional facility in Abolongo, Oyo, Oyo State was attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Friday evening. The attackers set free many prisoners therein, multiple reports say. The gunmen stormed the facility at about 10pm on Friday, attacking with grenades to gain access and set prisoners free. Reportedly, the attack left the facility in disarray with warders scampering for safety. Other security agencies have since mobilized their personnel to support men and women of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in tracking down the gunmen and rearresting prisoners. Often, when prison break…

Oct

19

2021

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Imo: Eze Durueburoe, Eze Osunwa Killed in fresh gunmen attack at traditional rulers meeting

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Imo: Eze Durueburoe, Eze Osunwa Killed in fresh gunmen attack at traditional rulers meeting No fewer than two traditional rulers have been killed during an attack by gunmen at Nnenasa community Headquarters of Njaba local government area of Imo State. The traditional rulers from the area numbering over 20, according to a source, were in a meeting at the local government headquarters in the community when gunmen invaded the the place and interrupted the meeting with sporadic gunshots. Sources earlier informed Channels Television that five of the traditional rulers had been killed but when contacted, the Imo state police public…

Aug

30

2021

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NSCDC Anambra opens up on alleged August 30 attack

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NSCDC Anambra opens up on alleged attack Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Anambra State Command has debunked the rumoured attack as circulated in a viral video, saying that their facilities are calm and safe. The Command described the information as unfounded and a complete "handwork of crises merchants and mischief makers who want to create panic and fear on the minds of Anambrarians and residents alike". This is contained in a statement signed by DSC Okadigbo Edwin,Civil Defense PRO and made available to newsmen today. The statement read in detail: NSCDC ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND BULLETIN: RE: ATTACK NSCDC…

Apr

30

2021

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Imo NUJ condemns attack on Gov. Uzodimma Country Home

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NUJ Chairman Chief Chris Akaraonye The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo Council has condemned in its entirety the attack on the country home of the Imo State Governor, Sen Hope Uzodimma by unknown persons. The Chairman of the union Chief Chris Akaraonye who condemned the act said the attack on the governor was one too many in attacks that had bedeviled the state in the recent past. Chief Akaraonye, in a Press Release issued to Media houses in the state, called on the state government to engage all machineries necessary to bring the perpetrators of the crime to book…

Apr

18

2021

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Cleric Decries Attack On Security Agencies In South East

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Anglican Archbishop of Owerri, Eccelesiatical Province, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri, Eccelesiatical Province, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, says attacks on security agencies in the South-East are tantamount to demobilising the region. The Bishop also advised the South-East governors to effectively protect the region from invasion of any kind. Onuoha gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Thursday at his Episcopal Villa in Ezeoke Nsu, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo. Onuoha, also the Bishop of Okigwe South Diocese, was reacting to the security challenges in Nigeria as a whole and the South-East in…

Apr

06

2021

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BREAKING: Gunmen Raze Another Imo Police Station, Free Suspects

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Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State It was learnt that the armed men operated unchallenged for more than 45 minutes. Gunmen have razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State. It was gathered that the gunmen broke into the station on Tuesday's evening, shooting intermittently before burning the facility. Unknown gunmen It was learnt that the armed men operated unchallenged for more than 45 minutes. They also freed all the suspects in detention before setting the police divisional headquarters ablaze. This comes a day after gunmen attacked a correctional facility…

Mar

14

2021

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BREAKING: Security Warning System: How Students Alerted Security Forces, As Gunmen Attack Another School in Kaduna

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Gunmen The Kaduna State Government has said that bandits stormed Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area, in an attempt to kidnap students, but the students utilized the security warning system in place, and were thus able to alert security forces. The State Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, while briefing newsmen on Sunday on the security update of the state explained that, “Between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of today, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area, in an attempt to kidnap the students.…

Aug

19

2020

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Ebonyi police arrest two taskforce members over attempted murder of tricycle operator

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The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Monday, arrested two suspected taskforce members for allegedly beating a trycycle operator, one Mike Obasi, to coma. The suspects, popularly known as 2Face and one other, it was gathered had decended on the victim at the Magaret Umahi International Market, for alleged wrong packing. Our Conversation further learnt that the suspects demanded the sum of N1,000.00 from Obasi, who after ransacking himself, was able to find the sum of N300.00 on himself, which he presented to the suspected taskforce members, who allegedly insisted that it must N1,000.00. The victim, further investigations revealed, had after…