Breaking News: Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Anambra, One Officer Dead
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According to information gathered through eyewitnesses in the immediate community, the police station at Nkwelle Ezunaka was attacked at the early morning hours of Sunday [February 19, 2023]. One of the eye witnesses placed the time of attack at about 3:30am.

The attackers came in ‘numbers’ and were dressed in what appeared to be dark clothing. According to the source, the arrival of the attackers to the station followed a gun fire exchange between the police officers at the station and the attackers. “We heard gun fire“.

Naira Scarcity: Soludo’s kinsmen use POS for burial ceremony, reject old notes
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It was an unconventional scene today in Anambra State as a bereaved family provided POS machine for transaction and payment of condolence money by sympathisers.

The incident happened over the weekend at Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, which is the hometown of the State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

According to a video currently trending online, the digital burial was organised by the Orafu family.

Updated: Stolen Weapons, Names Of Killed Officers – Attack On Police Station In Anambra
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The three officers were reported to be Inspectors.

In addition, the attackers raided the police station [Area Command] and carted away with weapons. Up to ten [10] AK47 riffles were taken away by the attackers.

The attackers escaped unhurt.

Breaking News: Unknown Gunmen Attack Soldiers In Anambra, Injure 5
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According to sketchy information available to this news medium, the Nigeria military was attacked in Nkpor – a community near the commercial nerve center of Anambra State, Onitsha.

As gathered, the soldiers were caught in a surprised attack in what some eyewitnesses described as a loud explosion that followed sporadic gunfire. The soldier engaged the unknown gunmen is a gun duel.

Unknown Gunmen Strikes Again: Attacks Police Station In Anambra, Kill 3 Officers
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Information reaching 247ureports.com indicates the spate of insecurity in the south east continues to grow as the general elections approaches.

The recent attack occurred in a community inside the central senatorial district of Anambra State.

Unknown gunmen struck the police station located in Ogidi along Abatete road in the early morning hours of Saturday [February 18, 2023]. The surprise attack came around 1:30am. The unknown attackers were dressed in black clothing with covered faces armed with sophisticated weapons. They were quick to over power the police station.

Killings, Kidnapping In Anambra: Police Arrest CSP Agbazue, Set To Investigate Obiano, Arthur Eze, Others
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The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known on Friday in a statement tagged “Anambra Alleged Killings: IGP Sets Up Panel, Orders Discrete Investigation into Allegations”.

The statement reads, “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has set up a special investigation panel under the IGP Monitoring and Mentoring Unit to commence investigations into some weighty allegations of unprofessionalism, high-handedness, and extra-judicial killings leveled against its officers serving at the Zone 13 Command, Ukpo-Dunukofia, and the Anambra State Command on social media platforms.

Complains As Senator Ifeanyi Uba Evades Town Hall, Refuses to Pick Calls
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The Town Hall, organized by indigens of Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, affords the constituents opportunity to interact directly with their representatives at the various levels of government and the candidates of different political parties who are seeking elective positions in the area. It also affords the constituents the opportunity to ask the candidates questions border on their integrity, their achievements and their plans for the people if voted in the forthcoming election.

It was however disappointing to many of the constituents that their invitation to Senator Ubah to appear in the Town Hall was turned down for no coherent reason.

Emefiele: Politicians Are Buying And Storing New Banknotes For Elections
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Addressing the diplomatic community in Abuja, the CBN governor craved the support and understanding of the foreign missions and Nigerians, in general, towards the implementation of the cashless policy and in achieving the overall objectives of the naira redesign programme.

“The CBN has also noticed that some politicians are buying the new notes and storing them for political purposes,” he said.

Emefiele said the principal aim of the currency redesign initiative was to make monetary policy decisions more effective, adding that inflation has been trending downwards while the exchange rate has recorded some stability since the implementation of the policy.

Anambra Federal Lawmaker Claims Ex-Speaker’s Bill, Reveals Why He Executes Shoddy Roads
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Hon. Azubogu made the claim on Monday through his Media Assistant, Hon. Ikechukwu Onyia during an online interactive session with the people of Nnewi South Local Government Area who hosted him to a media chat to hear his achievements in the House and his plans for the people as one of the candidates vying for the Anambra South Senatorial seat.

The Federal lawmaker who hails from Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area, is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, as well as the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Anambra South Senatorial Zone in the forthcoming general election.

Breaking News: Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Swap Case Till 22 February
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The apex court, which heard the case on Wednesday, was filled to capacity with a retinue of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, other lawyers and the Governors of Kaduna and Kogi States, Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, respectively.

At the last hearing, the court had temporarily banned the implementation of the 10 February deadline of the CBN from making the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes legal tender.

Breaking News: Gunmen Burn Down High Court in Imo 10 Days After Killing Judge
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This is coming barely ten days after Nnaemeka Ugboma, the judge in charge of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the state was gruesomely murdered right inside the court by the gunmen as he was presiding over a court session.

