Tag: Security

Governor Ododo seeks NASRDA’s support in security, agriculture, land reforms, others

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Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has urged the management of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) to complement efforts by his administration to combat insecurity, improve agriculture and food security, fast track land reforms and support development in other critical sectors using existing space technology and innovative capabilities of the agency. Governor Ododo stated this during a meeting with the Director General of NASRDA, Dr. Mathew Olumide Adepoju on Monday. The statement was made available on Tuesday in Abuja by Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to…

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INSECURITY: NOA WARNS NIGERIANS AGAINST KEEPING LATE NIGHT

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Obiorah Anthony Ugwonwa It was like predicting the future when Anambra State Directorate of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Awka, joined her counterparts in various states of the federation on nationwide sensitization campaign on security, with the message against keeping late night especially at this Yuletide season. Today, a high profile kidnap has occurred. It was the kidnap of Justice Azuka, the Anambra State House of Assembly member representing Onitsha-North constituency 1. It was reported that the kidnap occurred around 8:00 pm in the night, at his ancestral home along…

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Ogwuaniocha Royal Family Debunks Alleged Arrests of Innocent Persons By Security Operatives in the Community

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•Says  Obumselu, His Groups behind Killings in the town The  family of the traditional ruler of Ogwuaniocha, Ogbaru LGA, Anambra State,  His Royal Highness, Igwe Oliver Chike Nnaji, has debunked the false and unfounded news item being circulated in the social media space by one  Christopher Obumselu  on behalf of his alleged notorious gang  known as Oduah in Council and Lion Squad in Ogwuanoacha that security operatives have been arresting innocent persons  in the community. The palace spokesperson, Chief Anthony Nnaji (Onu-eze), and the  President-General of Ogwu-Aniocha Progressive Association (OPA),…

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Keke, Okada Riders’ Welfare Pledge to Collaborate with Soludo, Security Operatives in 2023

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Alphonsus Nweze The Keke and Okada Riders’ Welfare in Anambra State have pledged to collaborate with Governor Chukwuma Soludo and security outfits in the State to curb insecurity in 2023. The State Organiser of Keke and Okada Riders’ Welfare, Chief Arunsi Igbaniuka, who said this during the new year party for his members held at Holiday Resort, Onitsha, the State commercial hub, assured that they are working hard to stop Keke robbery, handset snatching and any form of crime using Keke or Okada. To that extent, Igbaniuka announced the setting…

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Rights Group Flays Army’s New Postings – Accuses Nigerian Army of Sliding into Ethno-Religious Army

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•Demands Indigenisation of Postings Alphonsus Nweze A human right and pro-democracy group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has flayed the recent postings by Nigerian Army as being lopsided and ethno- religious. In a statement released to the media, the rights group said the postings encourages the prevailing insecurity in the country and posed a threat to the credibility of the 2023 polls. Intersociety accused the authorities of the Nigerian Army and the Presidency of working hard to collapse the High Command cadre of the Army…

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Anambra Youth Group Calls for Overhaul of Anambra Anti-Kidnapping Squad
… Comdems brutal killings of Obosi PG, Nine Others thers in Awka
•Says About 91 Kidnappings Took Place From October-December 2022

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Alphonsus Nweze The Anambra Youth Vanguard ((AYV) has decried the high degree of crime in Anambra State especially the kidnapping and outright killings of innocent people in the State. The youth vanguard in a statement released in Awka, the State capital yesterday said in the last three months of 2022, from October to December, more than 91 kidnappings took place in the State, lamenting that some of them resulted in the outright murder of the victims, while others who were lucky paid their way with huge amount of money as…

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Igbo Group Calls for Overhaul of Security Architecture In S/East – Blames Govs, Security Operatives

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Alphonsus Nweze An Igbo socio-cultural group, Igbo Bu Ofu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the South East Governors to overhaul the entire security architecture in the South East to stem the tide of growing kidnappings and killings in the region. The group in a strongly worded statement on Friday said that consequent upon their communiqué, all the heads of military and Police Command and formations should immediately be transferred out of the zone. Insecurity in the South East has risen to an all-time high and some communities in…

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Obi of Onitsha laments state of affairs in Nigeria

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Alphonsus Nweze The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, has decried the increasing negative economic, social, political and security situation in Nigeria. The traditional ruler who spoke Saturday at his Ime-Obi Palace in Onitsha during his 20th Ofala festival said: “Our country today appears to be in dire straight than at any other time since national independence, except for three years of the Civil War.” He said that the biggest challenge of the nation now is insecurity which affects most parts of the country and disrupts every aspect of our…

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Obi can turn Nigeria around in four years, if given opportunity – Businees Mogul

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By Alphonsus Nweze Prominent Anambra State business mogul and opinion leader, High Chief Gilbert Obi, popularly known as “Bravo” has said that the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, can turn around NIgeria within four years if given the opportunity to lead the country. Speaking with newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State commercial hub, Chief Obi also raised the alarm over Peter’s security, saying that the presidential candidate and his team should do something about his security. “If Peter manages to get there, the country will change for the…

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The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA), has stressed the compelling need for the Anambra State Government to urgently addeess the infrastructural needs of the State particularly in Onitsha, the State commercial hub.

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Addressing newsmen yesterday on the deplorable condition of infrastructure in the commercial town,the President of ONICCIMA,Chief Kevin Obieri, said the roads in the state are in urgent need of repair. Chief Obieri mentioned such dilapidated roads to include 3-3-Nsugbe,Awka Road, New Market Road, Niger Bridge approach from Onitsha, Niger Street to Main Market, Creek Road, Ochanja Round About to Zik Ave, Oguta Road among others. He said the deplorable state of these roads has led to traffic gridlock being experienced in Onitsha for sometime now, hence the need to speed…

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