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A political activist, Adejuwon Akinade, has said that lack of parity in governance will continue to fuel agitations, saying the Nigerian government has not shown commitment towards addressing the ugly trend. Speaking to the in Enugu, Akinade noted that issues threatening unity and peace of the country have remained unresolved and, getting more complicated…
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The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Monday, opened his defence in absentia without calling any witness. Nolan’s counsel, Mr Michael Ajara, told Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja that he did not intend to…
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Troops of the Nigerian Army killed seven bandits, recovered arms/ammunition and arrested 33 suspects during the raids they carried out within the last one week. The Army in a statement on X on Tuesday said the troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Operation HAKORIN DAMISA IV carried out the raids from 13 to 20…
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Mr Olatunji Disu, Commissioner of Police in Rivers, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made by the speaker. Ehie (PDP Ahoada-East II) had…
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The factional Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Mr Edison Ehie (PDP-Ahoada 11) has urged the Inspector General of Police to address the alleged misconduct of some officers deployed to Rivers. Ehie made the appeal on Monday while addressing newsmen on an alleged invasion of his Port Harcourt residence. According to him, some men in…
