“The pain I went through in the hands of the officers was unimaginable. In my whole life, I have never been subjected to such inhuman treatment… I sincerely hope the authorities will listen to the voice of Amnesty International. I want Amnesty…
-By Ejovwoke Udi, Warri, Delta: The crisis between youths of Orhuwhorun and steel township a satellite residential area of Orhuwhorun Community has left one Stanley Okobiebie having his right hand chopped-off with several other youths in various degree of injuries sustained during…
The Nigeria Police Force has issued a list of electoral offences and warned members of the public, particularly eligible voters to beware of some offences that are punishable on Election Day. According to the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting CP Emmanuel Ojukwu,…
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has vehemently warned that no persons or groups have the right to announce election results before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) concludes its collation exercise. It therefore, advised all citizens of Nigeria, election observers and…
AS Nigeria remembers its fallen heroes, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called for actions which will deepen the peace and unity of the country. Uduaghan made the call yesterday at an inter-denominational thanksgiving service as part of activities for the…
The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police warned motorists of the dangers associated with transporting gas cylinders in private or unlicensed vehicles that are not labeled with warning signs. Random gas transport poses a serious threat to other road users…
Abia State government has said that it would ensure the early release of the Nation newspaper correspondent in Umuahia, Mr. Ugochukwu Ugorji Eke, who was abducted by hoodlums at his Ogbor Hill, Aba residence at about 7.30 pm on Sunday. Briefing newsmen…
Family members of late Mr. Ifeayi Obi, the Senior Driver of Delta State Commissioner on the board of the NDDC, Chief Tom Amioku, who was shot during last Saturday’s local polls in Delta State, have cried out for justice over the circumstances…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated a three-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry to proffer lasting solutions to the Ibabu/Iselegu communal crisis. Inaugurating the commission, in Asaba on Monday, October 27, 2014, Governor Uduaghan charged communities in the state to always…
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called for inter-state cooperation among security agencies as one best strategy of checking criminal activities in the country. Uduaghan made the call on Monday when the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 5,…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has bemoaned the unfortunate and dastardly killing of Ms Frances Oneya, daughter of former Military Administrator of Kano and Benue States, General Dominic Oneya (rtd.) The late Ms Oneya was shot dead last Friday in Effurun by suspected armed…
AS Nigerians celebrate 54 years of independence, the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has granted total pardon to three prisoners sentenced to death and commuted the death sentence of nine others to various terms of imprisonment. Speaking on Wednesday, October…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed confidence in the ability of security operatives to tackle security challenges rather than civilians who were not trained in the act of providing security. Speaking when the newly posted Commissioner of Police to Delta…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed for cooperation from Nigerians in the fight against insurgency and acts of terrorism in the country. President Jonathan in a goodwill message to the Second Plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Effurun, Delta State,…
The acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has named and deployed new officers to 21 states as Commissioners of Police in the States. In the new appointment, Usman A. Baba becomes the new Commissioner of Police for Delta State, following the…
Nigerian Military authorities in Abuja have vowed to defend the nation’s territorial intergrity and people at all cost, just as the Boko Haram terrorist group have allegedly taken over five towns in Borno and Adamawa states. The Defence headquarters twitter handle which…
In the spate of the national security challenges, an appeal has gone to the Presidency and Nigerian Security Council to urgently recall the over 10,000 Nigerian trained Soldiers recruited into the Nigerian Army since 1979 till date who were allegedly dismissed by…
Australian negotiator Dr Stephen Davis continues making shocking claims now alleging that Boko Haram pass a large amount of their finances through the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN). This comes days after the expert, who had spent 4 months in Nigeria’s North-East…
Rising to the wake up call by concerned Nigerians on the seemingly slurpy handling of terrorism situation in the North Eastern part of the country by the Federal Government and the International Community, the Nigerian military on Thursday, August 28, carried out…
The Catholic Church has been compelled to close down most of its churches in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states because of acts of terrorism, just as Christians and Christian institutions have become the major targets in the Boko Haram sect’s mayhem. “Christian…
