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Jun

23

2022

Troops intercept explosives, ammunition in Cross River

Metro, NewsCrime, Nigeria, Security

By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of 13 Brigade operating under 82 Division Nigerian Army on Tuesday, intercepted a vehicle laden with explosives and assorted ammunition around Utanga village toward Obudu Mountains in Cross River. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA was used to convey the weapons. Nwachukwu said the troops deployed at Forward Operating Base Amana attempted to stop the vehicle at their checkpoint but the driver evaded the checking and zoomed off. He said the driver’s recalcitrance compelled the troops to open…

Jun

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Amotekun arrests suspects in connection with recent Owo massacre

NewsAmotekun, Bandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Nigeria, Religion, RIP, Security

The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, has revealed that some of the suspects involved in the June 5 terror attack at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, have been apprehended. According to Adeleye, the vehicle that the gunmen used to escape from the scene of the attack had also been retrieved as well as some of the instruments used. The Amotekun Commander disclosed this while parading 71 suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters on Thursday. Adeleye, who did not give the actual figure of the suspects arrested in connection with the attack,…

Jun

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Obi, Kwankwaso working on mega alliance — Abure, Okupe, Yinusa Tanko

News2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Rabiu Kwankwaso

Labour Party, LP, vice presidential candidate, and leaders of the party, yesterday, said that the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; and his New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, counterpart, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are still in talks to field a joint ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. Meanwhile, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that “many” Nigerians are looking for alternatives to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC. Explaining why the PDP lost the recent Ekiti governorship election, Obaseki, in a video posted by AIT on Tuesday, said many Nigerians no longer want APC…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

War: Russia bombards Ukraine with kamikaze drones

NewsFreedom, Russia, Ukraine, World News, World Peace

A Ukrainian military official has revealed that Russian forces are using kamikaze drones for cross-border attacks into the northeastern Sumy region of the country. The portable so-called kamikaze drones carry warheads and detonate on impact. They are small and disposable devices equipped with cameras and GPS that when launched, locate nearby enemy assets and dive on command. The town of Krasnopillya was shelled with mortars four times and bombarded with “kamikaze drones,” Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said Tuesday, according to CNN. Four people were wounded, he added. “In general the situation is quite tense. Yesterday the communities and territories along the border…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

IPOB attacks Buhari over pipeline vandalism comment – ‘You’re a disgrace, uninformed liar’

Economy, Metro, NewsCrime, IPOB, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Security

By Seun Opejobi The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for linking its members to pipeline vandalism., IPOB described Buhari’s remark linking IPOB to pipeline vandalism as laughable, disgraceful, and false. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, said Buhari’s comment has exposed how shallow-minded and uninformed he is about Nigeria’s affairs. A statement by Powerful said: “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great and indefatigable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been drawn to the laughable, disgraceful and fallacious statement from the supposed President of Nigeria,…