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PrinceOfLagos:
Your problem is lack of exposure . Keep supporting your dimwitted tinubu and stop quoting me unnecessarily

Thanks

RecentHistory:
Banjo stayed
Effiong stayed
Adaka Boro stayed
Akintola stayed
Awolowo stayed
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Soyinka stayes
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Once you smell trouble, una dey grow tyre for keg. Generational cowards.

PrinceOfLagos:
Can you dumb asses please dismantle the senseless road blocks from Port Harcourt airport into owerri ?

I was driving from Port Harcourt airport where I had gone to pick my cousin into owerri and the number of road blocks I counted were over 40 and this military personnels use the road blocks to extort motorists . It's really crazy .

If your president isn't paying you good salary, why not resign and go get better job elsewhere instead of using road blocks to extort people going about their businesses .

The Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) for the South-East and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major General Hassan Taiwo Dada, has revealed the sustained efforts of Operation Udoka in countering the sit-at-home orders imposed by IPOB/ESN to ensure economic activities thrive in the region.

Addressing Defence Correspondents during a 4th quarter assessment visit to the theatre on Tuesday, Major General Dada highlighted the optimization of operations against the terrorist group, leading to significant breakthroughs in the South-East.

He outlined key operations under Operation Udoka, including Operation Channel Sweep, Operation River Shield, Operation Dragon Spit, and the ongoing Operation Arid Strike.

Major General Dada noted that IPOB’s activities, including its emphasis on the “Republic of Biafra in Exile” (BRGIE), have continued to instigate violence. Other threats include illegal oil bunkering, ammunition trafficking, kidnapping for ransom, assassination, cultism, and communal clashes.

The JTF combines kinetic operations with non-kinetic efforts aimed at winning the hearts and minds of host communities while enhancing intelligence gathering. These non-kinetic initiatives include medical outreaches, humanitarian support, educational programs, and collaborations with the National Orientation Agency (NOA).

The medical outreach programs have provided free healthcare services, including obstetric consultations, dental care, eye checks, laboratory tests, and distribution of mosquito nets, wheelchairs, and other medical items to communities in Enugu and Ebonyi States.

Operation Udoka has effectively countered IPOB/ESN narratives through cyber warfare. By disseminating propaganda content, including videos, images, and messages, the JTF has debunked false narratives and promoted positive public perception of its operations.

Educational materials have been distributed to schools in Igbo Eze North LGA, Enugu State, and markets closed due to IPOB activities, such as the Onuimo Market, have been reopened. Palliatives, including food items, were also distributed to communities in Anambra and Ebonyi States to alleviate economic hardship.

Support has also extended to the widows of fallen heroes, with relief materials and financial aid distributed to 38 widows.

While the potency of IPOB/ESN has been significantly degraded, the group remains resilient, launching opportunistic attacks on military and police personnel to replenish its arsenal. General Dada noted that 21 rifles were lost to these attackers during the review period.

The group’s activities, initially concentrated in Anambra and Imo States, are gradually shifting to Ebonyi State. The proscribed group continues to engage in sit-at-home enforcement, kidnapping, arms trafficking, illegal oil bunkering, and pipeline vandalism.

Major General Dada reaffirmed the commitment of the JTF to addressing security challenges in the South-East through a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies. He emphasized the need for sustained operations to combat the evolving threats posed by IPOB/ESN and other criminal elements in the region.

FatimaAbubakar:
Shameless copy and paste agent. 20 naira per post.

jmoore:
Coming from someone whose brain was vandalized by skull miners in his hometown.

jmoore:
Papa babablu.

You have thousands of checkpoints and yet criminal activities are increasing.

If your IQ is higher than that of rat, common sense will tell you that Police are not doing their jobs.

heniford2:
This is not only Anambra thing but generally stuff in Nigeria ohh as a whole

Various stakeholders, including Civil Society Organisations, human rights groups and politicians across Anambra State have expressed deep worry over the increasing rate of kidnappings and other criminal activities in the state.

They also lamented that despite the numerous police checkpoints across various roads such as Onitsha-Owerri Road, Enugu-Awka-Onitsha Road, Awka Old Road, Nkpor Old Road, Umuchu Road, among others, kidnapping has continued to thrive in the state.

South-East PUNCH findings showed that in the last three months, armed hoodlums, suspected to be kidnappers have intensified their nefarious activities in the state, digging deep into both the rural and urban communities, especially as the Yuletide season approaches.

Although, in recent times, police operatives in the state have arrested some suspects in connection with one kidnapping or other related crimes, despite these efforts, hoodlums have remained unrelenting, thereby kidnapping residents at will and demanding ransom of various amounts of money.

For instance, the sudden disappearance of the retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev Prof. Godwin Okpala, since Friday has been creating panic and apprehension across the state, with the church community, including the police command not aware of his whereabouts.

Okpala, alongside his driver, set out on a journey to the Umuchu community in Aguata Local Government Area of the state but did not arrive at their destination and up till now, their whereabouts have remained unknown, as the church has yet to declare if they have been found or not.

