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Governor Dave Umahi narrowly escapes death as unknown gunmen trail him to Ebonyi Airport site The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, on Tuesday reportedly escaped death when unknown gunmen stormed the site of the proposed Ebonyi International Airport after allegedly getting information that he might be visiting the place to inspect the level of work there, the News Express reports. According to News Express, the gunmen stormed the airport site at about 3:30 p.m. but missed their target as the Governor failed to turn up. A highly placed source at the Ebonyi State Government House told News Express…

Bandits Attack Popular PDP Senator In Kogi, Injure Three Police Officers Bandits on Monday opened fire on a convoy of Senator Clifford Ordia (APC-Edo Central), injuring three police officers. The lawmaker who was returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo was attacked along the Okene-Lokoja road in Kogi State. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Ordia said the gunmen rained bullets on his convoy. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator called on the federal government to take urgent measures to secure lives and property across the country. “I’m seriously traumatised by the experience,” Senator Ordia said. “We were…

“I pray that Nigeria will never know conflict, but I know that every conflict is as a result of elite failure to speak up the truth and tell the truth to their communities." Following series of killings and violence across the nation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress Anambra governorship aspirants organized by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja. “The thing about the kind of conflict in this part of the world, developing…

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has named the Imo State Government House at Douglas road, Owerri, after Ikonso, the commander of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) allegedly killed by security agencies. The group which announced this in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Douglas Road Owerri and Awomamma Junction would also be named after the late Commander. It explained the decision which was with immediate effect, was one of the ways its members and Biafrans globally wished to immortalise the fallen leader and his men. The statement reads: “We the global family of…

Gunmen suspected to be assassins have invaded a Fulani settlement and shot dead a 30-year-old man, Abdulmumin Jagaba, near Sabon-Gari village in Kwali Area Council in the FCT. A resident of the community said the incident happened around 11 pm on Monday, when the gunmen invaded the settlement and opened fire on the deceased. He said the assassins shot Jagaba on the forehead and fled immediately. He added that members of the vigilante in Gada-Biyu were alerted and they mobilised to the scene but the assailants had already left. The gunmen came, shot the young man and left without taking…

Stop Deceiving Edo Indigenes, the Judiciary in Edo State is not financially Autonomous - Chief Patrick Eholor tells Governor Godwin Obaseki The President of the One Love Foundation and Human Rights Activist-Chief Patrick Eholor has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to come out clean and tell Edo People the truth on Financial Autonomy for the Judiciary as the fact on ground does not conform with the Governors false assertion that the Judiciary in Edo State is financially autonomous. In a Statement in Benin City, in the morning of Tuesday the 29th of April, 2021, Chief Eholor stated thus…

President Buhari Spearheading  Fulani Plan To Take Over Nigeria, Says Governor Ortom “What is happening now, to me, is very clear; Mr President is just working for these Fulanis to take over the whole country.” Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of spearheading an alleged plot of the Fulani ethnic group to take over Nigeria. Mr Ortom’s allegation come on the heels of agitations against Mr Buhari’s glaring nepotism and favouritism towards his ethnic base. The Benue governor, who made the allegation while reacting to the recent killing of residents of Benue community by alleged herdsmen…

52 Northern Groups Ask UN, Others To Back Biafra Agitation According to the group, Northern Nigeria has never experienced the present level of exposure to criminals and bandits under the régime of Buhari. A coalition of 52 northern groups on Monday called on the global community to intervene in persuading the Nigerian government and United Nations to facilitate the final actualisation of the Biafran dream by the Igbo. While describing as empty and of no effect “threats and promises” by President Muhammadu Buhari, the CNG said “between December 2020 and April 2021, over 970 students were abducted from their schools…

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has imposed a night curfew at all the borders Rivers shares with Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Imo States following recent attacks and killings of security operatives by gunmen. Wike, in state broadcast on Tuesday, said the curfew would take effect from Wednesday by 8pm. He said it was necessitated by the recent security breaches and deadly attacks on security personnel by yet to be identified gunmen. The Governor said: “The Government of Rivers State has decided to restrict night movements into and out of the State from the land borders of the State. “Consequently, a…

Remi Tinubu, senator representing Lagos central, on Tuesday, tackled Smart Adeyemi, her All Progressives Congress (APC) colleague from Kogi west, over the latter’s comment on Nigeria’s security challenges. In recent weeks, the country has witnessed a spike in criminal activities, from Boko Haram insurgency to banditry and kidnapping. Sani Bello, Niger governor, said on Monday that Boko Haram has hoisted its flag in a Shiroro LGA of the state. Contributing to a motion on the situation, Adeyemi said the country is facing the worst instability since the civil war. “This is the worst instability we are facing. In fact this…