Tag: South-east nigeria

Police said the victims were rescued and suspects arrested in multiple operations across Nigerian communities.

Mr Ekpa was arrested alongside four others on 21 November 2024 on suspicion of terrorist activities.

The latest attack happened on the same day, when gunmen killed a lawyer and his client in Egbebelu village of ...

Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Anambra State in recent times with frequent attacks by armed ...

Police authorities in Anambra State had announced on 18 February that two suspected killers of a lawmaker in the state ...

In March 2024, Alex Otti, had vowed to revive quality hygiene in Abia State after the governor paid an unscheduled ...

The administration of the former governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu, had commissioned the new Government House on 28 May ...

Some gunmen, on Thursday, blocked a highway and murdered a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people, including travellers along Okigwe-Owerri Road between ...

Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State in recent times with frequent attacks by armed ...

“NEITI would do well to pay close attention to the evolution of this new ecosystem with respect to the business ...

Cases of police brutality, extortion and other unprofessional activities in Nigeria have continued despite sanctions by police authorities.

The incident happened on Tuesday in Ogidi, a community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The discovery came barely 24 hours after the police recovered the body of a yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman found hanging from ...

On Saturday, a video clip which showed a male UNN lecturer allegedly extorting N16,000 from new students surfaced on social ...

The latest incident happened weeks after gunmen abducted nine persons, including two Catholic reverend sisters, at Eburumiri, Ibagwa-Aka, a community ...

The victims were abducted by gunmen on 26 April at Eburumiri, Ibagwa-Aka, a community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area ...

The NJC, on Wednesday, voided the appointment of the acting chief judge of Imo State for being in violation of ...

The court martial also sentenced another soldier, Abubakar Yusuf, also a private, to 10 years imprisonment for robbery at a ...

Six people were injured in the accident, an official said.

Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in the Anambra State in recent times with frequent attacks by ...

A report surfaced online recently suggesting that Mr Otti met with Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State as a prelude ...

A petrol tanker, on 25 January, exploded at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, killing at least 23 ...

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, happened on Tuesday evening at the popular Ibeto Junction in Nnewi, a community in Nnewi ...

The NBA, on Thursday, moved its 2025 General Conference earlier scheduled for Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Enugu in Enugu ...

The suspect, Nnamdi Anyaji, attempted to commit suicide after allegedly killing the 68-year-old mother, Dorathy Anyaji.