According to eyewitness, the arsonists came heavily-armed to attack the court, the Oguta High Court, located right inside the Oguta Local Government Headquarters.

Taraba APC Crisis: Tinubu Rally Abruptly Called Off Again
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The sudden announcement said the rally has been put off for another day due to “lack of a conducive atmosphere.”

An earlier announcement had directed party members to converge on Monday to receive the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The sudden postponement have sparked off more discussions that the internal crisis may have reached a head and dead end as no concrete reason was given for the postponement.

We Are Investigating Chrisland School Student’s Death – PPRO
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The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.

Hundeyin said the Pen Cinema police division in Agege was handling the preliminary investigation after the incident.

He said that the Homicide Section of the State Central Investigation Department, Panti, would take over the case on Monday for discreet investigation.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the School over the death of the student.

Breaking News: Anambra Police Foil Another Gunmen Attack, Kill One, As Gunmen Storm Police Station With Fuel
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This was disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who also said the gallant officers also gunned down one of the arsonists.

According to him, the incident happened at Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state where the gunmen stormed at about 2:15am on Monday with intent to set it ablaze.

Controversy Trails Death Of 12-Year-Old Student In Lagos, Parents, Sch. Mgt. Dissent
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This is making it the second time the popular school is making news in bad light in less then one year, having trended sometime last year after the leakage of a video of a female student of the school being involved in immorality with her schoolmates during a competition in Dubai.

The mysterious death of the 12-year old became known when her father, Michael Adeniran took to social media on Saturday night to cry out over her demise, and to demand a probe into her death, while also calling on the Lagos State Government and the police to intervene in the matter.

Click below to watch the ordeal

Updated: Source Identifies Killers Of Okowa’s Police Escorts In Anambra
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According to the security expert, a local criminal gang operating within the Ihiala community may have carried out the attack. Top on the list of suspects is the criminal gang popularly refereed to as the Ochiagha gang. They are believed to have carried out the attack judging by their previous activities.

The credible but unverified source pointed to the criminal gang as having orchestrated the attack that killed three police officers attached to the Delta State Governor.

Breaking News: Unknown Gunmen Attack Gov, Okowa Kill Three Policemen
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Giving the names of the three deceased police officers as Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, a police officer attached to the Anambra State command who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed that the three officers who were part of the advance party of the PDP vice presidential candidate and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa to Abia state were attacked and killed by unknown gunmen at about 1.30pm at Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State and their vehicle set ablaze.

Anambra Community Deserted As Soldiers Allegedly Storm, Set Houses Ablaze, Shoot Residents (Photos)
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Ashes, and corpses of burnt human beings were also seen in the community, while rubbles of houses, goods, and other properties set ablaze also littered the community, with very few and apparently fear-gripped residents seen around, who had come to check on their properties or pick one or two things.

It was gathered that the massive destruction was perpetrated over the week, following the resumption of the age-old communal clash between the two communities.

When interviewed, one of the residents of the community, Mr. Amamchukwu Izuogu, said the soldiers stormed on Wednesday. He narrated that they asked him about his children, whom, he told them, all live in Onitsha. Hé said they also checked his room, but couldn’t find anyone there, before they left, only for him to start hearing shortly after that they had begun burning some houses in the community.

He suspected that the military may have been brought by the people of Omor, with whom they are having the communal clash.

Bruce Fein Blasts British High Commissioner To Nigeria Over Nnamdi Kanu Detention
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In the letter, Bruce Fein charged the British High Commissioner of abandoning a British citizen “to the cruel, lawless dungeon of Nigeria’s DSS“. He questioned “Have you no sense of decency? Have you a heart of stone unmoved by monumental injustice?”

Naira Protest: Police Arrest Suspected Hoodlums For Allegedly Stockpiling Arms In Oyo
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The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams, made this known during a security summit, organised by the command on Friday in Ibadan to douse the tension created by scarcity of fuel and new naira notes.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was attended by heads of sister security agencies, officials of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Association of POS Operators, market leaders, traditional rulers and religious leaders.

Naira Swap: FG Backs Down On Deadline, Agrees To Obey Supreme Court Ruling
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The Federal Government has agreed to suspend the 10 February deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the exchange of naira notes, in accordance to the Supreme Court ruling.

Recall that the apex court in its ruling on Wednesday, suspended the 10 February deadline on the old naira notes which expires today.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who confirmed this in an interview on Arise TV yesterday, said the government was hopeful that the ex parte ruling which expires on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, would be upturned.

Breaking News: Supreme Court Bans FG From Stopping Use Of Old Naira
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The Supreme Court Court of Nigeria has temporary stopped the Federal Government from to halting the use of the old Naira notes on Feburary 10, 2023.

