GUNMEN on Monday ambushed and killed four policemen in the Irete community along Onitsha Road in Owerri, the Imo State capital. According to sources, the gunmen attacked the policemen who were on stop-and-search duty in the area. A Point of Sale (PoS) operator and a passer-by were also reportedly killed in the ambush by daredevil gunmen, according to a Police source who spoke to News Point Nigeria via telephone. Police spokesman in the state Henry Okoye confirmed the unfortunate incident. He said four policemen were killed and not six. The attack is the latest in the spate of attacks against…
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THE news of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s death on Saturday has sent shockwaves into Nigeria’s public space. This newspaper reports that Ubah died on Saturday. He was first elected to the Senate in February 2019, winning the Anambra South Senatorial District election on the platform of the Young Progressive Party (YPP). Ubah later defected to Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The late senator was born on September 3, 1971, and died at the age of 52. This newspaper highlights some businesses owed by Ifeanyi Ubah: Capital Oil And Gas Ifeanyi Ubah founded Capital Oil in 2001 before he…
EMMANUEL Iwuanyanwu, the president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo is dead. News Point Nigeria reports that the 82-year-old Iwuanyanwu died on Thursday after a brief illness. Iwuanyanwu, a politician and businessman, took over the reins of Ohanaeze Ndigbo after the death of George Obiozor. Iwuanyanwu founded Hardel and Enic, a construction company that constructed roads and bridges all over Nigeria during the military era. He was also the founder of the defunct Oriental Airlines. Iwuanyanwu was a well known sports enthusiast. He was the founder of Iwuanyanwu Nationale, a football team based in Owerri. With return to civilian rule in 1998, he…
THE Imo House of Assembly on Thursday recommended the sack of the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Chukwuemeka-Chikeka, for misconduct and alleged age falsification pursuant to Section 292 of the Constitution. During a plenary at the House of Assembly, two-third majority of the lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of recommendations of the house adhoc-committee set up to look into a petition brought by a civil society group under the aegis of Civil Society Engagement Platform against the chief judge for age falsification. The recommendation prayed the governor, Hope Uzodimma, to remove Justice Chukwuemeka-Chikeka from office for alleged misconduct, under Section…
THE Court of Appeal Abuja, has dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Samuel Anyawu, challenging the decision of the Imo State tribunal, which affirmed the election of Hope Uzodinma as the authentic governor of the state. The court held that the appeal lacked merit having resolved all issues formulated against the appellants in the suit. In the same vein, the appellate court also dismissed the appeal by the Labour Party and its candidate, Achonu Nneji, and that of the Allied Peoples Movement for also lacking in merit. The appellants who were dissatisfied with…
THE Imo state police command has confirmed the murder of three vigilante personnel and one civilian, by gunmen at Umuaka autonomous community in the Njaba local government area of Imo state. Condemning the unfortunate incident in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye, the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, said the command’s tactical squad have been deployed with the available operational resources, to go all out in synergy with other security agencies and hunt down the hoodlums responsible for the dastardly act. He expressed sadness over the unfortunate incident, and vowed that the command…
THE five governors in the South-East geopolitical zone have agreed to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss all pressing issues affecting the zone. The governors also said plans are in top gear to secure the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. According to the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, who read out the communiqué at the end of the Forum’s meeting in Enugu on Tuesday, the governors also resolved to discuss other issues ranging from security, to economy with the President. Other governors at…
TWO persons have been reportedly trapped inside a three-storey building under construction, that collapsed on Tuesday evening in Abakaliki the Ebonyi State capital. The collapsed building is located inside the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. During a search and rescue operation, one person was rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical treatment, as one other person is still trapped inside the collapsed building. One of the labourers, who escaped from the collapsed building, narrated that he escaped because he went to wash his hands. “I was loading a bag of stones and the owner of the house…
TROOPS of Operation UDO KA have neutralised six terrorist following a successful raid on the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Igboro Forest, Arochukwu Local Government of Abia State on Saturday. The Nigerian Army disclosed this on its X handle on Sunday, saying that the operation was embarked upon to apprehend the perpetrators of the attack on its troops in Aba last week. The army said that during the intelligence led operation, troops encountered Improvised Explosive Devices along it’s axis of advance and one soldier sustained minor…
THE military has confirmed an attack on its troops by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Abia State on Thursday, killing five personnel. A statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the attack took place at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Areas adjourning Aba metropolis, where troops of Operation Udoka were deployed to enforce peace in the area and protect the citizens. He said the terrorists who attacked the troops in the surprise assault, came in three-tinted Toyota Prado SUVs and others,…
