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Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that residents of the State are free to stay at home on Monday, 31st May in honour of their loved ones killed during the civil War. The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nwaze made this known during a press conference in Abakaliki on Sunday. Recall that Umahi had threatened to seal shops of individuals that did not open their shops on Monday. According to him, "any person that did not open his shop on Monday should forfeit the shop to the State Government". Meanwhile, his Special Assistant on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Ahmed Gulak, former Special Adviser Political to former President Goodluck Jonathan. President Buhari’s reaction was contained in a statement released by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity. The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri, Imo State by yet to be identified gunmen.” “Reacting to the development on Sunday, the President said: “I’m repulsed by such premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by evil people who are determined…

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has called on Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, to immediately bring the killer(s) of the ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmad Gulak, to justice. The youths threatened to declare Governor Uzodinma persona non grata in the entire northern soil. A statement from its National President, Isah Abubakar, noted, “It’s so pathetic and saddened the continuous killing and lawlessness going on in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. The government of Imo State must give an account of those who killed Gulak.The continuous killing of Northern and destruction of security facilities in…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the death of Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, described Gulak’s death as a “professional assassination.” He insisted that members of the group were not responsible for Gulak’s death. Powerful described the claims by the Nigeria Intelligence community accusing the group of assassinating Gulak as unprofessional. He, however, charged the state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to disclose how Gulak died. According to Powerful: “The Nigeria intelligence community has shown how unprofessional they are, today is not sit-at-home. “People are going to church and this…

A member of the Nasarawa Assembly representing Nasarawa Central State Constituency, Hon Ismai Danbaba, has been kidnapped. Danbaba was kidnapped on Saturday evening while traveling to Jos, Plateau state for an official function. Chairman , Nasarawa Assembly Committee on Information, Hon Mohammed Omadefu confirmed the development to The Nation. He said the incident took place at the forest in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state. He explained the kidnapped legislator had passed Andaha in Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State heading to the forest area in Sanga local government area of Kaduna when the kidnappers ambushed and whisked…

Former presidential aide Ahmed Gulak has been killed in Owerri, Imo state He was reportedly ambushed and shot early hours of Sunday morning enroute the Sam Mbakwe airport after concluding a visit to the state Sources who preferred not to be named said he was scheduled to board the 8:30am flight to Abuja when the incident happened Gulak was a special adviser on political matters to president Goodluck Jonathan prior to his defection to the All Progressives Congress APC in 2014 He was also the chairman of the Imo state APC governorship primary in which Hope Uzodinma emerged the party’s…

The northern region has commenced the process of ending open grazing and turning cattle rearing into a purely economic venture for the benefit of herders and the region’s economy. Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, on Saturday, made the disclosure during the 7th Annual Lecture of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Kaduna. He noted that governors in the region had since February 2021 agreed that open grazing is unsustainable and initiated measures to end it. Governors in the southern states met in Asaba penultimate week to pronounce a region-wide ban on nomadic pastoralism following ceaseless incidents of criminalities traced…

Pandemonium broke out on Saturday at Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when some Yoruba nation agitators stormed the area and forcefully opened its land border. They were, however, swiftly repelled by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service who were manning the border town between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. The land border had been closed by the Federal Government since 2019 when it directed that all forms of importation be done through the seaports. A video circulated on social media showed a gun being snatched away from an Immigration officer. In the 19-minute-and-23 -second video clip,…

The Abia state headquarters of Nigeria Immigration Services is reportedly under attack by yet-to- be identified armed men. The incident which occured Saturday evening threw the state capital into pandemonium as residents scampered for safety heavy exchange of fire between police and the assailants. Columns of thick smoke emanating from the facility located along Uzuakoli Road Umuahia could be sighted from different locations of the city. The casualty figure is not yet clear but a police source told our Correspondent that one tricycle operator was hit by stray bullet. Reports say heavy gunfire was coming from the location of the…

The State CID located at Umuagu, Umuahia in Abia State has just been attacked by unknown gunmen. Eye witness account says, the men who were totally naked, came with a bus, blocked the Umuagu road and opened fire on the building. Watch video below: