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Soludo Fumes As Gunmen Kill Soldiers In Umunze, Anambra

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has strongly condemned the killing of soldiers who were ambushed on a routine patrol at Umunze by yet to be identified gunmen in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. “We condemn this wicked and cruel attack in the strongest terms. The perpetrators of this act must pay. We are not ...

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Christmas: South-East, South-South Travellers Recount Ordeal

South East travellers coming home to celebrate the festive season with families and friends have had to lament about their traffic ordeal at the River Niger Bridge Head, and its “mother of all sufferings” counterpart at the Ihiala military checkpoint. Both traffic chokepoints have now become something of a nightmare to travellers heading for the South East from the western part ...

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Tension, Fear In South-East, South-South Over Military Clampdown

There is palpable tension and fear in South-East and South-South states following plans by the Federal Government to deploy more military assets, including troops, intelligence personnel and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the areas. Already, a clampdown is ongoing, targeted at pro-Biafra groups there including newspaper distributors and vendors selling published materials on Biafra. The two regions, ...

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How Trigger-Happy Soldiers Killed Businessman In Owerri

Five days after allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Imo State University, Divine Nwaneri, in front of the state Government House, soldiers have allegedly shot and killed a businessman, Noel Chigbu. The victim’s elder brother and spokesman for the family, Tobechi Chigbu, told PUNCH Metro on Monday that the military men at the Amakohia flyover in Owerri killed Noel around 10pm ...

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Gunmen Kill 8 Security Operatives In Rivers

Eight security operatives were reportedly gunned down by unknown armed men, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday night, along the Omagwa/Isiokpo/Elele Owerri road, in the area. Daily Sun gathered that among the security personnel were three soldiers, three from Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and two from the Nigeria Police Force. According to the information gathered, the perpetrators, numbering over ...

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Asari-Dokubo, IPOB Dare Army, Say Biafra Has Come To Stay

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 ...

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Tension As Soldiers Gun Down 11 Gunmen In Aba

No fewer than 11 suspected men of the underworld were feared dead when soldiers engaged them in fierce gun battle Tuesday night in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. This is even as a policeman was reported to have shot dead his colleague also in Aba yesterday morning. The killings came barely few weeks after gunmen killed some policemen in ...

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