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  News    File Image  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned in strongest terms, the bloody attack that led to the killing of eight joint security personnel including the Nigerian police officers, military officers and officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Recall that we had  reported on Tuesday that the gunmen shot and burnt eight officials of the Joint Task Force (JTF) at Eke Nku, Umualumaku in the local government area of the state. The hoodlums were said to have taken the JTF team unawares, ambushed and shot them, killing two Nigerian Navy staff, two officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), two soldiers, and two police personnel. Reacting to the attack, IPOB on Thursday in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, described it as reckless attacks, stressing that such "shedding of blood is not needed to achieve Biafra freedom in our territ

  News    File Image  Some gunmen have reportedly ambushed and killed two mobile police officers in Enugu State. The officers, who were on ‘Operation Restore Peace’ were killed around 7:30 pm on Wednesday evening along the Udi-Ozalla Road. A security source told SaharaReporters that the police team was on routine patrol. The source identified the victims as Danjuma Joseph, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Inspector Abu Elamaje. According to the source, they were rushed to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla for treatment after the attack but were confirmed dead by the doctors on duty. Meanwhile, another officer identified as Inspector Udeme Udomeng, only sustained bullet wounds and was treated and discharged.   However, the police have kept mum as efforts made by SaharaReporters to get the reaction of the Command's spokesperson DSP Daniel Ndukwe were unsuccessful. Ndukwe did not answer his calls or reply to a text message sent to his mobil

  Opinion    File Image  When I read online posts suggesting that Alex otti was nicknamed " Senior wicked " while in Ngwa High School, I chose to disbelieve it because till date I am yet to find someone in his set to corroborate it, otherwise, that would have explained a lot of things I am observing today under his watch in a state he calls " New Abia". In the original Abia known to me, leaders show empathy and put the people first before any other thing. Indeed,  in the original Abia, our Governors stop at accident scenes to help victims  instead of knocking them down and speeding off. In that original Abia the voice of the people shape the position of government on all issues. If the people say they don’t want RUGA, their Governor will toe that line. I also recall that a Governor in tne original Abia canceled what was then tagged ‘COVID-19 fees’ in a state tertiary institution because the people protested against it. Governors of the original  Abia regularly come

  Politics    File Image  The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State has declared that a National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate is not a qualification to contest a governorship election. A three-member panel of Tribunal led by Justice Kudirat Murayo gave the verdict while delivering judgement on the petition filed by Labour Party candidate, Chijioke Edeoga challenging the declaration of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, as the elected governor of the state. Edeoga is challenging the election of Governor Mbah, a second Respondent in the petition on the grounds of submitting a forged NYSC discharge certificate, among others. However, delivering judgment on Thursday on the petition, the tribunal struck out the argument regarding the alleged forgery of the NYSC certificate, saying, "NYSC discharge certificate is not a qualification for governorship." The court queried: "Assuming that the NYSC discharge certificate of the second R

  Politics    File Image  The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party (LP) has revealed that it would not give Peter Obi its presidential ticket for the 2027 election. That LP faction advised Peter Obi to seek another political platform to pursue his presidential ambition. Speaking to The PUNCH on Wednesday, the spokesman for the faction, Abayomi Arabambi, said Obi should not waste his time pursuing an appeal against Tinubu’s victory at the Supreme Court, stressing that the former Anambra State Governor lost the election due to his alleged mismanagement of human resources. Arabambi said, “My advice is for him (Obi) to go and start preparing for 2027. But it has to be in another party, not in LP. We are not going to allow this kind of rascality to continue in 2027. We will look for a fresh candidate as far as we are concerned. “Obi is free to go back to APGA to run, not Labour Party. We don’t want to continue accommodating a character who believes no other person, other than himself, h

  News    President Nana Akufo-Addo  Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has demanded the payment of reparations to African nations for the historical injustices of the transatlantic slave trade. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, he emphasised that this was the time to bring the subject of reparations to the fore. According to the  BBC , Akufo-Addo said the world had for centuries been unwilling and unable to confront the consequences of slave trade. Akufo-Addo in his address at the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, “It is time to acknowledge openly that much of Europe and the United States have been built from the vast wealth harvested from the sweat, tears, blood and horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.” He said “reparations must be paid" - adding that while no money would make up for the horrors of slave trade, it would make the point that millions of “productive” Africans were put to w

