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…urges Enugu Governor, army, others to remove soldiers from Enugu-Ezike A Civil Society Organization (CSO) and political advocacy group, the IGN SPEAKERS (hereinafter referred to as THE SPEAKERS for short) has appealed to Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major-General Umar Musa, and other relevant political stakeholders, to ...

Raymond Ozoji,  Awka The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria Anambra state chapter (IPAC) has accused the APC candidate for November 6 governorship election, Sen. Andy Uba, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Army, the Police and the Directorate of State Security (DSS) of a grand plan to falsify the results of the forthcoming gubernatorial election. IPAC at a news ...

•Governor Hosts Chief of Army Staff, Top Military Personnel Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on service personnel in Lagos military commands to be fully committed to their constitutional responsibilities of keeping the peace and strengthening security in the State. The Governor pledged the State Government would not waive its mandate to provide logistics support to all ...

Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Biafra De-Factor Customary Government, yesterday, said they would not be cowed by military’s clampdown threats. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, had said at the first Commanding Officers’ Workshop 2021 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on Tuesday, that military would go after agitators like Nnami Kanu, Sunday Igboho and Dokubo if they did ...

Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has said he will not be intimidated by the fresh attempt by the police, the army and the Department of State Services to arrest him, saying any effort to arrest him on Yorubaland will fail. Igboho said this during an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, while reacting to the face-off between him ...

The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY) has announced the release on Monday, 15th Feb 2021 of 63 arrested Oyigbo residents – all males. According to the group, “They were abducted by the Nigerian Army at Obigbo in Rivers State and held incommunicado for four months or since Oct 2020 in Mogadishu Barracks and other security ...

Over 45 senior officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force have put in their retirement letters from service, following the appointment of their juniors and course mates as service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari, Daily Sun gathered. Most of the officers, who have put in their retirement letters, are said to be in the ranks of Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals ...

Residents of Orlu in Imo State, yesterday, lamented the huge losses they suffered from the clash between the army and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which left many houses burnt and some lives lost. Though the police had deployed more operatives to the area to restore order, most indigenes complained that they had to sleep in the bush yesterday for ...

Traditional Rulers in Ketu communities of Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State have petitioned the Nigerian Army over alleged connivance of its officers with herdsmen to harass villagers in the state. The traditional rulers are the Oniggua of Iggualand, Oba Micheal Dosumu; the Eselu of Iseluland, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi; and the Alademeso of Igan Alade, Oba Gabriel Olalowo. ...

Security situation worrisome, Kaigama Controversy, yesterday, dogged the reported fresh abduction in Katsina State as the military and the police gave contradictory account of the number of persons rescued and how the operations were undertaken. While the police authorities pegged the number at 84, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said 39. Both, however, agreed that the incident took place in Mahuta village, ...