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Wed, 12 May 2021 05:37:10 +0000Eid-El-Fitr: Police Deploy 3,200 Personnel In Imo As Tension Heightens
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The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday said it had deployed a total of 3200 personnel to ensure adequate security in the state as Muslim faithful mark the Eid-El-Fitr celebration.
In a statement signed by the Police Public ...
Wed, 12 May 2021 05:36:46 +0000Despite Records Of Election Fraud, Human Rights Abuse, Osinbajo To Attend Uganda's Sit-Tight President's Inauguration
Yemi Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will represent Nigeria at the sixth inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
Osinbajo's spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
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Wed, 12 May 2021 05:29:31 +0000Southern Governors Shun Calls For Buhari's Impeachment, Want State Police As Herdsmen Killings Rise
The governors in 17 states of the southern part of Nigeria have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the challenges of insecurity and restore the people's confidence.
The forum stated this in a 12-point communique ...
Tue, 11 May 2021 21:01:00 +0000Amaechi Never Asked Bala Usman To Award $1.5billion Channel Management To Two Chinese Companies—Transport Ministry
Rotimi Amaechi
The Federal Ministry of Transportation says its minister, Rotimi Amaechi never asked the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman to award $1.5 billion channel management to two Chine...
Tue, 11 May 2021 20:52:24 +0000Ondo State Mandates Singing Of Oduduwa Anthem At Public Secondary Schools' Functions
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
The Ondo State Government has mandated the recitation of the Oduduwa nation anthem in all functions in public secondary schools across the state.
This was disclosed in a circular dated May 6 and addressed to ed...
Tue, 11 May 2021 18:45:16 +0000IPOB Reports: Imo Vendors Begin Strike Over Police Clampdown On Members, Newspapers
Newspaper vendors and distribution agents on Tuesday protested the continuous clampdown on them by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police in Imo State.
They also embarked on a strike action by ref...
Tue, 11 May 2021 18:32:01 +0000BREAKING: Boko Haram Currently Attacking Borno Capital, Maiduguri
Maiduguri, Borno state capital is currently under Boko Haram attack.
Military sources told SaharaReporters that the insurgents stormed the Jiddari general area of the town around 6:30pm on Tuesday, firing shots into the air.
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Tue, 11 May 2021 17:58:37 +0000Same Police Warning About IPOB Never Addressed Fulani Herdsmen Killings, Kidnappings, Others—Yoruba Groups
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Nine pan-Yoruba groups have urged the Nigeria Police Force to go after terrorists and armed herdsmen of Fulani extraction allegedly attacking, kidnapping, raping and killing Yoruba people in the South-West...
Tue, 11 May 2021 17:28:39 +0000IPOB, Eastern Security Network Operatives Killed 21 Police Officers In Akwa Ibom, Says Commissioner
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andrew, says the command has lost no fewer than 21 personnel, 9 vehicles, and 11 firearms in the series of attacks allegedly orchestrated by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in conjunc...
Tue, 11 May 2021 17:22:36 +0000BREAKING: Address Nigerians, Restructure Nigeria Now, Southern Governors Tell Buhari
Governors of states in Southern Nigeria have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency and importance address Nigerians on the bad state of insecurity across the nation and convoke a national dialogue.
After their meeting h...