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•Group confirms killing, says Imo governor will pay dearly •Troops decimate 21 terrorists in Yobe Tobi Soniyi and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja A tactical team of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army, and Department of State Services (DSS), in a joint operation early Saturday morning, stormed the operational headquarters of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the military wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Awomama, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, killing seve...

By Deji Elumoye Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has appealed to the federal government to increase the security presence as well as give the security agencies necessary logistics support towards addressing the security challenges facing the state. Uzodinma made this known Friday while fielding questions from newsmen after a meeting on Friday with President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. The governor said the appeal was coming on the heels of various attacks on police stations ...

Stop mass arrest of Igbo youths ― Ohanaeze warns Nigerian army On By Anayo Okoli OHANAEZE Ndigbo has raised alarm over the alleged massive arrest of Igbo youths by the Nigerian army and taken to unknown destinations. Ohanaeze said the mass arrest is going on in Ohaji and Oguta Communities of Imo State by military personnel believed to be from 34 Artillery Brigade, Owerri. The arrested youths were alleged to be members of Eastern Security Network, ESN, according to the apex Igbo group. Ohanae...

Vanguard News Insecurity: How EbubeAgu can succeed —Ndigbo On • Train, fund them well, work with ESN —Iwuanyanwu • Forward exco bill to Houses of Assembly for legal backing —former Abia deputy speaker • Personnel must not be owed —COSEYL • Proliferation of security outfit will not save Nigeria —Ohuabunwa • Create clear, organised structure and central control • Proper coordination key to its success—Ohaneze National VP By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, N...

EXCLUSIVE: Army Raids Imo Communities, Arrests Youths, Residents Over IPOB, ESN Membership Multiple sources told SaharaReporters that the military personnel, suspected to be led by the 34 Artillery Brigade, Owerri, since Sunday have been arresting male residents and youths, particularly in Oguta and Ohaji communities and clamping them into vans and taken to unknown destinations. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 20, 2021 The Nigerian Army has deployed its personnel to some Imo State communities ...

Kingsley Nwezeh delves into the growing list of regional security outfits in the Southern part of the country, the rationale behind their emergence and the implications for Nigeria’s corporate existence With the birth of the South-east Regional Security Outfit, Ebube Agu (the fearsome aura of a lion) by the South-east Governors’ Forum last week, the outfit joined the growing list of regional organisations, after their South-west counterparts launched Amotekun last year. The alternative secu...

BY DONS EZE We have been following with keen interest, but with cautious optimism, the recent decision by the governors of the South East Zone, after their one-day meeting in Owerri, Imo State, to establish a joint security outfit for the region, which is to be known as "Ebubeagu." While many people are hailing that decision, and saw the new security outfit as very necessary, and a timely response to the worsening security situation in the South East, others, however, are skeptical, insisting t...

DSS Planning To Sponsor Attacks On Banks In South East To Blackmail ESN, IPOB, Says Kanu The secessionist group also said it has a sole mandate of defending the territorial land and protecting its members in the Southeastern part of Nigeria by Saharareporters, New York Apr 15, 2021 The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has warned that Nigeria’s Department of State Services is scheming to sponsor criminals to rob banks in the South-East region. The group also alleged that the intended attac...

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IPOB’s Eastern Security Network Operatives Are Criminals Doing Evil In South-East— Ebonyi Governor, Umahi They commit a lot of crime and say they are IPOB, and later IPOB will come out and say we had no hand in this, we had no hand in that. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 14, 2021 Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi has described operatives of the Eastern Security Network established by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, as criminals. He disclosed this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Da...