THE Nigerian Army has kept mum on the reported killing of soldiers in Obikabia Junction, Ogbor Hill area, Aba, Abia State more than 10 hours after the video of the incident went viral. The gunmen who were said to have stormed the military unit at about 6.45 am, also burnt the unit as well as a patrol van parked in the unit. Some soldiers were alleged to have escaped the attack by the gunmen. However, army and police authorities have yet to comment on the matter as of the time of this report. The Acting Assistant Director of Army Public…
GZ Zhen, a Chinese man, has been arrested for alleged involvement in the death of Miss Ocheze Ogbonna, one of his staff who worked as a crane operator. Ogbonna was allegedly killed by the Chinese national who wanted to be in a relationship with her. Chris Nkwonta, the member representing Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, had said the deceased died after a Chinese expatriate working at Inner Galaxy Steel Company located in Umuahala-Obuzor pushed her down from the crane for rejecting his love advances. The Federal lawmaker expressed deep sadness over the…
THERE was a reign of terror at Orba and Eha-Alumona in Udenu and Nsukka Local Government Areas of Enugu State, respectively; as gunmen attacked two operatives each of the Nigeria Police Force and Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday. The attack came barely 24 hours after two policemen on a stop-and-search duty were attacked and killed on Friday by some gunmen in the state metropolis, less than a kilometre from the Government House. Our correspondent reliably gathered that the latest attack started from the Premier Junction at Eha-Alumona in Nsukka LG and proceeded to the Army checkpoint at Orba in…
FORMER Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 gubernatorial election, Senator Ayogu Eze, has reportedly died at the age of 66. Born in 1958, the former senator who was in the senate between 2007 and 2015, was said to have died in a hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness. Eze was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but until his death, the former lawmaker was a member of the APC and one of the chieftains of the party in Enugu State. Although the news…
DR. OGBONNAYA Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology under the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, is dead. A source, close to the deceased, confirmed the death to this newspaper on Thursday. Onu, a former governor of Abia State, died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in Nigeria. Recall that the late 72-year-old former minister contested for the presidential flag of the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2023 general election, but lost to President Bola Tinubu. Onu was a Nigerian politician, author and engineer until his death. He was the first civilian governor of Abia State and was the…
GUNMEN, on Thursday, attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van belonging on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki metropolis. Sources in the area said the gunmen killed one policeman and abducted another, but this could not be independently verified as of the time of filing this report. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack. He, however, denied knowledge of the killing or abduction of any police officer saying reports from the scene were still sketchy. He said,…
A STRAY dog foraging for food has retrieved an abandoned baby boy in a forest in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The stray dog was said to have carried the infant across a busy road and kept him in a public glare, apparently for passersby to pick up for rehabilitation. The baby was said to have been found by the dog in a plastic bag in which he was abandoned in the forest. The baby who was said to be stable might have been abandoned in the forest for about two days before the dog discovered him.…
GUNMEN have attacked and razed the Neni Divisional Police station in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Emerging reports suggest that the attackers numbering about thirty stormed the area at about 2am in the morning on Thursday, wreaking havoc on several buildings. The State Police Public Relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the gunmen attacked the police station with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). He, however, stated clearly that the gunmen did not take away any arms or kidnap any police personnel. The police imagemaker further disclosed that the hoodlums were forced to flee after the police operatives subdued them…
THE Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers attached to Mopol 18 by suspected gunmen along Gariki Road in Okigwe area of Imo State. Confirming the unfortunate incident in a statement signed by the command’s spokesman, Henry Okoye said the officers were ambushed in the early hours of Saturday while on patrol duty along old Gariki Road, Okigwe by hoodlums who threw dynamite on the officer’s patrol vehicle and engaged them in a protracted gunfight. He added that in the process, two officers paid the ultimate price while four others survived the attack. According to…
THE Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has approved the appointment of his brother, Ferdinand Uzodimma, as his Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of general services. Ferdinand Uzodimma was a Councillor, Transition Committee Chairman and Sole Administrator of Oru East Local Government Area. The governor also reappointed Cosmos Iwu as the Secretary to the Government. Also reappointed by the governor are Nnamdi Anyaehie, Patrick Ekeji and Olisaemeka Sydney Agbor as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration) and Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) respectively. Iwu, Agbor, Ekeji and Anyaehie all served in the same capacities in the same…