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• IPOB Turning To Insurgency A state of Peace (SOP) Report carried out by Peace Pro Nigeria has affirmed that peace and security are under threat in all 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   The Report identified threat to peace and security to include communal clashes, land grabbing, humanitarian/ environmental/political and social crisis, banditry, insurgency, conspiracy, killings, lootings, and other forms of criminality.   The Executive Director, Peace Pro, ...

AS flames of violence and other forms of lives guzzling insecurity flicker in many parts of the country, Nigeria has literally become a killing field.

EEDC decries high vandalism in South-East, convicts 2 On Kindly Share This Story: The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has decried the high vandalism of electrical installations and wiring in the South-East. The Head, Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Enugu. Ezeh noted that the company had launched its whistle-blowing lines to check the rising incidents of vandalism in the South-East. “Residents are...

Two Sentenced To 4 Years Imprisonment For Vandalizing EEDC Property   Anambra Magistrate Court presiding in Otuocha has sentenced two persons to four years imprisonment over vandalising and stealing property owned by Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC). The culprits of Edozieuno Ikemefuna and Chinedu Agbata Nwabueze, both 28years were convicted after pleading guilty to the charge. They were both ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Tony Okafor, Awka the Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday scolded the state governor, Willie Obiano, for imposing COVID-19 curfew on the state from the United States of America. Obiano, who is in Huston, USA, had on Friday through a public announcement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwuwlobe, imposed a 9pm to 6am curfew on the state over increasing cases of COVID-19. The governor also threatened to shut down markets ...

By Vincent Ujumadu THE Anambra State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday gave knocks to the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano, saying it was unfair for him to travel out of the state only to impose curfew on the people from the United States of America, USA. But the state government described APC’s statement as misplaced, adding that the governor was away on a business trip beneficial to Anambra State. Obiano had on Thursday last week, through the Secretary to the State Govern...

The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland. However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland. According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabi...

People who spoke to Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.   South-West Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria. In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such c...

Daily Post Nigeria Published A businessman operating a Point of Sales (POS) business and also a Poultry Farmer in Mkpani in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State has been shot dead. An eyewitness who gave his name as Thomas Agim said the deceased was shot dead about 11pm when he was coming back from work and within his compound. “We just discovered that somebody was shot dead. We have reported to the Police and they are investigating the matter, no rival attack for now’ he state...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that any National Identification Card or National Identity Number (NIN) issued in Kwara State before 2012 is not valid. The NIMC acting Coordinator in the state, Mr Paul Popoola, who stated this at the University of Ilorin, said NIN registration in the early 2000s had been rendered unacceptable by the law that created the commission. Popoola while calling on Nigerians who are yet to obtain the card to ...