The peaceful community of Ewulu in Aniocha south Local Government area of Delta State has sent a “SAVE OUR SOULS” to the Government of Delta state and the law enforcement agencies over the incessant Armed Robbery cases and other social vices confronting…
INVESTIGATING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ALLEGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE BY NIGERIAN MILITARY Gentlemen of the Press, Welcome to this press briefing which was compelled by the urgent need to clarify some developments arising from our counter-terrorism operations in the country. The Nigerian…
As the Delta state government and security agencies intensify efforts to curtail the raging crisis in Ndokwa West council area of the state, Ugiliamai Community has brazed up in the heat of the crisis to clarify some grey issues. A statement made…
The Nigerian military has initiated an enquiry into the recent shooting incident between its soldiers on routine patrol and members of the Shiite Islamic sect last Friday in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to a statement from the Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence,…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of AIG Suleiman Abba as the new Inspector-General of Police to replace the outgoing IGP Mohammed Abubakar upon his statutory retirement after 35 years in service. Abba’s appointment is with effect from Friday, August…
Henceforth, any person who abducts a child in Akwa Ibom will face death sentence like a kidnapper under the state Child’s Rights and anti-Terrorism Act. Already, 25 persons arrested for alleged child abduction by security agents in the state are to face…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that Nigerians must collectively denounce terrorism and terrorists as it was antithetical to the people’s way of life or any known religion. The Governor who stated this in a goodwill message to Muslims in…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condemned the recent bomb blasts in Kaduna which claimed the lives of over 100 people. He also thanked God for saving the lives of the former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and a prominent…
One hundred days of the abduction of students of Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by the Boko Haram sect was marked by the Delta State Government with a solemn assembly where prayers were offered for their safe release. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan…
Nigerians have been advised to persevere in prayer for the safety of the Chibok girls and for divine guidance for President Goodluck Jonathan and the armed forces as they work to secure their release. The call was made by the wife of…
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that the clamour for an upward review of the 13 percent revenue derivation fund and the attendant disagreements at the ongoing National Conference has not forestalled the gains of people of the oil and…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) MD Abubakar, has appreciated the Delta State Commissioner of Police (CP) Ikechukwu Aduba, saying he has left indelible marks in the various Commands and formations where he served. The IGP also lauded Aduba for the recent…
Vexed by the circumstances in which professional journalists now operate in Nigeria as a result of the new phase of national insecurity, caused by Islamist terrorists, Delta state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah Esq., has called on media practitioners to brace up…
In a bid to curtail the excesses of political detractors who are head-bent on destroying the reputation of Senator Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, ahead of the 2015 Delta governorship elections, a N20 Billion libel suit (A/151/2014) has been filed against one Mr. John…
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said the state is peaceful and secured for members of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). Speaking on Monday, June 30, 2014 in Asaba when the new Director of NYSC in the state, Mrs Olive Etukudo…
A youth leader and an All Peoples Congress (APC) member in Ikpide-Irri, Isoko South local government area of Delta state, has allegedly been ostracised by his community for challenging a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator at the National Assembly for failure to…
While the Delta state government is battling to quell the communal crisis that has bedevilled Ibabu and Iselegu Communities in Ndokwa West and Ndokwa East Local Government Areas of the state, the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossai…
Abia State Government has lambasted lawmakers in the Jigawa State House of Assembly in their plot to drag the Abia State government to court over the recent arrest of alleged 486 Boko Haram suspects who are mainly Northern citizens by Nigerian Military…
Doubts on whether the 486 arrested suspects in Abia state were either innocent Nigerians or members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been put to rest as the Nigerian Defence Headquarters has disclosed that one of the most wanted terror kingpins…
The 144 battalion of the Nigerian Army, Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State last Sunday arrested a convoy of 33 buses conveying 486 suspected insurgents including eight females between Aro Ngwa and Imo Gate along the Enugu- Port…
