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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 correspondent on Monday that the Hoodlums succeeded in burning one of the rooms in the office before the a...

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 Correctional Centres, adding that dozens of them have been there for over 15 years without trial. They threate...

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, one mobile phone, and other incriminating items were recovered from the suspects. He said, “On 17...

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 governors to ban open grazing of cattle. But the Southern Senators and members of the House of Repre...

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, resolved to ban open grazing in their domains. The group, in a 12-point resolution, urged Buhari to c...