Some of the stakeholders in separate interviews with a South-East PUNCH correspondent, on Monday, expressed worry that if the trend of kidnapping continues, it might affect the Yuletide celebration.

Speaking to South-East PUNCH, the Anambra State Security Network, urged the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to immediately order the repainting of commercial buses and tricycles operating in the state with individual security codes as a way of tackling the spate of insecurity and kidnapping in the state.

The Chairman, ASN, Col. Jude Obi (retd.), who made the call on behalf of the group after their quarterly meeting in Awka, the state capital, said the exercise has become necessary to checkmate the activities of kidnappers and other criminal elements in the state.

Obi pointed out that it is only in Anambra State that people use unbranded vehicles, buses and tricycles for commercial activities, lamenting that criminal elements have also deployed the same for their activities.

He said because these unbranded buses and tricycles were not registered, made it difficult for security operatives to recognise them when they are used for nefarious activities.

He said, “To checkmate the activities of ‘one chance’ criminals and kidnappers along major roads in the state, such as the Onitsha-Awka Expressway, there should be repainting of commercial vehicles and tricycles to Anambra colour.

He said these “one-chance” criminals, who were always armed with arms, operate more during the weekends and on Mondays, saying when they get a victim, they assess and force him to call his family to pay a huge ransom for his release.

Obi said they also operate along Nkpor-Oye Agu-Afor Igwe through Old Road, Nkpor-Umuoji Road, and Nkpor-Obosi Road, among other places.

Also speaking, the Convener of the Anambra Human Rights Watch, Silas Madu, said kidnapping in Anambra has become a daily activity raking in millions in ransom for the hoodlums without any resistance from the state government.

Madu said, “It is a worrisome development that kidnappings have been allowed to thrive in Anambra despite the numerous police checkpoints in the state. For instance, some months ago, the market leader at Mgbuka Obosi Spare Parts Market, was kidnapped at his shop along Onitsha-Owerri Road, till date, he has not been found.

“It is unfortunate that the hoodlums perfected this heinous act along the Onitsha-Owerri Road which has over seven notorious police and naval checkpoints. All they do at the checkpoints is just to extort motorists. Of what use are the checkpoints if they cannot guarantee the safety of residents?

“The state government no longer inform the subjects that it will do anything possible to rescue the nabbed and will track the marauders. They have resorted to silence while the hoodlums continue to perpetrate their evil acts.

“After all, the promises they made in the past are just water under the bridge, not as if the kidnappers are coming from out of state, they live in the state, they have residences in our towns and they have tolling points on all state roads and there’s nothing they are scared about.”

Also lending his voice, the Labour Party governorship aspirant in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, knocked the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for his continuous silence on the growing insecurity in Anambra.

Ozigbo lamented that despite the security concerns in the state, no reassuring or sympathetic words have emanated from Soludo, who he said is constitutionally tasked with protecting the lives and property of the people of the state.

He stated this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the sudden disappearance of the retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev Prof Godwin Okpala.

Ozigbo added that the development is yet another sad reminder of the precarious security situation in Anambra, which has since metamorphosed into that of hopelessness.

He said, “The disappearance of Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, who left for Umuchu in the company of his driver and has not been seen, is yet another sad reminder of the precarious security situation in Anambra State which has since metamorphosed into that of hopelessness.

“As usual, no reassuring or sympathetic words have emanated from the state’s number one citizen who is constitutionally tasked with protecting the lives and property of his people.

“It is sadder still that the disappearance of such an important member of Anambra society in the person of a retired Archbishop is being treated as a non-event and one wonders what will happen next to draw the right attention to the dire security situation in our state.

“The levity with which the state government handles such situations is certainly giving a fillip to these pernicious elements to add intensity to their nefarious activities.”

The LP chieftain, therefore, called on the state governor, in collaboration with security agencies, to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in Anambra State and save the citizenry from their trauma.

He said, “It is ridiculous for the government to glibly ascribe the dire security situation in the state to the antics of the opposition.

“Only one who is clueless can resort to such a blame game in the face of what is happening. It is now a situation where one wakes up and wonders who will be the next victim of these hoodlums. Enough is enough. Our governor should act and act fast.

“I, meanwhile, convey my heartfelt sympathies to the family of the Archbishop, the Anglican community and the Christian Association of Nigeria in this trying period.

“It is my prayer and hope that His Grace Archbishop returns safely to those he left behind.”

Efforts to get the reactions of the state governor through his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, proved abortive as calls and messages to his telephone line were not responded to as of the time of filing this report.

The state police command spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, when contacted, insisted that the police are winning the war on the hoodlums as over 10 suspected kidnappers have been arrested in the past two weeks, while others are still been trailed.

Ikenga said, “The police in the state are sustaining the onslaught on the criminal elements and no stone is been left unturned in making sure they are eradicated. In recent weeks, many of the kidnappers and other suspects have been arrested and they are undergoing interrogation while others are being trailed.”

hoeminique:
Get rich quick schemes are part of sadwest culture exported to other regions by lazy and desperate people


From skull mining to yahoo yahoo to prostitution
These vices started in the sadwest

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has cautioned youths to be mindful of the risks associated with an unchecked pursuit of instant wealth.

