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At least six people have been reported dead and several others injured following two separate attacks by armed herdsmen on the Iwari and Olegagbane communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a local source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the incidents occurred on Friday evening. The source explained that the attack on the Iwari community claimed one life, while five others were killed in the Olegagbane community. “In recent times, Agatu communities have faced repeated assaults by these marauders, who strike intermittently and then retreat. “On Friday, the armed herdsmen attacked the Iwari community, killing…

Operators of Point of Sale, PoS, in Umuahia, came under attack from armed men who stormed their business areas in the state capital on Sunday in an attempt to rob them of their cash. The first attack took place along Uzuakoli Road in the city, while the second incident happened on the opposite side of the town. A commercial bus driver who claimed to have been driving past when the first incident happened along Uzuakoli Road said that the robbers arrived at the scene with a tricycle, shooting in the air to send people away before ordering the PoS dealers…

As the Edo State governorship election slated for September 21, 2024, draws nearer, the Asue-Ogie Campaign Management Council on Sunday called on the people of the state not to mortgage their future by voting for an incompetent candidate. DAILY POST reports that the council made the call at a press conference in Benin City. The deputy director-general of the council in charge of media, Olu Martins, who briefed journalists, reacted to a statement credited to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who alleged that a woman was caught with packs of Permanent Voter Cards, PVC, in Ovia Federal Constituency. He also alleged that…

Former Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has launched another scathing attack on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Melaye on Sunday said founding fathers of the party like Alex Ekwueme, Solomon Lar, Sunday Awoniyi, Adamu Chiroma, Tony Anenih, and Abubakar Rimi would be turning in their graves over what PDP’s acting National Chairman, Iliya Damagum, is doing to the party. He noted that the former ruling party is now an obituary under the leadership of Damagum, Samuel Anyanwu, and Umar Bature. Yesterday, the former lawmaker accused Damagum, Anyanwu, and Bature of destroying the former ruling party. Melaye said the three chieftains…

A socio-political group, known as the Ngwa Rangers have threatened to recall the House of Representatives member for Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency, Munachim Alozie, alleging that the lawmaker has been noticeably absent from both his duties and in the eye of the public. The group, which alleged that Alozie has failed to serve as the voice of his people in addressing their local concerns, said the lawmaker’s performance was capable of jeopardizing the democratic integrity of the Federal constituency he represents. In a press release signed by Kingsley Ihesiaba, the Publicity Secretary of Ngwa Rangers the group expressed dissatisfaction with what…

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Sunday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the State Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Sola Adigun, in Ado Ekiti, over the passing of his mother, Mrs Juliana Adigun. The Governor also paid a condolence visit to the families of two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC- the late Chief Omotayo Kolawole, in Efon- Alaaye and Pa Oluwatoogun Ademilua in Ikogosi- Ekiti, to commiserate with the families of the two political leaders who passed on recently. The Governor, during the visit to the Adigun family home, urged the TUC chairman…

Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has confirmed that a case of Monkeypox (M-Pox) has been confirmed in the state and that they are doing contact tracing to ascertain where she has been and how many have come in contact with her. Ayuk said, “The case, a female from Okoshe village in Obudu local government area. She was at Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki to access care. “Investigation about her travel history is ongoing, to ascertain what took her primarily to Ebonyi, as there is no medical history or referral from Obudu. “While the investigation of…

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Senator Dino Melaye as a liability to the party. PDP elders in the state led by Ibrahim Dansofo, urged the local executive committee in Ijumu to initiate immediate suspension proceedings against Melaye. This, they said, would emphasize the need to restore the party’s integrity and focus on viable leadership. On Saturday, Melaye said the acting national chairman of the PDP, Iliya Damagum, Samuel Anyanwu and Umar Bature have destroyed the former ruling party. Melaye claimed that the three chieftains had irredeemably destroyed PDP. Condemning his remark, the party…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the rise in human rights abuses in the country. Atiku stated this in a release signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, lamenting that citizens were being arrested in a Gestapo manner without the knowledge of their relatives. He said Tinubu has turned against the people by allowing the Department of State Services, DSS, the Police and even the military to abuse the rights of citizens without any consequences. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the last general election said the most affected…

The factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Sunday, said the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa was exploiting the weakness of Southeast governors to issue baseless threats. Isiguzoro was responding to Ekpa’s threat to lock down the Southeast from August 28 to September 26, 2024. Ekpa had threatened a 30-day lockdown of the Southeast over the insecurity in the region and the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. He claimed the decision was agreed upon in a virtual meeting by his Biafra Government in Exile, BRGIE, cabinet, saying that the lockdown…