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The state broadcast made by governor Nyesom Enzenwo Wike recently is generating more reactions as the governor pledged 20million reward to anyone with valid information leading to the way about of 32 suspected cult members across some local government area LGA excluding Obio/Akpo. Their names are as follows: OGBA/EGBEMA/NDONI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 1. OLUCHI IGWEDIBIA (a.k.a. Obatosu) 2. Eze (a.k.a. Ugly Vulture) 3. AUSTIN – 6i/c Iceland Omoku) 4. Evidence 5. TOMPOLO from Obuboru  - Greenlander ASARI TORU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 1. IDAYE GRANVILLE (a.k.a. Egbele) 2. MPAKABOARI DALABU (a.k.a. Parker) ANDONI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA    1. ETENGO ETNEGO - MEND    2. VICTOR EKENS - MEND   AHOADA WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA    1. HAPPY HARRY ODULU (alias Chief Priest) Egbema-Ogbogolo    2. AHOADA AUGUSTINE OBENE (alias Sunshine, Okogbe village)    3. TU-MAN, P (from Idoha village) ELEME LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA    1. MBAJO - DEYGBAM EMOHUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT  AREA    1

BENUE AND RIVERS STATE KILLINGS: IGP DEPLOYS FIVE UNITS OF POLICE MOBILE FORCE, ORDERS AERIAL SURVEILLANCE  The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris has ordered Commissioners of Police in charge of Benue, Rivers and other contiguous States to the two States and their Supervising Assistant Inspectors General of Police and their personnel to be on red-alert with immediate effect to nip in the bud and prevent further attacks on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the mentioned States. In a statement signed by the Force Spokesperson, CSP Jimoh Moshood, the IGP has directed the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations to Benue and Rivers State to muster, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two States.  CSP Jimoh Moshood furt

LAGOS POLICE ARREST BADOO CULT LEADER, CHIEF HERBALIST  ...Demolish Shrine In Imosan Village The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday made a major breakthrough in the fight against the menace of Badoo cult with the arrest of the group's herbalist, Fatai Adebayo alias Alese. The notorious activities of the dreaded cult group prevalent in Ikorodu and Epe axis of the State had sent many of the victims to their early graves with cruel killings through the smashing of mortar and pestle on victims' heads. Adebayo, 34, who specializes in administering oath on members of the group before they launch any attack, was arrested at his shrine located in Imosan Village, a suburb of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The arrest of the herbalist followed the arrest of some Badoo cult suspects at the weekend including the overall head of the group. Speaking while parading Adebayo before newsmen at the shrine, the State's Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal said the head of the group was arrested

  Read full text: STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS NEW YEAR KILLINGS IN RIVERS AND KADUNA STATES President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and outrage at reports of killings of innocent persons in Omoku, Rivers State and the traditional ruler, the Etum Numana, Dr Gambo Makama, and his wife in Sango Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the New Year. The President, who described the incidents as “reprehensible and unacceptable,” directed law enforcement agencies in both states to intensify their current efforts in order to speedily bring the perpetrators to face the wrath of the law. “I have always maintained that nothing justifies the taking of the life of an innocent person,” he said, adding that “people in our communities must learn to live peacefully.” President Buhari appealed to the communities affected not to embark on reprisal attacks, but allow the security agencies to carry out comprehensive investigations to properly punish the culprits. He commiser

Full text of the mmessage: "The President General, Free Rivers, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara, has condemned the ungodly and unwholesome act, that greeted Rivers people on the eve of the new year celebration that led to the killing of over 20 persons returning from the cross over night at Onelga. Ngerebara stressed that the lives of Rivers people does not mean anything to the Rivers State Government, hence this ungodly act which has the backing of Rivers State Government. "This new year gift, is unwanted and uncalled for. This is not what we want at this material time. We have a government that has refused to protect lives and properties, which is the primary and only responsibility of a government. Why has militants and known gunmen taken over the affairs of the state? Why the daily killings without the intervention of our state government? Who will protect us from these known gunmen? Is Rivers State at the keg of gunpowder? I wonder who will save us from all these avoidable manma

