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Gov Ikpeazu restates commitment to stamp out kidnapping
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has restated the resolve of his administration to stamp out rising spate of kidnapping in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state where Fulani bandits stage daily kidnapping of local people for ransom. The governor, who was…
Abia youths spar the military over complicity in commercial kidnapping
(By our correspondents) Tension reached boiling point along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway on Wednesday when community youths from some sections of the Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State and neighbouring Uturu and Ihube communities of Imo State nearly clashed…
Prelate’s kidnap: Ikpeazu promises to beef up security at hotspots
Sopuruchi Onwuka Executive governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has declared intention to strengthen security structures in the boundary communities in Isuikwuato and Umunneochi council areas of the state where kidnappers suspected to dangerously armed Fulani herdsmen have laid…
Methodist Church procures release of kidnapped prelate
(By our Southeast correspondents) Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His EminenceDr Samuel Kanu Uche, who was kidnapped along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway on Sunday, has been released by his abductors. Impeccable sources confided in The Oracle Today that the prelate…
Prelate’s kidnap: Ikpeazu leads manhunt as kidnappers demand N100m
Community under siege Sopuruchi Onwuka Following the kidnap of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Samuel Kanu Uche, on his way from Isuochi, Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, the entire southeast zone of…
Russian strike kills over 50 at Ukraine rail station
A rocket strike targeting a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Friday killed at least 50 people and injured dozens who were attempting to flee amid Russia’s new focus on the region, Ukrainian officials said. Five…
US, NATO pledge accountability for Ukraine war crimes
The government of the United States has pledged to ensure accountability for the gruesome massacre of rural civilians by Russian soldiers in Bucha, Ukraine. The government of President Joe Biden also confirmed President Vladimir Putin of Russia war criminal, stating…
Genocide: Retreating Russian forces liter streets with massacred Ukrainian civilians
*Story contains sensitive images. Reader descretion is advised. Retreating Russian forces left behind undisguised victims of torture and rape whose dead bodies littered the Street of Bucha district, near the capital town of Kyiv which Russia has been unable to…
Gunmen on robbery rampage kill 4 in Anambra
Sopuruchi Onwuka Heavily armed men in strong axle vehicles stormed inner commercial cities of Anambra State, raided some business premises and left four men dead in a string of robbery operations. The gang which operated with sophisticated weapons and high…
Wife of Mexican cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ nabbed
Mexican security forces have arrested the wife of “El Mencho”, Mexico’s most wanted man and the leader of the feared Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Rosalinda González is suspected of running the CJNG’s finances. Mexico’s defence ministry said she was…
