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Agency Report The Senate, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, summoned heads of security and intelligence agencies to investigate allegations by United States Congressman, Perry Scott, that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been funding terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram in Nigeria. The resolution was prompted by an Order of Urgent National Security raised by Senator Mohammed Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, under Order 41. Ndume urged the Senate to treat the revelation with utmost seriousness, citing the devastating impact of terrorist activities, particularly by Boko Haram, on Nigeria. He stressed that a comprehensive investigation would dispel speculations…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Reactions have continued to trail the reported escape of two suspects linked to the murder of late Hon. Justice Azuka, a lawmaker representing Onitsha 1 State Constituency at the Anambra State House of Assembly. Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, broke the news on Wednesday, stating that the suspects escaped during an operation to apprehend the receiver and recover the operational vehicles used in their criminal activities. The reported escape has generated reactions from government and concerned citizens, including the Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly who has demanded the immediate…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian Army has established a General Court Martial for the trial of five officers and 20 soldiers within the jurisdiction of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu. The offences of the accused army personnel include: murder, defilement, manslaughter, extortion and assaults on civilians. Inaugurating the court martial, President of the General Court Martial (GCM), Brig.-Gen. Buhari Sadisu, said that the court martial was convened by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Maj.-Gen. Oluyemi Olatoye. Buhari said that it was pertinent to note that, “Court Martial is one of the instruments used in the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The former National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, has decried the recent demise of regional leaders of Nigeria, Chiefs Edwin Clark, Ayo Adebanjo and Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, describing it as, “the end of an era.” Ogbonnia said this in a statement mourning the departed leaders in Enugu. He said: “The death of Chief (Dr.) Sen. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, OFR, CON, the Ijaw National Leader, Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF and National Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum SMBLF, on Monday, February 17, 2025, marks the end of an…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka There is unease at the Anambra State Police Command as two of the arrested suspects linked to the killing of Anambra Lawmaker, Late Hon. Justice Azuka, have escaped from detention. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the escape in a statement he made available to journalists in the state. Ikenga, who noted the disappointment, revealed that the new Police Commissioner, CP Ikioye Orutugu, had consequently activated and deployed both human, operational and intelligence assets of the Command for the re-arrest of the suspects. He added that the CP has also directed immediate disciplinary…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki One Godwin Odah of Akparata village, Effium autonomous community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was on Monday killed by suspected warlords. Odah was beheaded, and other parts of his body severed at the back of his compound in Akparata village. It was learned that the killing came barely one week after Governor Francis Nwifuru granted amnesty to 158 detainees arrested over the four-year-old intra-communal war that broke out in Effium in 2021. The crisis is between indigenous Effium people and indigenous Ezza-Effium people. President-General of Effium Town Union, Agena James, confirmed the killing and…
BY Zainab Suleiman Okino Throughout Nigeria’s recent history, security agencies have faced persistent criticisms for their apparent inability to share intelligence effectively among themselves. This lack of cooperation has often been blamed for their failure to prevent criminal activities, particularly those perpetrated by insurgents and bandits who continue to terrorise various communities across the nation. However, a significant shift in this narrative has recently emerged, marked by an unprecedented acknowledgment from an unexpected quarter. In a remarkable turn of events, Governor Lawal Dauda of Zamfara state, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), publicly commended the Department of State…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has said that it had initiated moves to make Umuahia, the state capital a smart city. This is as it hinted that four new estates would be developed in the state in partnership with private developers during the year. The Government said it had embarked on many urban renewal and beautification initiatives including the relocation of illegal traders from Isigate to Okwulaga -Afara, Umuahia, to actualise this. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this while briefing the press after this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. He said that the state government…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has moved to actualise its initiative of being net exporter of cocoa and its value-chain derivatives as it moves to develop a pilot plantation of 20 hectares. The move is meant to push Governor Peter Mbah’s Cocoa Initiative meant to make Enugu State a net exporter of cocoa and other international cash crops within a few years in order to grow the state’s GDP from $4 billion to $30 billion. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Mr Patrick Nwabueze Ubru, told newsmen on Tuesday in Enugu that the pilot plantation of 20…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Maudline Nwifuru, has urged parents to present their children for measles and Rubella vaccination promising that the vaccines are safe. Mrs Nwifuru stated this at the flagged-off a sensitisation/awareness campaign on measles and rubella vaccine in the state State. Flagging off the campaign at the Women Development Center Abakaliki, Mrs Nwifuru said that the campaign was pàrt of the Renewed Hope Initiative of the First Lady of the country, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. She noted that measles and rubella were preventable and advocated for regular application of vaccines on children to…