–From Mike Sogbola: The Boko Haram insurgents have set ablaze 73 houses and 28 shops in Thursday’s attack on three Borno villages, the state government revealed on Saturday. The governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara, had complained to President Muhammadu Buhari…
Delta state Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has decried the frequent loss of lives from herdsmen attack on defenseless farmers and other Nigerians, insisting that the Federal Government must curb the menace through stringent measures. He therefore urged the Federal Government to…
-From Crime Desk: A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta State who was allegedly kidnapped at the weekend along the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway has regained freedom after an alleged payment of N3 Million ransom. But the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke…
-From Mike Sogbola: Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara has called for prayers for those in the trenches fighting Boko Haram. This is just as his Yobe state counterpart, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni called for prayers for improved security, unity, peace and socio-economic development…
-From Mike Sogbola: Over 60 persons were killed at a graveside in Borno State, Chairman of Nganzai local government, Muhammad Bulama, told journalists on Sunday. Bulama, lamented that the insurgents who were pushed back two weeks ago returned on a reprisal mission…
From Mike Sogbola: Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have attacked a convoy of aid workers in Borno State, killing one person and believed to have abducted six others. A statement signed by Shashwat Saraf, Country Director of…
From Michael EKOKORUWE: The President General of Isoko Development Union, High Chief Iduh Amadhe and Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor, Chairman Isoko North local government area, has averted Oyede community traditional monarchy crisis at Oyede, Isoko North local government area of Delta state. Anonymous…
Operation of the soldiers in 19 Battalion, Koko, Delta State of Nigeria against illegal oil bunkering has began to yield tremendous result says the military. In particular, incessant oil bunkery activities within Benin river along Abide community, an area our source described…
-From Blank NEWS Online Education Desk Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has called on community vigilantes to partner with the state government in securing school facilities against vandals in public schools in the state. The commissioner…
FROM SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA South-East Governors have denied allocating any portion of land in the region for the Ruga Fulani herdsmen settlement, even as they promised to tolerate herdsmen who carry out peaceful trade. In a statement signed by the…
Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the perpetuators of the ritual murder of Elozino Ogege, must be brought to justice. Speaking on Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Asaba during the presentation of a 6-million naira cheque as financial…
From Sunny A. DAVID / AWKA: A young man suspected be cable vandal was electrocuted on Sunday while attempting to vandalize armoured cable at Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased whose name could not be ascertained as at…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: The United Nation’s’ Children Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the use of children as human bombs and in any combat or non-combat roles in the ongoing conflict in Nigeria’s north-east. UNICEF claimed that from 2018 till date 53 children were…
From Mike Sogbola-Maiduguri: The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon has condemned the multiple suicide bombings that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 30 civilians and injured more than 40 others on the evening of Sunday 16 June 2019….
From Mike Sogbola- Maiduguri Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima has officially reacted to the death (presume suicide) of his personal steward, John Achagwa, who on Monday was seen hanging lifeless on a tree at the Borno State Government House. Shettima, in…
From Mike Sogbola- Maiduguri Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Monday commissioned 147 public buildings put at a total cost of N1.45 billion in Yobe state. This is part of efforts at reconstruction of the Boko Haram affected state after destruction from the…
From SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA Anambra State Government has banned the use of tinted windscreens, glasses and stickers on commercial buses, shuttles and tricycles with immediate effect. Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Uchenna Okafor, gave this directive during a meeting with Transport…
From Mike SOGBOLA: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai on Tuesday admitted that the Nigerian Army has had occasional hitches in the ongoing war against terrorism in the North East. He however said that despite this, under his…
PRESS RELEASE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS: TROOPS RESCUE 29 WOMEN & 25 CHILDREN FROM BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN BORNO STATE Troops of 22 Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE in collaboration with local vigilantes have continued moving into the hinterland on clearance operation to destroy Boko…
From Mike Sogbola- European Union as part of it’s plan to bring stability to Northeast Nigeria has targeted 600,000 individuals in Borno State alone, being the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Union, which through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
From Mike Sogbola- As part of efforts to end the use of children in armed conflict in Northeast Nigeria, 894 children were released from the rank of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno State. Of the total released children, 106 were…
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The accused persons arrested for the alleged murder of Elozino Ogege, a 300 level Mass Communication Student of the Delta State University, Abraka have been arraigned before an Asaba High Court Wednesday, where they pleaded not guilty to the 8 count charge…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta State Council has raised the alarm over the return of roadblocks mounted in Delta State by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammad Abubakar Adamu, to…
From Sunny A. DAVID / AWKA The Anambra State Government has alerted the public of an attempt by some unscrupulous politicians to cause crisis in Anambra State during this weekend’s House of Assembly election. According to a statement endorsed by the Commissioner…
Reports say that security agencies have discovered the plan by opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to deploy $3million (N1.8billion) to each state to induce voters. The party is reported to have also co-opted former members of staff of the Independent National Electoral…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has allegedly survived an assassination attempt which was allegedly masterminded by his kinsmen in his home place. According to reports, some hoodlums who were allegedly hired to assassinate the Minister of Labour and…
From SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA Residents of Asaba, capital city of Delta State and their counterparts in Awka, Anambra state are now living in fear over raging bloody cult mayhems that have claimed lives in both cities.Orient Daily gathered that no less than 10…
BY SUNNY A. DAVID / ENUGU The Enugu State Police Command have arrested a 56-years-old woman, one Edith Ewulu, for allegedly buying a five-years-old child stolen from her parents. Our Correspondent learnt that the woman, who resides in Enugu State, bought the…
-BY SUNNY A. DAVID / NNEWI: The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a thirty five year old woman for allegedly stealing a five day old twin baby boy. A statement endorsed by the State Public Relations Officer of the Command SP Haruna Mohammed…
BY SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA The Commissioner for Trade, Market and Wealth Creation, Dr. Christian Madubuko, says the state is losing over six billion naira to revenue extortioners yearly. Dr. Mmadubuko, disclosed this in Awka when his men apprehended some illegal…
By SUNNY A. DAVID AWKA The Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has secured four convictions in the month of January. They are James Odili male twenty-six who was arrested with one point-one-five-zero kilogram of cannabis sativa…
-BY SUNNY A. DAVID / AWKA: Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar has ordered aggressive manhunt of persons involved in cult activities and their sponsors in the state. Mr. Umaru who gave the directive in Awka through the Police spokesperson,…
-(Editor): The Nigeria Police has prepared fresh criminal charges against embattled lawmaker representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Senate Dino Melaye. Melaye will be re-arraigned today, Tuesday, January 22, 2019, Blank NEWS Online can report. Melaye claims that the police had…
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Special Investigation Panel and Special Tactical Squad. The Acting IG also announced the setting-up of a Special Election Investigation Team tasked with…
New York: –Authorities in Ghana should immediately investigate the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela and ensure that threats against the press are taken seriously, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Two men riding a motorcycle shot and killed…
The Adoration Ministry Enugu has allegedly claimed that there was an assassination attempt on its Director, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, who was allegedly shot at, at Emene, near Enugu, the state capital. The claim is contained in a statement signed by the President,…
Hundreds of aggrieved youths from Delta state host communities to OML 30 and some ex-agitators from phases one to three of the Federal Government amnesty programme, on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 protested to the state Government House in Asaba over an alleged…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly stabbing his father to death. The name of the man and the girl were not mentioned according to Punch. The incident happened in the Cable Point area of the Asaba,…
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed that the abductors of four Catholic priests who were kidnapped on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 by unknown gunmen around Umutu/Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State have started making contacts. As at…
