February 13, 2022

Again, Unknown Gunmen Murder 4 Policemen At Enugu Checkpoint

February 13, 2022 9:14 am

Barely forty-eight hours after four policemen were killed in the Enugu capital by yet-to-be identified gunmen, another four have been reportedly killed at a checkpoint in the outskirts of the city.

Reports say the gunmen, who operated in Sienna and Lexus Jeep, stormed the checkpoint at Obeagu in Enugu South Local Government Area, killing at least four. Efforts to reach the police have proved abortive.

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The killing of security operatives has become commonplace in the country’s southeast region. Aside from attacks on security personnel, police and other agencies formations …

Electoral Act: Presidency Afraid Of APC’s 2023 Chances – Wike

February 13, 2022 2:53 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has claimed that President Mohammadu Buhari is afraid that giving assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill will make his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fail in the 2023 general election.

Governor Wike made the assertion at the inauguration of lecture halls, laboratories and offices of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa on Saturday, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson Kelvin Ebiri

The Governor pointed to the inclusion of the compulsory transmission of electoral results electronically in the Electoral Act Amendment …

Ukraine Attack Will Bring Severe Costs, Biden Warns Putin

February 13, 2022 1:43 am

Efforts to de-escalate the tensions in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy was unable to achieve any serious results on Saturday, with the White House insisting that Russia would face ‘swift and severe costs’ if its troops carry out the planned invasion.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier slammed Western claims that such a move might be on the horizon, calling the idea ‘provocative speculation’ that could result to a conflict in the ex-Soviet country.

Just a few weeks of tensions that have seen Russia nearly surround its western neighbour with more …