  Full text: Muhammadu Buhari’s 2018 New Year address I join my fellow citizens this morning to welcome and celebrate the New Year 2018. This year promises to be pivotal in our quest for CHANGE.   Unfortunately, I am saddened to acknowledge that for many this Christmas and New Year holidays have been anything but merry and happy. Instead of showing love, companionship and charity, some of our compatriots chose this period to inflict severe hardship on us all by creating unnecessary fuel scarcity across the country.  The consequence was that not many could travel and the few who did had to pay exorbitant transport fares. This is unacceptable given that NNPC had taken measures to ensure availability at all depots. I am determined to get to the root of this collective blackmail of all Nigerians and ensure that whichever groups are behind this manipulated hardship will be prevented from doing so again.  Such unpatriotism will not divert the Administration from the course we have set oursel

The President of Free Rivers Development Initiative, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara has felicitated with the Director General of NIMASA Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside and the 2015 APC deputy governorship candidate in Rivers State, Hon. Asita O. Asita. Engr. Ngerebara in a statement released on Sunday morning felicitated with Dr. Peterside on the occasion of his birthday describing him as his friend and brother. He expressed gratitude to God for allowing all to see the last day of the year and prayed God to give them many more years ahead. According to the statements "Congratulations to our dear friend and brother, Dr. Adol Dakuku Peterside, on this your special day. Today is the last day of the year, and the day of your birth. We rejoice with you and your family. May the good Lord, grant you many more happy years ahead. Once more congratulations and a happy birthday. Ati&Sam" In another development, he averred that the birthday which coincided with that o fHon. Asita who happens to

The governor of River State, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in recent times have been rejected by some Rivers people over contesting again as the governor ahead of 2019. According to an exclusive interview surrouding issues affecting the APC and Nigeria, a top Rivers man Tonye T.J.T Princewill explained bitterly on why Rivers people will never support wike for a second term bid in office. Excerpts from Wale Olapade's interview  What did you see in the All Progressives Congress (APC)? Why did you join the party? There are three key reasons. The first is local. In Rivers State, I have the misfortune to have a man called Nyesom Wike serving as my governor. If the opposition is asleep, my children run the risk of explaining him to their friends for another four years. I don’t want that. They don’t want that. Uniting all the opposition to Wike makes sense. That’s why I’m in APC. All the sticks joined makes a broom. PDP used our anger against Amaechi as a cover to sneak Wike into Brick House.

A gang of highway armed robbers, who planned to make quick cash on the Christmas Eve, have landed in the police net in Enugu. Four members of the gang – Kenneth Eze, Ojobo Ude, Emeka Eze and Sunday Ugwu – were arrested while attempting to rob passengers of a commercial bus along Ninth Mile/Nsukka Expressway. It was gathered that on December 24, members of the six-man gang, who were dressed in fake police uniforms, mounted a roadblock on the expressway, where they stopped two commercial buses. The hoodlums diverted the buses, which were conveying passengers travelling from Lagos, into the bush. They were dispossessing the passengers of their valuables when operatives of the Ninth Mile Police Division of the Enugu State Police Command, who got wind of the development, confronted them. It was learnt that a gun duel ensued between the armed robbers and the police. Four of the hoodlums were eventually arrested after the gun battle while two others escaped. The spokesman for the Enugu State

  A 45yr old man, dressed in a Father Christmas costume have been confirmed dead in.  The man identified as Pasquale Pagano was reported dead on Friday while handing out presents at a Christmas school party in Southern Italy for pupils aged around 11 to 13 along seaside town whose kilometres is about 100 in south-east of Naples. According to eyewittness, the cause of death is still unknown. Meanwhile, ANSA news agency named the victim as Pasquale Pagano, 45. A local newspaper, InfoCilento, quoted the mother of one of the pupils as saying that his face turned blue, suggesting that Pagano might have had a heart attack. “An ambulance was called and they tried everything to save his life but there was nothing they could do for him,’’ the mother, whose name was not published, told the paper. Currently, there are controversies over the death of Pagano.##