Breaking News: Gunmen Kill Varsity Lecturer In Anambra
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A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity, said the gunmen stormed the deceased’s residence and fired some shots at him. The source further said the deceased made efforts to survive as he was strugglingly running and gasping for help with the bullet wounds, but the gunmen still chased after him and rained some more bullets into his head, which led to his death.

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This happened over three weeks, and your are reporting it now?

Ikenga Ugochinyere has since held a press conference where he categorically held Hope Uzodimma responsible for the attack

[Update] Breaking News: Ikenga Imo’s Home Under Attack, Brother Held Hostage
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Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere’s house in Akokwa Ideato have been invaded by members of Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s ebubeagu militia, masked armed gunmen with tiger squad on their dress and face covered gunmen in police camouflage uniform shooting and...

Breaking News: The Home Of Ikenga Ugochinyere Under Attack Again In Imo
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Details however are still sketchy. This will be the third time Ugochinyere has been attacked. The first was at his campaign launch when his supporters traveling in his car were attacked, few days later his house was attacked. That attacked left three people dead and many cars burnt.

Forecasting Nigeria After The 2023 Presidential Election: Scenario 2, President Atiku Abubakar – By Julius Ogunro
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Atiku is cosmopolitan and over the years has built friendships with people from all of Nigeria’s geopolitical zones. His businesses are famed for inclusiveness and for employing people on merit regardless of ethnic origin. So he is well-liked across the board as a man who is fair and broad-minded. He is also of the PDP, the first real national party in Nigeria. Before PDP’s emergence in the late 90s, the biggest political parties were often regional-oriented that made half-hearted attempts at inroads to other areas outside their strongholds. The PDP changed that. Its founding fathers included many retired generals from all corners of the country, leading to the charge that it was a retired general’s club.

Boss Mustapha is Not Working Against Tinubu – APC Debunks Allegation, Warns Blackmailers to Leave SGF Alone
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Reacting to allegations made against the SGF by a lesser group known as Concerned APC Stakeholders (CAS), the national publicity secretary of APC Mandate Defenders, Mr. Ifeanyi Emeka said, Boss Mustapha is a well respected party leader who has great respect and close relationship with Senator Tinubu right from when he was the Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for Northern Region and would not engage in any real or imaginary plot to sabotage the electoral chances of the APC and Senator Bola Tinubu.

Besides, the SGF is preoccupied with the task of meeting the demands of the transitional period which mostly rests on his office as a frontline secretariat for the presidency as the administration gradually winds down.

Fulani Herders, Not Police, Returned The Four Kidnapped Students In Nasarawa – Investigation
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An authority in Doma Local Government and concerned indigents of Doma Local Government has opened a can of worms surrounding a press statement released by the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police concerning the rescued four Primary school pupils of Local Government Education Authority in Al-waza community of Doma Local Government. The pupils were brought to the Authority by a team of Fulani herdsmen not police.

“Atiku Unhappy With Campaign” – Source
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Exacerbating matters for Atiku are the lieutenants within the PDP presidential team who have refused to join the campaign against Peter Obi. Many of the PDP stalwarts from the south east geopolitical zone who are working to materialize the PDP quest for the presidency, have been reluctance to join the train to rebrand Peter Obi. The likes of Senator Uche Ekwunife who is the senator representing the Anambra central district under the PDP banner have turned around her support from Atiku Abubakar to Peter Obi. She had initially made public pronouncements of her support for the PDP presidential candidate while denouncing the presidential candidate of the Labor party as inexperienced – and thus not ready.

Sex workers on the run as colleague dies in Anambra hotel
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According to reports, the the dead body of the sex worker, simply identified as Chisom, was seen when cleaners went to sweep her room. This led to besieging of the scene by some residents and other customers in the hotel who gathered in bewilderment. However, some of the colleagues of the deceased had packed their belongings and fled the hotel.

Because no wound or injury was found on the corpse, some of the ‘spectators’ suspected that Chisom was strangled by someone, while others argued that she must have committed suicide.

One of her close friends, who did not reveal her identity, however, opined that the deceased might have been strangled by an early caller. She revealed that she (the deceased) had a disagreement with a customer the previous week, who allegedly paid her but she refused to let him copulate with her, as the ‘customer’ threatened to deal with her.

“APC Has Already Lost This Presidential Race” – Babachir Lawal
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He lamented the injustices suffered by the northern Christians in the hands of northern Muslims through the policies of the APC government targeted at given undue advantage to the northern Muslims against Northern Christians. He cited the positions such as Vice Chancellors federally owned universities where out of 26 available positions, only 5 was given to Christians – the remainder to Muslims. This structured disparity, he claims, results in the lopsided admissions currently witnessed in Nigerian public universities where Christians who scored higher scores are denied admission while Muslims who scored much lower scores are given admission. For eight years, “we endured this injustice”.