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Again, INEC office in Enugu set ablaze Raphael Ede, Enugu Published 24 May 2021 Hoodlums have razed the Igboeze South Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State. This came barely a week after the INEC State Headquarters was attacked and vehicles and other valuables torched. The PUNCH gathered the hoodlums arrived at the INEC office located in Ibeagwa Aka at about 10.45pm Sunday night and set the office on fire. Community sources told our corres...

Published 24 May 2021 A pro-Biafra group, Biafra National Guard, on Monday, warned the governors of the South-East to release all pro-Biafra agitators detained in various correctional facilities whose only offence was holding Biafra insignia. The group demands their release before May 31, 2021, warning that there will be no election in Anambra State if the demand is not met. BNG noted that their members are held in various prisons across the South-East, especially in Onitsha and Awka Correction...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu Published 22 May 2021 The Enugu State Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested three criminal suspects for armed robbery and car snatching. A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspects, who were arrested with the collaboration of the Neighbourhood Watch Group in different parts of the state had confessed to the crimes. Ndukwe said that two vehicles, three firearms, one live cartridge, two daggers,...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: Fayemi, Wike, Umahi and Okowa and Makinde during the Southern governors meeting on insecurity on Tuesday, May 11 Southern governors’ resolutions at their meeting on Tuesday generated more nationwide reactions on Wednesday. The northern sociopolitical group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, told The PUNCH that some of those advocating restructuring were bent on the disintegration of the country. The group, however, supported the decision of the ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Samson Folarin, Peter Dada, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and Matthew Ochei Published 12 May 2021 Published 12 May 2021 GOVERNORS in the 17 states of southern Nigeria on Tuesday demanded that the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd), should address the country on mounting security challenges and restore the confidence of the people. The governors, who held a four-hour meeting in Asaba, Delta State, chaired by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, r...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu, Godwin Isenyo, Raphael Ede,  Dennis Naku and James Abraham Published 5 May 2021 Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu, Godwin Isenyo, Raphael Ede,  Dennis Naku and James Abraham Published 5 May 2021 The Peoples Democratic Party, the Arewa Consultative Forum, the Pan- Niger Delta Forum and the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, on Tuesday took a swipe at the Presidency over an allegation that some leaders were plotting to overthrow th...

A source, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said the journalists were detained for two hours by Mbaka's supporters on Wednesday.

Cross River, Nasarawa, Bauchi plan anti-corruption agencies after Lagos Published 1 May 2021 Some state governments, including Cross River, Bauchi, and Nasarawa are also planning to establish their own anti-corruption agencies, taking a cue from Lagos State which about two weeks ago signed a new law mandating anti-graft agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to hand over corruption cases to the state government. However, Ekiti, Kogi, Enugu and Imo states rejected the idea of...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede Raphael Ede Published 28 April 2021 THE Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Tuesday said the appointment of Dr Isa Pantami as the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy by the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), was a continuation of the “Fulanistic agenda of islamizing the country by all means, including electronic digitization and communication.” MASSOB described Pantami as a Fulani terrorist apolo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Raphael Ede, Enugu Raphael Ede, Enugu Published 26 April 2021 The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three policemen, who were said to have lost their AK-47 rifles to gunmen in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state. Sources told our correspondent on Sunday that the policemen were attached to expatriates working at Ada Rice in the Adani community when gunmen invaded the farm and disarmed them, took away their rifles with fully loaded magazines. The sou...