  Tension in Nigeria as the umbrella body of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said they will be forced to embark on a nationwide strike following the lingering crisis on Hijab. The Deputy Secretary General of the organisation, Salisu Shehu, a professor, accused the Nigerian Law School of lawlessness and Islamophobia on Tuesday. The group threatened a nationwide protest and a fierce legal action should the law school fail to rescind its decision not to call the affected graduate, Firdaus Amosa, to the bar. “There is no doubt that Abdulsalam Firdaos Amosa has been victimized, humiliated and traumatised by the Nigerian Law School, the Body of Benchers and the Council for Legal Education on account of her faith,” the statement said. “She has been denied of rightfully joining her professional colleagues just because of her religion. She has been exposed to ridicule and opprobrium by standing for her religious rights. It begs the question that she is not the only Muslim

  All seems not to be well as Prof. Taoheed Adedoja drags Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to court yesterday over a fresh leadership tussle that brought Prince Uche Secondus as the new national chairman. Adedoja, in the suit filled by Mr. Rikky Tarfa, is seeking the nullification of the election of a new executive on the premise that his name was removed from the ballot for the election for national chairman. Prince Uche Secondus, Acting National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Prince Uche Secondus Adedoja’s move came despite the strident moves by the Governor Seriake Dickson led Post-Convention Reconciliation Committee to sooth grievances arising from the convention that threw up Prince Uche Secondus as national chairman. The suit, FHC/ABJ/CS/1225/2017 has defendants Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr. Ibrahim Umar, Prince Uche Secondus, the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Adedoja, who contested the chairmanship position with Prince Uche Secondus, Profe

The President General of Free Rivers, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara, Bagged an Award of Excellence and Patriotism from Unique Uniport Alumni Association. The University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, has honoured the President General of Free Rivers and former National President of University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara was honoured with an Award of Excellence and Patriotism at the presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, today 18th of Dec., 2017. Presenting the award, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Hakeem B. Feahinmi, thanked the awardee for been consistent and responding positively in all the programs of the Alumni. In his remarks, he said " it is my humble advice that other alumnus should emulate the life of Engr. Sampson Ngerebara, who, despite all odds, has been responding positively to the problems of the Alumni Association without looking for any pecuniary gain and instead, invested his money and time&quo

1. The President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, having carefully reviewed the on-going military operations across the nation and the efforts of the Chief of Defence staff and the Service chiefs in the counter insurgency operations in the North East coupled with the security situation of the Niger Delta region, has graciously approved the extension of tenure of service of General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai Chief of Army Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIkwe Ibas, the Chief of Naval staff and Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, the Chief of Air staff. 2. This extension is pursuant of the powers conferred on the President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by section 218 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 09.06 of the Harmonised Terms

  The Minister of Transportation and former Rivers State governor,  Rt. Hon. Chibuike, Rotimi Amaechi has described governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to be one of his sons that always thinks of him. Speaking on a live Television programme yesterday, Amaechi said Wike`s only agenda is “Amaechi”, adding that the Rivers governor thinks of him every minute of the day even in his toilet. Recall, Amaechi governed Rivers State between 2007 and 2015, before handing over to Wike. Both men who are of Ikwerre, one of the ethnic groups in the state, fell out after Amaechi parted ways with former President Goodluck Jonathan and led a campaign which removed the former government at the federal level. Earlier, the minister noted that Wike is like one of his sons, as well denied having any rift with the Rivers governor. According to him, "The governor has just one agenda – if he is in his toilet, ‘Amaechi’; if he is outside his toilet, ‘Amaechi’,” the minister said. “He (Wike) was my staff; he is like