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Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, says the government of Rivers state will pay N220 million to the families of 11 police officers killed during recent attacks on security operatives in the state. THE WHISPERER had reported how security operatives have come under attack in the state. Recently, unknown gunmen attacked checkpoints along the Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Ikwerre LGA of the state and killed some security agents, including police officers and operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service. The latest attack occurred on Friday, when two police stations and a checkpoint were attacked by gunmen, and seven persons — six police…

“Similarly, the threat of IPOB to attack soft targets in Lagos is equally being put on the radar of the command intelligence gathering and other security services in the state. Strategies are being put in place to neutralise their activities. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu says members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are plotting to attack soft targets in the state. Odumosu disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum on security chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday. He added that the command has also taken note of threats by agitators of Oodua Republic and other…

Operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police have arrested no fewer than seven newspaper vendors and distribution agents in Imo State for circulating news related to Indigenous People of Biafra and the Eastern Security Network. The police operatives swooped on them on Monday morning at their base located at Number 5 Rotibi Street, Douglas Road, Owerri, as the circulation of the day’s newspapers was ongoing. Other vendors and distribution agents who ran away, told journalists that the gun-wielding police operatives accused them of circulating newspaper publications that had stories on IPOB and ESN. According…

Gunmen attacked a vigilante office in Ozubulu, the headquaters of Ekwusigo Local Government of Anambra State and killed not fewer than three officers. Details later

Onitsha residents are currently in fear, as a truck fully loaded with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its content all around the street, in the commercial city of Anambra State. According to a report by Nigerian Tribune, the incident occurred on Sunday morning on Awka Road in the city as early worshipers made their way to churches. The incident attracted heavy security presence to the Awka Road area and Shoprite axis of the city. It was gathered that the truck, a Mercedes Benz 911 model was said to be moving the goods out of Onitsha…

Gunmen have attacked another police station in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, in less than 24 hours after the killing of five police officers and a wife to one of the officers in a similar attack in the state. A police officer, who did not want his name mentioned in the report because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, said the attack occurred on Sunday afternoon in a local police station in Abak Local Government Area of the state. No life was lost in the attack, the officer said. Some vehicles were set ablaze by the gunmen,…

The gunmen that have been troubling the Southeast and the South-South parts of the country struck again late on Friday and early yesterday, killing no fewer than 12 policemen in five attacks across Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. An unidentified woman and two of the gunmen were also shot dead during the multiple attacks. The Rivers State Police Command confirmed yesterday that nine persons, including seven of its personnel, died when the gunmen attacked two police stations and a security checkpoint in the state on Friday night. The gunmen first swooped on a police special security checkpoint close to Choba…

Not fewer than 15 people have died in a boat mishap in Tijana, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State while several others are still missing. The boat mishap occurred at about 6:00 pm on Saturday when the villagers were returning from a local market in Zumba, Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. The Sarkin Kasuwan (Head of the Market) of Zumba, Mallam Adamu Ahmed, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said the local boat was carrying over 60 people, including women and children when it capsized due to a heavy windstorm. Among the victims were some returnees…

BREAKING: Debris Of Chinese Rocket May Hit Abuja This Weekend There is a tiny chance that the debris from a Chinese rocket could hit Abuja this weekend. Citing experts and officials, NBC, an American news platform, said a piece of a rocket launched by China in late April is expected to re-enter earth’s atmosphere between late Saturday and early Sunday. “It’s 10-stories tall and twice as heavy as a school bus, and it’s set to crash back to Earth this weekend — but no one is quite sure where or when.” “The 98-foot-long, 20-ton section of China’s Long March 5B…

The Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abdul-Balogun, who was accused of sexual assault in January when he reportedly fondled the breasts of a 16-year-old girl, Barakat Melojuekun, has secretly resigned from office. The state Attorney-General, Akingbolahan Adeniran, confirmed the commissioner’s resignation to Premium Times, although the case had been put on hold since the embattled commissioner secretly resigned. Adeniran said, “He has resigned his appointment. He is no longer a state government official. The police have indeed sent the case file, including an affidavit from the victim that she is not willing to testify. “We cannot prove the offence…