The Edo State Government has faulted claims that Governor Godwin Obaseki was behind the political violence that resulted in the bombing of residences of perceived political opponents within the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC). Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Paul ...
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Creation of Operation Shege Ka Fasa polarises Arewa youths as group seeks amnesty for bandits, kidnappers
Members of the Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACNYA) have cautioned some Arewa youths over their comments against the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Sa’ad and other Northern elders who recently criticised the inauguration of Operation Shege Ka ...
Read More »Benue Governor Ortom vows to prosecute masterminds of Tiv/Jukun crisis
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that those fomenting crisis in the state, no matter how highly placed, will be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom stated this at the Government House, Makurdi when he received report from the commission of ...
Read More »Benue governor Samuel Ortom vows to prosecute masterminds of Tiv/Jukun crisis
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that those fomenting crisis in the state, no matter how highly placed, will be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom stated this at the Government House, Makurdi, when he received report from the commission of ...
Read More »Delta leaders task governors on insecurity in region
Leaders of ethnic nationalities in Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State have urged governours of the South-South geopolitical zone to unite and form a security outfit to compliment the Police and other security agencies to tackle insecurity and protect ...
Read More »State CID arrests police officers over torture of Ikoku traders
The police officers who allegedly tortured Chima Ikwunado to death and injured four others have been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Lawyer to family of the late Chima, Princess Chinyere, disclosed this yesterday after a ...
Read More »Northern CAN urges governors to move against killings
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states has charged governors of the region to ensure that they put security measures in place to end what it described as “senseless killings” in that part of the country. ...
Read More »Lalong spits fire over Jos killings as Reps accuse FG of complacency, gov orders arrest of Fulani leaders
Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, yesterday spat fire over the recent killings in the state, declaring that he is not taking the matter lying low. He stated this during a stakeholders meeting at Little Rayfield, Government House, Jos following ...
Read More »Again, herdsmen kill 14, injure five persons in fresh attack on Plateau community
Herdsmen have again, killed 13 persons and injured five others in a fresh attack on Kwatas village, Bokkos district, Bokkos Council Area of Plateau State. The critically injured locals are said to be receiving treatment at the Bokkos General Hospital. ...
Read More »Urhobo Progress Union faults calls for Omo-Agege’s resignation
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has described calls for the resignation of Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, as reprehensible and a plot to further rape and deprive the Urhobo nation of its rightful place in the nation’s polity. In a ...
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