Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has rejected the transfer of the state from the Nigeria Police Force Zone 9 Division, Umuahia, Abia to the newly-created Zone 13, Dunukofia, Anambra. Umahi spoke on Thursday in Abakaliki while inaugurating the Ebonyi Policing Advisory Committee and the Ebonyi Community Policing Committee. The governor said that he disagreed with the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 13 on the issue, insisting that Ebonyi could not belong...

Igbo Youth Assembly (IYA) worldwide, a socio-cultural youth organisation, has called on various pro-Biafra groups to stop secession agitation and channel their energies towards promoting national cohesion. IYA gave the advice in a statement jointly signed by its President-General, Mr Ifeanyi Nwaudunna and Secretary-General, Mr Casmir Irekamba, in Owerri on Thursday. Nwaudunna said that Nigeria was better when it remainEd one indivisible entity, adding that disintegration may make the country lose its economic diversity, political, military and numerical strength. He...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday inaugurated a mosque, classroom and borehole in Kishi, Oyo State. The Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Fahad Al-Taffaq, said that the UAE recognises the challenges of accessing potable water, especially in rural communities in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ambassador was represented by Mr Khalifa Al-Mehrizi, the Charge D’Affairs of the UAE’s embassy in Abuja, at the inauguration via virtual streaming. The projects...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it would deploy no fewer than 20,000 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the forthcoming Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 19. Prof. Bolade Eyinla, the Technical Advisor to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists in Edo organised by the International Press Council (IPC) on the role of journalists in the Edo election. Eyinla said the recruitment of the...