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The current deteriorating security in the country may not be unconnected to the incessant jailbreaks that have several times, given room to criminals to

The South Eastern part of the country is bleeding. The east has not recorded such killings since the civil war ended in 1970. Residents are picked from the comfort of their homes and killed by both known and unknown gunmen while scores of unidentified corpses are dumped daily in the mortuaries....The Advocate

A human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged that security agents have labelled and

  The Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused the Federal Government of sponsoring recent attacks on South-East MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, said this in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital. He said MASSOB’s intelligence showed that the attacks were perpetrated by “protected bandits” sponsored by the Federal Government. Madu added that the purpose was to create a situation that pro-Biafra agitators had become violen...

MASSOB accuses FG of sponsoring attacks on South-East Tony Okafor, Awka Published 12:46 am THE Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused the Federal Government of sponsoring recent attacks on South-East MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, said this in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital. He said MASSOB’s intelligence showed that the attacks were perpetrated by “protected bandits” sponsored by the Federal Government. Madu add...

Anarchy worsens in Imo, another Police station burnt On …3 vehicles burnt, no loss of arms, lives —Police …Use your arms to defend  yourselves, Uzodimma tells police officers …There’s no hiding place for IPOB members, says immediate past IGP, orders use of maximum force  …Hoodlums’re cowards, resist them, Osinbajo  advises Imolites …MASSOB accuses FG of being sponsor of attacks in S-East …One killed, 36 vehicles burnt, 68 detainees escaped —Imo CP …Attack, plot to dest...

Ohanaeze kicks as Buhari appoints Usman Alkali Baba as Acting IGP On By Kingsley Omonobi & Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Deputy Inspector-General, DIG, Usman Alkali Baba, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP. The announcement came on a day his immediate predecessor, Mohammed Adamu, was in Owerri, Imo State, to assess the extent of damage done by the gunmen who attacked Owerri Prisons and Imo State police command headquarters, freei...

Views: 147 The headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed that unknown gunmen on Monday attacked its facility in Owerri in Imo State leading to the escape of 1,844 inmates. This came as the Federal Government has a comprehensive investigation into the incident while directing security agencies to recapture the fleeing inmates. Public Relations Officer of the Service, Mr Francis Enobore, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the attackers stormed the facility at about 0...

Advertisement The attack was said to have happened in the early hours of Monday. There was said to have been heavy gunfire during the attack. Advertisement The number of inmates released from the facility is yet unknown. The police command and some vehicles parked in the vicinity were set ablaze by the gunmen. TheCable reached Ikeokwu Orlando, the police command spokesman, for comment on the incident, but he only said, ”I will get back to you”. Advertisement However, an official source said...

Views: Visits 50 The attack on inmates and releasing of inmates in prisons that was only limited to police stations and prisons in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Anambra and Abia States has now been extended to Imo State as armed men in the early hours of Monday, 1.00am to be precise, invaded Owerri Prisons, using dynamites and other heavy explosives to gain entrance and release some inmates in the prison. The hoodlums suspected to be members of the outlawed IPOB/ESN members also attacked the Police ...