  News    File Image  The KANO State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has been advised to accept the judgment of the governorship election tribunal in good faith and not approach either the Appeal or Supreme court that there is no convincing evidence to upturned the tribunal judgment. The former commissioner for rural and community development, Dr Ilyasu Musa Kwankwaso, made the comment shortly after the tribunal declared Dr Gawuna Yusuf, the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner in its ruling on Wednesday. Dr Kwankwaso, an APC chieftain was also declared winner of the House of Representatives after the tribunal upheld his petition against Dr Yusuf Datti of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) on the basis of not qualified to contest the election because he failed to resign his appointment with Bayero University Kano. According to him, “My good advice to Alhaji Yusuf, the defeated governor, is not to listen to anybody who may advise him to proceed to Appeal or Supreme court.” Dr Kwankwaso th

  News    Gov Peter Mbah  The Enugu election petitions tribunal has begun reading the judgment and has just delivered judgment in the PRP’s petition against Governor Peter Mbah. The tribunal dismissed the PRP’s case against the Enugu governor.  PRP had alleged that Mr Mbah was an ex-convict having entered into a plea bargain with the EFCC in the past. PRP also pleaded that Mr Mbah should be disqualified for the NYSC discharge certificate forgery.  The tribunal dismissed the issue of plea bargain and forged NYSC discharge certificate based on the inability of the petitioner to provide certified true copies of the alleged documents and cannot rely on photocopies of documents.

  News    File Image  Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have burnt businesses, markets, shops, and hotels in Oriendu, Umualumaku Umueze in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State over the killing of eight of their colleagues and other security men in the area. SaharaReporters reports that the burning of communities in the state and other parts of Southeast Nigeria has become the tradition for soldiers whenever their colleagues are killed instead of fishing out the culprits. SaharaReporters reported on Tuesday that gunmen shot and burnt eight officials of the Joint Task Force (JTF) at Eke Nku, Umualumaku in the local government area of the state.   The hoodlums were said to have taken the JTF team unawares, ambushed and shot them. A source had told SaharaReporters that the victims comprised two Naval staff, two officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), two soldiers, and two police personnel. However, the soldiers resorted to the destruction of houses, mar

  News   CRISIS LOOMS IN OBINGWA LABOUR PARTY AS DISBANDED  GROUP ATTEMPT TO HIJACK PARTY STRUCTURE FROM LG PARTY CHAIRMAN  File Image  In what may appear as final clash between the main Labour Party leadership in Obingwa and some members who joined the party days to the 2023 election with intention to hijack the party structure.  Confirmed reports showed that the group led by one Mr. Eric Egwuibe have already made several efforts to displace the elected party leaders and replace them with their own loyalists, a sinister move which have left the party in disarray. Investigating the development, an insider who pleaded anonymity said problem started few weeks to the 2023 election when Eric Egwuibe formed a cabal who used the name of the party to extort money from the public claiming to be for supporting the campaign to which the elected chairman of the party, Evangelist Princewill Uzoma Nwauzo called for proper authorization to ensure participation of all relevant stakeholders in order t

  News    Governor Rotimi Akeredolu  The Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday levelled different allegations against the deputy governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as part of efforts to remove him from office. Aiyedatiwa was the acting governor until September 7, 2023, when Governor Rotimi Akeredolu returned from three months medical leave in Germany. Some of the allegations against him include gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness and other offences. At plenary on Wednesday presided over by the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, nine lawmakers signed and submitted a petition against the deputy governor. The petition was read by Jaiyeola Benjamin, the Clerk of the House. Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, the Majority Leader of the House quoted section 188 of the Nigeria Constitution to back up the need to write the deputy governor over the allegations before the chamber and its was seconded by a lawmaker representing Akoko South West 2, Tope Agbulu. The speaker ruled that the

  News    File Image  The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nasiru Gawuna winner of the March 18 election. Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court. The ruling came weeks after lawyers of both parties made their closing arguments on behalf of their clients on 21 August. Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that the NNPP polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat the APC with its candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who scored 890,705 votes. The NNPP candidate thus won with a margin of 128,897 votes. However, the APC filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge the results declared by the electoral body. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the NNPP was declared winner of the election by the INEC. After the declaration by INEC, Gawauna congratulated Yusuf, but the All Progressives Co

  News    File Image  The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that the security personnel ambushed by unknown gunmen were on their way to respond to a false distress call when the incident occurred. The police disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking on the circumstances surrounding the ambush. “The Nigeria Police Force deeply mourns the recent attack on security operatives in Imo State, an event that has resulted in the tragic loss of precious lives of officers from various security agencies who have been dedicated to ensuring peace and protecting lives in Imo State. “This incident, which occurred on Tuesday 19th September 2023, in Oriagu, Ehime Mbano Area of Imo State, serves as a stark and painful reminder of the daily risks and sacrifices that our security personnel willingly embrace in their unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety and security of our communities. “The security agents affected by this senseless act of violence, comprising Police Officers, the Military, person