The state commandant, Maku Olatunde, issued the warning on Tuesday in Awka, during a press conference on a national campaign to raise security awareness and combat the ‘Get-Rich-Quick’ syndrome, organised by the National Orientation Agency.

The commandant, represented by the Head of Media and Tactical, Okadigbo Edwin, attributed the surge in crime, lawlessness and heinous acts such as kidnapping and killings for money rituals to a societal obsession with instant wealth.

“This obsession can lead individuals to prioritise financial gain over moral principles, contributing to the breakdown of law and order.

“In a society where materialism and desire to belong in the elite is the order of the day, there is always an alarming rate of crime and social vices.

“Many of our youths are no longer interested in doing the right thing, some dropped out of school to embark on kidnapping, killings and cybercrime also known as yahoo yahoo, favouring shortcuts that often lead to dead ends”, Olatunde stated.

He called on youths to channel their energy and ambition towards legitimate opportunities for wealth creation, emphasising the importance of prioritising integrity, hard work and moral values.

Olatunde enjoined parents to give their wards adequate orientation to divert their minds from quick wealth syndrome.

He reaffirmed the commitment of security agencies to ramp up efforts aimed at ensuring the safety and security of lives and property.

While calling on the members of the public to be vigilant, he maintained that providing credible information on suspicious activities to the security agencies would help tackle the menace of crime and criminality.

BiafranPatriot:
This news no fit 'Sweet' just ADD IPOB-ESN and the news go reach page 10 sharply.

Shevchenkko:
I guess you're referring to Tinubu and his tribe's men

Bizaustine:
Shut up shameless senseless tribally bigoted hate-filled man with hairy balls claiming to be a woman 😁
Poverty striken jobless tribalist, what is your purpose for pretending to be a woman?

Use another line, sensible human beings no se there are criminals in every Tribe as some dey traffic drug, na so some dey mine people skull dey do scam, some dey do bandits dey kidnap full community so dis your line dey boring 😁.

You be big failure, you nor even sabi do ordinary tribal gbasgbos you dry like mad.😁

Blossom65:
Why dem deh do like that na

yoruboid:
Why would anyone want to invest in a place where you can’t work on Mondays

In a place where Unknown Gunmen will attack you everyday

A place where they would vandalize your property every weekend

Goodnewsforlife:
Bizaustine I guess this is also part of the Igbo man smartness?

Smartness in .......

Acekidc4:
Anambra again🙄🤨 very soon they will loot all the irons wey Dem use build that Niger bridge. Land of the Billionaires indeed😆😅😂🤣

Police Operatives in Igbo-Ukwu Divisional Police Headquaters, in Aguata local government area of Anambra have recovered one white Peugeot J5 Boxer bus with Reg No: AKL 896 XB loaded with MTN vandalized electrical materials from some fugitives/economic saboteurs.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, listed the vandalised items to include; Lister electricity generator, a roller, pipes, an Iron bar, One big Plier, Screwdriver, a big metal Cutter and a pair of black canvas.

He said the incident happened on Saturday, December 7th, 2024.

He said the hoodlums were vandalizing the Lister Model Electricity Generator attached to the MTN Mast located opposite Saint Martin’s Catholic Church Umudege, Igboukwu, and on sighting the Police team, took to their heels and fled the scene.

While efforts have been activated to arrest the fleeing criminals, the Anambra State Police Command calls on anyone especially residents of the area to assist the Police with useful information in this regard, please, Ikenga appealed.

EmperorCaesar:


Drug-dealing is the second name

NA like say na curse

Spits on their head

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya, who claims to be a building engineer, while attempting to take delivery of illicit consignments concealed in pressure machines imported from South Africa.

Egwu, 42, was arrested on Monday December 2, 2024 at Okeyson Motor Park in Enugu when he showed up to collect three units of pressure machines inside which were hidden parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 7.40 kilograms.


The consignments had arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos import shed on 29th November, 2024.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday explained that “following credible intelligence, officers of the MMIA Strategic Command of the Agency had monitored the shipment pass through clearing processes up to a logistics company’s warehouse outside the airport where it was to be collected by the consignee.

“The importer however changed the point of collection to Enugu at the last minute. As a result, NDLEA operatives in a follow-up operation in Enugu arrested Egwu when he showed up to collect the consignments.”

Also, no fewer than 511,000 pills of tramadol were recovered from a Siena vehicle at Hildi, Askira Uba way in Adamawa State by NDLEA operatives on patrol along the road in the early hours of Friday, December 6.

BiafranPatriot:
All historical Facts and documents are being arranged before the hornet's nest is invaded.

These BIAFRA people are very tactical. With this, they have showed the SE Governors to wake up to their responsibilities and do the needful. They have also NOTIFIED the world that a 'Person of interest ' is held in NIGERIA.

Imagine how the large contingent of serving BIAFRANs will feel? Is that why CDS Musa is saying 'back to barracks' all of a sudden?

NIGERIA that a single Aircraft carrier will wipe out.

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You can call this wan fake News?

When time comes una go beg .. after that una go bega again.

That is as sure as Day and NIGHT