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Agency Report The Nigerian Army on Thursday, decorated 47 newly promoted senior officers with the rank of Major General, urging them to redouble efforts at addressing security challenges. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Army Council had, on Dec. 21, approved the promotion of 47 brigadiers-general to the rank of major general. The council had also elevated 75 Colonels to the rank of Brigadier General. NAN also reports that the new Brigadiers-General will be decorated at their respective units and formations. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, said the promotion of the officers was a…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Imo State police command has nabbed 23yr old Amanda Uchechi Ugo from Umumbiri in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo State, for allegedly shooting his lover, Corporal Cosmas Ugwu, to death. According to a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr. Henry Okoye, operatives of Ezinihitte-Mbaise Police Area Command, heard three gunshots emanating from the Area Command’s Barracks on Tuesday, 26th December, and rushed to the scene where they met the deceased in a pool of his blood in his room. The release said the officers immediately rushed him to Evergreen Hospital in…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The police in Anambra State said they have launched a manhunt for armed insurgents who killed two Police Personnel in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State. Ikengaonline had reported that around 5.50pm on Thursday, hoodlums in their numbers arrived Uga from Umuchu–Umunze road, all carrying AK47 Assault Riffles and were kidnapping people at random in flashy cars. It also gathered that the hoodlums who were initially not challenged by any security force while they operated opened fire on a group of policemen who were advancing from Ezinifite axis of the town, killing two officers in the process.…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu Rangers International Football club on Thursday evening returned to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in style after two years to defeat Shooting Stars of Ibadan 2-0 in a rescheduled week 16 of the 2023/24 NPFL season. The Flying Antelopes returned to its hallowed ground, Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, after over two and a half seasons, to dispatch hard-fighting Oluyole Warriors 2-0 to end the year on a winning note. Coach Ilechukwu kept faith with the match day squad that earned a draw in Aba, a week ago, except for the duo of Kingsley Maduforo and Leonard Ugochukwu.…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A legislator, Kama Nkemkanma Kama has tasked Nigerian youths to dedicate themselves towards promoting their inborn talents as a way of creating wealth for themselves. This, he noted, will reduce the temptation of engaging in societal vices and crimes. The lawmaker, who represents Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency in the House of Representatives, gave the charge in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area during a talent hunt he organised for his constituency. The event, which was organised by the lawmaker, featured over 100 talents from the constituency who competed for the grand prizes of millions on offer. The lawmaker also…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka It was a bloody Thursday as gunmen reportedly killed 2 in Uga, a community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the incident took place around 5.50pm on the fateful day. According to him, the hoodlums in their scores were kidnapping people freely while in operation for hours without any form of resistance. “It was a rain of bullets at UGA Roundabout, Aguata LGA, this evening (Thursday) 28 /12 /2023 around 5:50 pm as UGM (unknown gunmen) came in their terrific numbers from Umuchu – Umunze road, all carrying AK47 Assault Riffles and…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has expressed shock and sadness over the killing of over 150 persons in the Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Bokkos Local Government Areas of Plateau State by gunmen on Christmas eve. This was contained in a press statement released in Enugu by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia. In the statement, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, described the attack as awful. The Igbo Leader qualified the killing of over 150 persons, burning of houses, indiscriminate shootings and displacing of residents as an orchestrated act of genocide. He…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Senior Special Adviser to Governor Alex Otti on Due Process, Dr Oluebube Chukwu, has described Abia’s N567.2 billion estimate for 2024 budget as a reflection of Otti’s commitment to infrastructural transformation and improved social welfare of the people. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, Dr Chukwu said that the budget, which allocated 80% for capital expenditure and 20% for recurrent expenditure was a departure from the old order. The SA commended the Governor for allocating 20% of the budget to the critical education sector while Health followed with 15%, a development he said, was unprecedented in the history of…

…Promises to deploy  borrowed fund for capital expenditure Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti has signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N567.2 billion, recently passed by the State House of Assembly. Otti, while signing the bill on Thursday, December 28, 2023, said the 2024 Budget would move Abia from its current level of underdevelopment to development. He promised to deploy every borrowed fund to capital expenditure. “I want to say that this is a budget that would take Abia State out of underdevelopment to development. The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. This is the first step, once…

By Rudolf Okonkwo I will say this straight up. The day I discover that the God I worship designs evil things for his children, I will hand him my two weeks’ quit notice. Speaking at the palace of Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, in Maiduguri, a few days after the Nigerian military accidentally killed 126 people in Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State, President Bola Tinubu said, “We must take this as a tragic event designed by God – otherwise, it wouldn’t have happened.” This statement about the accidental killing being God’s design was missing in…