Following the attacks by gunmen on the Imo State Police Command headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Prison, the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has imposed a curfew on Aba and Umuahia communities. The curfew becomes effective immediately between 10pm and 6am daily “till further notice”, Abia State Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, said in […]

More than 130 choice assets have been bought with looted funds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by some ex-governors, ministers and senators. These assets are among the over 800 traceable to Nigerians in the UAE, including top security and military officers. Four areas have been identified through which the nation’s resources are looted. These […]

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, is currently in a closed-door meeting with heads of all the security agencies in the state. It was gathered that the emergency meeting taking place inside the Government House in Owerri is happening following the Monday morning jailbreak at Owerri Correctional Centre and the razing of Imo State […]

Razed vehicles at the Imo State Police Command Headquarters in the aftermath of Monday attack by gunmen Security agencies have launched a massive hunt for 1,884 inmates of Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, who escaped after the facility was attacked by gunmen on Monday morning. Six escaped inmates have returned to the facility while 35 […]

Burnt vehicles at the Imo State Police Command Headquarters in the aftermath of Monday attack by gunmen Gunmen on Monday morning attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates. The attackers also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked […]

All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to Dr (Mrs) Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of the late activist and columnist, Yinka Odumakin. The former Lagos State governor visited the widow at Odumakin’s Lagos residence.Odumakin, who was the spokesman for pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, died on Saturday at the Lagos State University Teaching […]

‘I wish he could read tributes of those he criticised’ Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband. She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying about him. Joe spoke to […]

The death of Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, who is also one of the spokesmen of Southern Middle Belt Leadership Forum (SMBLF), has continued to shock many Nigerians, especially members of the various human rights groups across the country. He breathed his last on Saturday, April 3, following complications from […]

The presiding Pastor and General Overseer of the Citadel Global Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has stated the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari is in grave danger of being confined to an unsavoury side of history. Bakare stressed he is being compelled to speak out given the state of the nation, arguing Nigeria is in a […]

The presidency has lashed out at the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, describing his Sunday’s criticism of the Muhammadu Buhari administration as ungodly. He had in his Easter Message on Sunday hit at the Buhari-led federal government over the grave security situation in Nigeria. Easter is the celebration of the death and resurrection of […]