Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor Renowned Nigerian human rights lawyer and lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has challenged the Federal Government to publish a comprehensive list of Nigerians currently held in detention across the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday and titled “Midweek Musing: The Arithmetic of Abandonment ,Can…
From Nabob Ogbonna, Abakaliki The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has relaxed the earlier 20-hour curfew (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) imposed on Amasiri three weeks ago, reducing it to 13 hours (6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) daily.The curfew was initially imposed following the January 30 attack on residents of Okporojo in Edda. The…
The Anambra State Police Command has neutralised a 21-year-old suspected armed robber and notorious cultist during a security operation in the state.In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, police operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugu-Ukwu, carried out the operation in the early hours of Monday.The operatives neutralised one Chukwuka…
The case between human rights activist Comrade Osita Obi and the Catholic Diocese of Awka over alleged cyberbullying and defamation could not proceed on Monday at Magistrate Court 4, Amawbia, in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State.The Awka Catholic Diocese had dragged Obi to court, accusing him of defaming the Diocese through posts…
An apprentice, Chiemerie Anieke, 21, allegedly murdered his master, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwite, and attacked his wife, Mrs. Ogechukwu Nwite, with a pestle in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Sunday. According to reports, the suspect struck his master on the head with the pestle, resulting in his death.The attack on Mrs. Nwite left her with several injuries.Police…
