Police Kill Several IPOB Members In An Attempted Attack On Imo Police State

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Kill Several IPOB Members In An Attempted Attack On Imo Police State

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 7, 2021

Several gunmen, suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have been reportedly killed in an encounter with the police in the Orlu area of Imo State. A police source confirmed to journalists that members of the proscribed group were on their way to attack the Orlu Police Station. The gunmen were, however, ambushed and killed on Thursday, in a joint counter-attack by the military and police operatives. The security sources...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Abduct Unknown Number Of Students In Abia State University

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 7, 2021

Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted scores of the students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) on Thursday, the state government confirmed. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Information, John Kalu, who said the students were abducted along the Okigwe-Uturu road in the state. “Preliminary information available to us indicates that the students were moving in a mini-van from Okigwe to Uturu between 7pm – 8pm when they ran...

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Buhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

CorruptionNewsNigeriaBuhari Suspends MD Nigerian Ports Authority As Amaechi Set Up Panel Of Inquiry

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, to step aside from her role. The suspension of Usman came as the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Rotimi Amaechi, set up an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the management of the NPA. Mrs. Usman is to be replaced by Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, who is an Executive Director at the NPA, for the duration of the investigation. This...

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Adamawa State Government To Liquidate Its Share With N150m

EconomyNewsNigeriaAdamawa State Government To Liquidate Its Share With N150m

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2021

YOLA — The Adamawa state Executive Council has approved the one hundred and fifty million naira (N150m) representing thirty percent (30%) to liquidate its share of an outstanding indebtedness incurred by the previous administrations. Dr. Umar Garba Pella, Commissioner of Information and Strategy disclosed this while briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting explained that the council deliberated extensively on the direction of the state where approvals were made. “The present administration inherited nonperforming debt on...

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Severe Flooding May Affects 28 States In Nigeria This Year

EnvironmentNewsNigeriaSevere Flooding May Affects 28 States In Nigeria This Year

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2021

ABUJA — Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu says severe flooding will affect at least 28 states this year based on the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook shows. The states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara. Adamu made the disclosure on Thursday at the public presentation of the 2021 Annual...

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World Health Organization Takes Campaign On Hand Washing To IDP Camps

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaVaccinationWorld Health Organization Takes Campaign On Hand Washing To IDP Camps

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2021

In its effort to prevent infections and disease outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has embarked on a house-to-house mobilization of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps across Borno on hand washing. Dr. Isaac Boateng, the WHO Health Operation Manager for Emergency Response in North-East, made this known to newsmen at a camp in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Boateng said the measure by WHO Community Health Champions and other partners was to commemorate the 2021 World...

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OPINION: Nigeria: Anxiety Over Deteriorating Security Morphing Into Panic

National SecurityNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Nigeria: Anxiety Over Deteriorating Security Morphing Into Panic

PilotnewsMay 7, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   Some Nigerian movers and shakers appear to be panicking over the continued deterioration of security nationwide. Longtime political heavyweight Bukola Saraki—former governor of Kwara State, former president of the senate, and former chairman of the National Assembly—and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to seek outside assistance. Senior Advocate of Nigeria Robert Clarke at a Sunday, May 2 Channels Television news show questioned whether Nigeria would survive another six months...

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NUJ, Adamawa State Council Declares Fasting, Prayers for the Release of its Member

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNUJ, Adamawa State Council Declares Fasting, Prayers for the Release of its Member

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2021

The leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Adamawa State has declared fasting and prayers to seek God’s intervention for the release of its member, Mrs. Amrah Ahmed Diska. Mrs. Amrah, who is a News Editor with Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola, is also a nursing mother who was kidnapped on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. It was gathered that abductors of the female editor have established contact with her family and have demanded huge...

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Update: Enugu Catholic Diocese Behind My Disappearance Ordeal, Fr. Mbaka Reveals

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRegionsUpdate: Enugu Catholic Diocese Behind My Disappearance Ordeal, Fr. Mbaka Reveals

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 7, 2021

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has expressed gratitude to his followers for the peaceful protest staged against his suspicious disappearance. Addressing the mammoth crowd of protesters shortly after his release, Mbaka revealed that he had been kept incommunicado for a day, insisting that he has no problem whatsoever with the church. “Since yesterday (Tuesday) I’ve not been around; I don’t know what I did. If not what you...

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Insecurity: Lawan Pledges Support to Service Chiefs

National SecurityNewsNigeriaInsecurity: Lawan Pledges Support to Service Chiefs

Beloved John (Staff Writer)May 7, 2021

The senate president, Ahmad Lawan has promised the service chiefs to promote the fight against insecurity by providing the necessary resources needed to protect the lives and property of citizens. Lawan applauded the efforts of the service chiefs and heads of security agencies to combat the security challenges in the country. The Service chiefs had appeared before the Senate on Thursday to brief the upper chamber on the steps taken to address Nigeria’s security situation....

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