Author: NPO Admin II
By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of 14 Brigade, operating under 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, have rescued 13 abducted victims on the Ngodo-Isuochi Road in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu stated that the troops responded to a distress call on Saturday, in the wake of an attack on a Sienna SUV and L300 Mitsubishi bus with Reg. No. UWN 190 AL Enugu. He explained that the alleged kidnappers took the passengers hostage and escaped into the surrounding bush. According to…
By Kamil Opeyemi The police, in conjunction with a vigilance group, on Monday rescued one kidnap victim as they neutralised two suspected kidnappers in Kogi. The Kogi Police Command’s Spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said that the successful operation was in compliance with the directive of the State Commissioner of Police, Onuoha Bethrand, on curtailing criminal elements in the state. “The is part of the measures by the police to deny criminals a safe heaven in the Kogi. “The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Ife-Olukotun in an intelligence-led…
By Kamil Opeyemi Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria. Yakubu, stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election held on Monday in Abuja. “I am glad to report that the printing of all sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Election was entirely done in Nigeria. “This is the first time in 44 years since the transition to democratic rule in 1979…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Ogun State Government has begun a public sensitisation on the risk of consuming locally-brewed alcoholic drinks and other products not approved by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta. NPO Reports learnt that the public sensitisation was sequel to the recent reports of 11 cases of severe illnesses and tragic death of eight persons in Ogbogbo, Ijebu North East and Odogbolu local government areas of the state. It was gathered that the…
By Halimah Olamide Global body the Amnesty International, on Monday demanded a release of the identities of the 103 victims of the 2020 police brutality protests which have been slated for burial by the Lagos State Government. A letter had surfaced at the weekend which showed that the government had concluded plans to give the 103 victims mass burial. The letter had caused uproar. However, the state government said the victims were not picked up at the Lekki Tollgate but those who died at various scenes of violence during the riots. The Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi,…
A cross-section of dealers in metal scavenging in Borno have said that the State Government ban on the business affected at least one million people benefitting directly and indirectly from the business. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government had early this month placed indifinate ban on the rapidly growing business in the state. Gov. Babagana Zulum, who announced the ban, said the measure became necessary to forestall the continued killing of the scavengers, who visit quiet communities in search of metals. Government also alleged that there were cases of some scavengers vandalising government property. A former…
By Kamil Opeyemi Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed a man identified as Emmanuel Rufus in Edo. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday on Igarra-Ebilo road in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. A source, who preferred anonymity said the victim was travelling alongside his two relatives in a Mercedez Benz GLK when gunmen emerged from the bush and opened fire on the car. The source said that one of the victims died in the process, while other occupants of the vehicle were whisked into the bush. When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of…
By Kamil Opeyemi Some residents of Edo state on Monday trooped out to protest the rising cost of living in the country. The protesters who carried various placards baring different inscriptions, said the subsidy removal policy is chocking the poor. “FG, Reverse the fuel price,” FG, “Fix Our Refineries,” “We Say No to Constant Increase in Prices of PMS,” “Cost of Living in Nigeria is Telling on the Poor,” were some of the placards carried by the protesters. Also, the protesters, could be heard singing along with a track of the popular Afro beat singer Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela was…
Residents of Enugu, Enugu in the South_East of Nigeria have risen against the compulsory sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. Matching through the city of the Enugu city on Monday, the protesters said the order has killed the economy of the state. They said they can no longer bear with it. NPO Reports that IPON/ESN enforcers had gone bloody with violators of the order in different parts of the state with some cases of death and injuries. The Simon Ekpa-led IPOB faction had ordered a two-week sit-at-home, to commence on July 31. NPO Reports that the latest…
The Police Command in Anambra, has confirmed the kidnap of a popular native doctor, and the killing of two other persons suspected to be his aides in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Onitsha. Ikenga said that the incident happened around 11:30 p.m on Sunday at Oba in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. NAN reports that the native doctor, Chukwudozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki” is a popular native doctor in Anambra. A source who pleaded anonymity…