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Nigerian police launch operation in southeast to quell violence it blames on separatists Reuters 4 hrs ago By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Police launched an operation on Tuesday in southeast Nigeria to put a stop to rising violence and crime there, including a spate of attacks on police which have triggered fears of a return to war and state-sanctioned violence. Armed gangs have carried out a series of killings of police officers in the region in recent months and mounted a jailbreak of more than 1,800 prisoners in the city of Owerri in April. Nigerian authorities blame a banned...

Naija247news is an investigative news platform that tracks news on Nigerian Economy, Business, Politics, Financial and Africa and Global Economy. Police launched an operation on Tuesday in southeast Nigeria to put a stop to rising violence and crime there, including a spate of attacks on police which have triggered fears of a return to war and state-sanctioned violence. Armed gangs have carried out a series of killings of police officers in the region in recent months and mounted a jailbreak of more than 1,800 prisoners in the city of Owerri in April. Nigerian authorities blame a banned separ...

There Is A Terror Group Now In Lagos, Nnamdi Kanu Says The IPOB leader also said the Miyetti Allah in Ebonyi State was functioning as a terror group for years until the Eastern Security Network (ESN) single-handedly drove them out of the state. by Saharareporters, New York May 17, 2021 Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu says there is an organised terror group in Lagos State.   The IPOB leader also said the Miyetti Allah in Ebonyi State was functioning as a terror group for years until the Eastern Security Network (ESN) single-handedly drove them out of the state. Nnamdi ...

Views: Visits 31 Weeks after the killing of Ikonso, a commander of the Eastern Security Network – the security outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – security operatives have arrested his second-in-command, Awurum Eze. This revelation was made known by the Nigerian Army via a statement issued on Wednesday night and signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima. The statement titled, “Security Forces Arrest Another IPOB/ESN Terrorists’ Henchman” revealed Awurum Eze was arrested in his hideout in Aba, Abia State. Yerima said 48...

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu  has berated the Nigerian Army for claiming to have arrested a deputy commander of his Eastern Security Network. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, had on May 12, 2021, announced that the force arrested one Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano LGA, Imo State. Yerima described the 48-year-old suspect as the second in command to ESN leader, Ikonso, who was recently neutralised by the army. In a statement, he said Eze “had on the 4th of May 2021 escaped when ...