#Violence Archives | FAMOUS REPORTERS

Aug

01

2024

NATIONWIDE PROTESTS: ‘Protest is your constitutional right, not violence’ NAOSNP urges youth

NATIONAL NEWS#2024hungerprotest, #EndBadGovernment, #NAOSNP, #NationwideProtest, #Violence

NATIONWIDE PROTESTS: 'Protest is your constitutional right, not violence' NAOSNP urges youth The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has enjoined Nigerian youths to rather opt for dialogue with the government other than resorting to violent protests. This is even as the association admittedly said that protest is a part of the constitutional rights of Nigerian citizens and not violence. Following the rising agitation for nationwide hunger protests by aggrieved Nigerian youths, slated to commence from 1 to 10 August, 2024, the leadership of a frontline security news association, the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), has…

Mar

17

2023

By Famous Reporters

MARCH 18: Vote Competence, Shun violence, Thuggery, AUP President, Prince Innocent Urges Ikwuano Youths

POLITICS#Ikwuano, #Peace, #PrinceInnocentEleogu, #Violence, Sportsmanship, thuggery

MARCH 18: Vote Competence, Shun violence, Thuggery, AUP President, Prince Innocent Urges Ikwuano Youths By Charity Uwakwe The president of Ariam-Usaka professionals, Prince Innocent Iroabuchi Eleogu has enjoined the people of Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State to ensure they vote only competent candidates who would be held responsible and accountable. As various political parties across the states and nation bustle with activities in preparation for the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the president of Ariam-Usaka Professionals, Prince Innocent Eleogu has urged the people of Ikwuano, particularly the youths, to eschew…

Mar

16

2023

By Famous Reporters

DSS Arrests Two Suspects over Call for Violence in Kano

CRIME, SECURITY#2023GuberElection, #NigeriaPolice, #Violence

DSS Arrests Two Suspects over Call for Violence in Kano The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the arrest of two suspects for inciting violence in Kano State ahead of the governorship and states house of Assembly elections this Saturday. The Service made the revelation in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer Mr. Peter Afunanya, and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP). The statement gave the names of the suspects as Sharu Abubakar Tabula and Isma'il Iliyasu Mangu, who were accused of "deliberately inciting violence in parts of Kano State".…

Feb

26

2023

By Famous Reporters

INEC threatens to cancel elections in parts over violence

POLITICS#2023Presidency, #Violence, INEC, thuggery

INEC threatens to cancel elections in parts over violence Thugs were reported to have unleashed violence as voting was underway in some areas. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to cancel election results of crisis-ridden areas during the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kogi State Hale Longpet, Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), sounded the warning while reacting to the crises that erupted in some Local Government Areas while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. There were reports of thugs interfering with some polling units in Anyigba and…

Feb

02

2023

By Famous Reporters

CISLAC advocates violent- free elections, calls for issue based campaigns

POLITICS#IssueBased campaigns, #PeaceAccord, #Violence, Advocacy

CISLAC advocates violent- free elections, calls for issue based campaigns By Ikenna Orioha, Owerri As the general elections draw closer, a Non- Governmental Organization, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has advocated violent - free elections in Imo State. CISLAC made the clarion call, today, Thursday, through its Executive Director, Musa (Rafsanjani), while briefing Journalists at Star Arrival Hotel, in Owerri, Imo State's capital. Musa, who was represented at the Media briefing by the Program Manager of Democratic Governance (CISLAC), Okeke Anya, urged all relevant stakeholders, ranging from NGOs, the Security agencies and the political parties to abide by the…

Aug

28

2022

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By Famous Reporters

Abia: How Violent Youths Stopped Prof Ibe’s Free Medicare In Osisioma

METRO#FreeMedicalOutreach, #GregoryFoundation, #GregoryIbe, #Violence

How Violent Youths Stop Prof Ibe’s Free Medicare In Osisioma There was a mild drama today as a group of violent youths armed with weapons prevented a team of medics sent by Prof Gregory Ibe from holding a free medical outreach in Osisioma. According to Dr Ojum Ogwo, Coordinator of the Prof Gregory Ibe Medical and Surgical Outreach, trouble started when a group of angry youths prevented the fifty man medical team undertaking the programme from accessing the scheduled Abayi Council Hall, on the claim that they had earlier secured the venue for an event. However, on further investigation…

Feb

07

2022

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By Famous Reporters

See Photograph of Ebonyi Commissioner, Who Flogs Female Trader, 40, Sets Goods, Money Ablaze

CRIME, METRO#Assault, #david umahi, #EbonyiStateGovernment, #Market development, #Violence

See Photograph of Ebonyi Commissioner, Who Flogs Female Trader, 40 Sets Goods, Money Ablaze FamousReportes.com had reported about the brutality meted out to a female traders in her late thirties, in Ebonyi State, by the Commissioner for Market Development, simply identified as Pastor Nwachukwu. Narrating her ordeal in the hands of the Commissioner and his thugs, in the viral video, Miss Alu said:"the Commissioner and his boys came on 21st January 2022 and ordered the boys to flog me mercilessly and equally burn her goods. “While they were flogging me, others were busy burning my goods. Anybody that tried to…