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 There are 6 million illegal ammunitions circulating in Nigeria, a former head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed.    The insecurity in the country has also claimed as many as 80,000 lives and nearly three million Nigerians displaced internally, Abubakar said.   “The proliferation of all calibres of weapons not only in our sub-region […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria, which groups Christians in the country has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for his penchant for blaming the leaders before him, describing him as incompetent.   “We put you there to secure the nation; we didn’t put you there to be complaining about bad leaders, the President of the association, Samson […]

Unidentified gunmen have bombed the Ehime Mbano police station and released suspects held at the facility. This is the second attack on police facilities in the state, following the attack on Imo State Police Command headquarters and the Correctional Service earlier on Tuesday. The gunmen were also said to have attacked suspected killer herdsmen who […]

The Ogun State government has accused the administration of a former governor, Ibikunle Amosun, of allegedly hiding N50 billion domestic debt. The government said it has just unearthed the said debt through its diligence.  “We only got to know about this amount in the course of our carrying out due diligence on Ogun State finances […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not eligible under the Nigerian Constitution to contest for President of the country. This was declared on Tuesday by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, who argued that Atiku, having not been born a Nigerian or by Nigerian parents, and having not met […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Usman Alkali Baba, Deputy Inspector-General, as Acting Inspector-General of Police. Maigari Dingyadi, the Minister of Police Affairs, announced this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. The appointment takes immediate effect, Dingyadi said. Buhari on February 4, 2021, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as […]

The Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, ordered security operatives to embark on a brutal war against members of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB. Adamu gave the orders as he arrived at the burnt Imo Police Command headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Service on Tuesday in the Imo State capital. The two facilities […]

The gale of strike actions in Nigeria widened on Tuesday as two workers’ unions commenced indefinite, nationwide suspension of work.  Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Tuesday began an indefinite strike, after the expiration of an ultimatum they issued in March. The teachers said they are protesting against the government’s failure to […]

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has declared that no Nigerian deserves to be in prison in the country if killer herdsmen, Boko Haram insurgents get arrested, are freed, and rehabilitated by the government. Kanu made the declaration in a tweet on Monday.   “If Miyetti Allah terror herdsmen & other murderous […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a leading religious leader, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have asked the government to set up special courts to try recalcitrant kidnappers and bandits. The government should, however, “settle, rehabilitate, and empower” bandits who are willing to surrender, they further recommended. Obasanjo and Gumi declared these suggestions in a communique they jointly […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dissociated itself from the early Monday attacks on Imo Police Headquarters and Prisons in Owerri, the state capital. In the well-coordinated, commando-like operations the attackers set free about 2,000 prisoners and proceeded to the State Police Command Headquarters where they set free about 600 suspects being held in […]

A distraught governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has stated in clear terms that there would be  dire consequences should herdsmen carry further attacks in the state.   Umahi, who could not hide his feelings, spoke when Vice President Yemi Osinbajo paid an assessment visit to the four communities attacked by the herdsmen last week. […]