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Crime & Security News Nigeria4 Kidnapped Victims Rescued In Enugu by Joint Effort of Police, Neighborhood Watch

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

Police Operatives serving in Iwollo Division of the Enugu State Police Command collaborating with Neighborhood Watch personnel and Forest Guards on Saturday rescued 4 kidnapped persons in the state. The victims, 3 males and 1 female were kidnapped along 9th-Mile/Eke/Akama-Oghe Road, on Friday the 23rd of December, 2022 at about 8pm. According to the Enugu State Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, they were rescued at about 10am on Saturday 24th December, 2022 in...

Crime & Security News NigeriaIGP Baba Promises Protective Gears And More To Enugu Police Operatives

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 27, 2022

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has promised to equip the Police Command in Enugu State effectively in the fight against insecurity in the state. Responding to the requests of the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for bulletproof vests, helmets, Armored Personnel Carriers and other protective equipment to help Police operatives in the state to confront and contain unrepentant criminal elements, IGP Baba promised to make available the equipment immediately after the Christmas...

Crime & Security News NigeriaENHA Moves Motion Of Urgent Public Importance On Insecurity, Check Points At Boundaries in Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 15, 2022

To curb the rising insecurity in the state, the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday moved a motion that permanent checkpoints be established at identified black spots and boundary locations in boundary communities across the state. Mr. Jeff Mbah, member representing Oji-River State Constituency and Chairman House Committee on Information while moving the motion said this has become imperative because delay or inaction will help the criminals gain more grounds or overrun some of...

News Nigeria PoliticsChorale Competition in Enugu to Boost Youth Participation in Democracy

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2022

In a bid to mobilize and encourage youth’s participation in the democratic process in Enugu state and Nigeria at large, the Enugu Literary society, ELS, in collaboration with the West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy, WABMA, hosted a Chorale competition for youth choirs drawn from the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State. Speaking at the Grand Finale of the Chorale competition, Mr. Ken Ike Okere, a co-founder ELS, and WABMA consultant reveal that the...

Law & Justice News Nigeria PoliticsEnugu Residents Defy “Sit at Home” Despite a Two-Day Attack

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 11, 2022

The normalcy witnessed in Coal City, Enugu on the first day of Simon Ekpa’s sit-@-home order in Enugu encouraged residents to go about their daily activities without fear on the second day. Sadly, tragedy struck in the early hours of Saturday as 2 persons were murdered and a police van burnt in the New Market area in Enugu North Local Government Area; also there were heavy shootings at strategic areas in the Coal city to...

News Nigeria RegionsEha Amufu Crisis: Truck Burnt, Persons Killed At Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo LGA, Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 10, 2022

The Joint Security Team set up to combat the nefarious activities of suspected herders in Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, Nigeria has confirmed the killing of persons and burning of goods and truck conveying those persons at Umuhu in Eha-Amufu community of the Local Government Area, along Eha-Amufu/Nkalagu Road, Enugu State; the number of deceased persons unspecified. Visiting the scene of the attack, the team confirmed that the burnt truck was conveying goods...

Crime & Security News Nigeria22 Years Old Male Suspect Arrested for Murder of Lover In Enugu Remanded in Custody

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 10, 2022

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 22 years old male suspect, Mr. Osuagwu Chidubem at Nekede Owerri in Imo state for the murder of his 32 years old lover, Amarachi Chukwu. Osuagwu was arrested while attempting to sell the Toyota Corolla car belonging to his deceased lover which he made away with after murdering the lady on the 1st of November, 2022 in her residence at Meniru Awkunanaw in Enugu state. The suspect...

Award & Recognition Local Government Regions TourismEnugu State Govt. Immortalize Zik of Africa, Inaugurates Nnamdi Azikiwe Centre

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2022

The Enugu State Government has renovated the old premier lodge, the former residence of the great Zik of Africa, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, and furnished it with personal effects of the legend; the Nnamdi Azikiwe Centre. Inaugurating the Centre on Friday, Governor Ugwuanyi disclosed that the multi-purpose monument was developed by his administration to immortalize, propagate and perpetuate the leadership ethos, patriotic ideals, and scholarly insights of the legend, the Nigerian statesman, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. In...

Crime & Security News Nigeria RegionsEha-Amufu Crisis: Desperate Measure to Safeguard Life Turned Awry As Man Drops Dead

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2022

The persistent crisis between herders and farmers in Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government of Nigeria has led to loss of lives, properties and destruction of farmlands and farm produce which is the major source of livelihood of indigenes of the community. Fears of attack has not only crippled farming in the community but left several women widows and children fatherless; the fear is palpable and understandably so. Government interventions seem to suspend the evil...

National Security NewsAIG Yaro Visits Ugwuanyi, Commends State Community Policing Outfit

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)November 30, 2022

Commending the community policing employed in Enugu State, the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 13, AIG Abutu Yaro, on Wednesday expressed hope that the recurrent crisis between herders and farmers in the state will minimalize in years to come. AIG Yaro said this at the Government House Enugu when he and his team paid a courtesy visit to the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. “The issue of farmers/herders clash...

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