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- June 13, 2024
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Troops raid IPOB/ESN training camp in Abia
The Nigeria Army said troops on clearance operations, in the early hours of Wednesday, 12 June, 2024, in conjunction with a Task Force Tactical Patrol Squad, conducted a raid on a training camp of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) located in Ihechiowa community of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. In a statement on its X, the Army saud during the operation, troops successfully infiltrate…
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- June 13, 2024
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Police arrest 12 suspected armed robbers in Delta, recover guns
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command led by CSP Edewor Akponegware have arrested 12 suspected armed robbers involved in house to house robbery in Asaba. Some of the suspects include John Dalami, Musa Suleiman, Abdullahi Jibril, Solomon Uchechukwu, Yusuf Joda, Egboka Chukwu Charles and Wisdom Syvester. They were arrested on 08/06/2024 at about 0340hrs, DAILY POST can report. The Police recovered one bag containing a locally made cut to size gun, one live cartridge and…
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- June 13, 2024
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Pro-Wike lawmakers not State Assembly members – Rivers Govt insists
The Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Iboroma, has insisted that the 27 members of the state Assembly loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike have lost their seats as members of the State House of Assembly. Iboroma said that the lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, had last year defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and are no longer members of the PDP. Iboroma said this in a statement on Wednesday, stressing…
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- June 13, 2024
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Student bags 1 year jail term for swindling Chinese woman
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gwagwalada, on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old student, Adakole Peter to one year imprisonment for swindling a Chinese woman of 50 dollars. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had arraigned the convict on two counts of cheating by impersonation and pretending to be a military personnel. He pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, also gave him an option of…
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- June 13, 2024
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Court refuses to review judgment on sack of ECOWAS Commission staff
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African State has rejected the request by the ECOWAS Commission and its President to review the judgment that nullified the sack of a staff of the Commission, Suleiman Mohammad Hussaini. The court had in 2022 held that the appointment of Hussaini, a Controller with the ECOWAS Commission, was illegally and unlawfully terminated by the Commission and its President. In a ruling on the application by the…
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- June 13, 2024
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Sallah: Osun Amotekun assures of maximum security
The Corps Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, rtd, has assured the residents of the state of maximum security of lives and property during and after the 2024 Eid-eil-Adha celebration. Adewinmbi, who disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo on Thursday, also said there was no cause for alarm as the operatives of the security outfit were on red alert in all the local governments of the state to…
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- June 13, 2024
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Photos: Troops Raid Bandits’ Hideout, Recovers Valuable Items In Taraba
Troops from the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) carried out a targeted operation on Tuesday to address kidnapping and criminal activities in Taraba State. Naija News gathered that the operation led to the successful destruction of several kidnappers’ camps and the recovery of valuable items in Chinkai Forest, Wukari Local Government Area, Taraba State. In response to intelligence reports on terrorist groups’ criminal activities in Chinkai Forest, troops from the 93 Battalion…
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- June 13, 2024
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Minimum Wage: Beware of mass sack – Nigerian Govt tells Labour
The Federal Government has warned the organized labour against negotiating a new minimum wage that would lead to mass retrenchment of workers or endanger the welfare of about 200 million Nigerians. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, noted that the N250,000 minimum wage demanded by labour could undermine the economy. The Information Minister stressed…
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- June 13, 2024
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Troops storm terrorists’ camp in Plateau, recover weapons
Troops of the Nigerian Army recovered weapons after storming a terrorist camp in Pandem forest, Qua’an Pan LGA of Plateau State. A counterinsurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, said the raid was conducted by troops of Operation Safe Haven in the state. According to Makama, the troops carried out the operation on June 12. Intelligence sources told Makama that the terrorists fled the location upon sighting the troops. The sources said the…
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- June 13, 2024
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Supreme Court reserves judgment in Nigerian Govt’s suit seeking autonomy for LGs
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. Justice Garba Lawal on Thursday announced that parties in the matter would be communicated once the judgment is ready. He announced the reservation of the judgment after the seven-man panel of the apex court adopted processes filed by the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Prince…
