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Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, met with members of his cabinet in Aba on Monday to deliberate on additional measures needed to ensure protection of lives and property in the state following recent attacks on police stations by yet to be identified hoodlums. Briefing newsmen after the meeting which was attended by the Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Ude Oko Chukwu, and other members of the state executive council, the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, stated that the state government was set to organize a security roundtable involving key stakeholders in the state to review the prevailing situation…

Security operatives have arrested a dismissed army lance corporal allegedly responsible for training and recruiting people into the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the outlawed pro-Biafra group, IPOB. According to PREMIUM TIMES, He was arrested a few days after a top commander of the group, Awurum Eze, was arrested in Aba, Abia State. The group is alleged to have been responsible for killings of security agents and destruction of public properties in the South-east and South-south zones. They have, however, denied the allegations. According to sources, the 32 years old dismissed soldier, whose name was given as…

Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia state,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has responded to reports circulating in the media that Senator representing Abia South Senatorial zone , Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe incited members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to attack his countryhome Igbere,  Abia State Opera news recently reported that a member of the IPOB,  Chukwuma Obidike revealed how Senator Abaribe reached out to some members of the IPOB, urging them to attack Senator Kalu's countryhome. The report quoted Abaribe to have stated that the attack would send a good  signal to other stakeholders from…

House of Representatives has refuted some media reports that the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila was opposed to the call of southern governors for restructuring. A statement by the spokesman of the House, Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Friday, instead, stated that the 9th House of Representatives was committed to reviewing the 1999 constitution. It will be recalled that the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan had alongside the Speaker granted interview to the State House Correspondents after observing the Eid prayers on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recalling the speaker’s exact words, Kalu’s statement emphatically stated that nothing in Gbajabiamila’s words spoke of…

The Presidency has clarified that Gimba Yau Kumo accused of $65 million fraud in the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and related offences Commission (ICPC) is no longer a son-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Friday night informed that the relationship between Kumo and the president’s daughter ended some years ago. “While at some point in time the said fugitive from justice had been linked to a family member in marriage, that relationship has ended some years ago,” Garba said. Reacting…

The alleged killer of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, has issued a public statement on the circumstances that led to the 26-year-old’s death. Akpan Uduak confessed to killing Umoren by using a stabilizer and pressing iron to hit her during an attempt to rape the deceased. Uduak disclosed this while being paraded at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday. The police were forced to parade the suspect following reports that there were efforts to bury the case. But speaking to the press during his parade, Uduak revealed how he lures his victim with reverse psychology and how…

By Sunny Idika "We are pleading with Governor Ben Ayade, Senator Stephen Odey, Hon. Legor Idagbo and other well meaning Nigerians to help us rescue our precious daughter and sister. When Queen Ogar last spoke to her mother, the brief phone call left her mum relieved that the kidnapped victim was alive but distraught because she could not pay the N5m ransom demanded. Abducted by gunmen on April 26 along the busy Abuja - Lokoja road. The captors, who called from Queen's phone, threatened to kill her if the N5m ransom was not paid. The ransom was reduced to N30m…

The North had been working silently for the possibility of Arewa Republic. Do you think it is a mistake that they are constructing railway to Niger Republic when we have not built railway from Ibadan to Kano, not even Abuja, and they said it is the first place we are going to spend our money? Former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, yesterday, said it is not only the South West and South East that are agitating for self-determination, alleging the northern part of the country is also preparing to leave. The elder statesman said while the South West and…

Members of the minority parties from the 19 northern states in the House of Representatives have thrown their weight behind the southern governors resolution banning open grazing and endorsing restructuring of the country. The position of the caucus was contained in a statement on Thursday in Abuja signed on its behalf by Hon Amos Gwamna (Kaduna), Rt Hon Solomon Maren (Plateau), Rt Hon Rimande Shawulu (Taraba), Rt Hon Mark Gbillah (Benue), Rt Hon Tajudeen Yusuf (Kogi) and Hon Usman Sokodabo (FCT). The lawmakers said the decision of the governors was apt and that the only solution to the worsening insecurity…