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  By  Gordi Udeajah (Umuahia) and Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri) As group woos Buhari to support Igbo presidency Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Technical Committee, Raymond Dokpesi, yesterday, said the South-East should wait for another five years till 2027 to produce the president of Nigeria. He argued that waiting till 2027 would afford the North the opportunity to complete former President Umaru Musa Y’Ardua’s tenure, who died in office and was succeeded by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Dokpesi stated this in Umuahia at the Abia State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), when he and members of the committee met party members to solicit support for Atiku’s 2023 presidential bid. He said Atiku would serve only one term of four years from 2023, during which he would right the many wrongs in the country. Dokpesi, who described President Muhammadu Buhari administration as a complete failure, said: “Nigeria is bleeding and on the brink of collapse. Althou...

There is panic in Cross River State over heavy military presence at Bakassi as Biafra Nations League’s (BNL) threat to release Nnamdi Kanu and others expires today. The heavy military presence might not be unconnected to the ultimatum by BNL to the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other supporters of BNL, who are in custody before January 23, 2022. The heavy military presence is in Bakassi Local Council, especially Ikang waterways and the welcome to Bakassi area where the group reportedly seized control and hoisted the Biafran flag in November 2021. Also in response, the Cameroonian authority has deployed men of the Rapid d’intervention Battalion (BIR) to the ceded Bakassi Peninsula as a result of the threat, but the BNL said it would not be threatened by the forces deployed to the area. The National Leader of BNL, Princewill Richard has allegedly disclosed in a statement that the group would not back down, adding that it has alread...

 The Anambra State Police Command has said it would tackle members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over threats to citizens of the state to stay at home every Monday until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released.  State police commissioner, CP Chris Awolabi, who spoke to DAILY POST on phone yesterday, said he and his men are aware of the order by the IPOB, but are working underground to thwart it. He said he is not used to doing his work in the open, but believes in covert operations. “If you are in Anambra, you will know what we have been doing. IPOB is a proscribed group, what do you want me to say about them. We are working. “I do not believe in coming to the media to do my work, but if you are in Anambra, you would have seen what we are doing. We are working on that,” he said. Daily Post Nigeria NEWSSit-at-home: Police vow to tackle IPOB, as group urges citizens to ignore orderPublished on August 7, 2021By Joe Chukindi  The Anambra State Police Command has said...

 The Anambra State Government has threatened not to pay August Salary to any worker who abstains from work on Monday in obedience to IPOB sit-at-home directive. The Anambra State Government has threatened not to pay August Salary to any worker who abstains from work on Monday in obedience to IPOB sit-at-home directive. This is contained in a public announcement by the Head of Service, Barry Harry Uduh on Sunday. Uduh directed Commissioners and permanent secretaries to monitor the situation and report accordingly. The announcement reads: “The Government of Anambra State has directed that all workers in the State must attend to their duties on Monday 9th August 2021 as failure to do so will result in severe sanctions including loss of Salary for the month of August. “All Hon. Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries are to monitor and report compliance please. Kindly give this information the widest publicity in your Establishment.”

A Man Arrested For Allegedly Procuring Abortion For His Girlfriend Which Caused Her Death. A 50-year old man, Wisdom Okoro, has been arrested for procuring abortion pills for his girlfriend which led to her death. Police operative attached to the Ikorodu Division of the Lagos State Police Command arrested the suspect on April 11, 2021, for the sudden death of his girlfriend, identified as Enobong Udoh, 38yrs. One Blessing Pius, reported to the police that Enobong Udoh was found dead in her house along Igbogbo Road, Ikorodu, on April 11, 2021 at about 10am. The police operatives immediately invited her boyfriend, Wisdom Okoro, for interrogation where he confessed that the deceased informed him that she was pregnant in February,2021 and he was in her house to check on her on Saturday, April10, 2021, at about 5:14pm. He said that while he was at her house, Enobong told him that she had terminated her pregnancy. According to the Lagos state police Public Relations Officer , CSP Olu...

Sim Registration  Federal Government has lifted ban placed on buying and registraing new sim cards, announces Monday 19th April 2021 for buying and registration commencement.