The Rivers State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tony Okocha, has said declaring a state of emergency in Rivers and suspending Governor Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and the State House of Assembly was a necessary evil. Okocha, Read more…
Eche Nwaobasi reporting from onitsha. The leadership of the Onitsha Bridge Head Drug Market, under the umbrella body of ‘Ogbogwu Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha,’ has averred that those who organized a protest over continued closure of the market, by officials Read more…
European countries should deploy combat troops to Ukraine ready to fight, rather than to conduct peacekeeping, Vladimir Zelensky’s senior aide told AFP on Wednesday. Igor Zhovkva made the appeal ahead of a Paris summit of the “coalition of the willing” – countries Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re-arraigned former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and three others in an Abuja High Court over an alleged N33.2 billion fraud. Dasuki was arraigned alongside Aminu Baba-Kusa, former General Manager Read more…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has addressed a sweeping range of international issues in a recent interview, focusing heavily on what he described as constructive signals from US President Donald Trump and his team, while simultaneously criticizing European governments for Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Joint Security team comprising the Police, Military and Ihiala Vigilante on Monday rescued a kidnapped and demobilized an abductor. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Anambra command revealed this in a press statement made available to Read more…
POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT PRESS RELEASE The Police Service Commission has warned that Tactical Units should not be allowed to supplant recognised Police Departments, especially at the State Command Headquarters. The Commission notes that many State Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu(CP) and his Enugu State counterpart, Mamman Bitus(CP) on Monday met to devise operational strategies aimed at proactively policing the two States. The collaboration is in line with the enhanced Read more…
When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. She found out when a fellow soldier told her several days Read more…
The Anambra State Police command has secured the release of a Catholic priest, Rev Fr Stephen Echezona, who was abducted in Ichida, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. In a statement in Awka, the PPRO said: “In the early Read more…
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed six operatives of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, CPG, popularly known as Askarawa and four local vigilantes in an ambush in Anka Local Government Area of the state. The operatives Read more…
The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) belongs to Russia and will be operated by Russia, its director, Yury Chernichyuk, has stressed, dismissing any possibility of US or Ukrainian control over the facility. Earlier in the week, US President Donald Trump Read more…