The Independent National Electoral Commission will get N18bn for the conduct of the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections billed for November 11, 2023. This was revealed by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu, saying the fund will be gotten out of the N2.1 trillion 2023 supplementary budget. “Equally, N18 billion was…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives on patrol along Aba-Owerri Road on Wednesday, September 13, rescued five pregnant teenage girls suspected to be victims of child trafficking in a “baby factory”. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, September 17, revealed that…
The Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the 82 Division, the Nigeria Police, and other security agencies, has effectively conducted raids on hideouts and training camps affiliated with IPOB/ESN in the Orsomoghu forest, which spans across Anambra and Imo States. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, in a statement on Tuesday, said the troops…
John Ugorji, the owner of Johnny Supermarket and Pharmacy, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at the popular Ikenegbu Layout, Owerri, the Imo State capital on Friday evening. ABEG.NG reports that Ugorji had earlier resisted abduction, which warranted the bandits to shoot sporadically in the air. This, according to a source close…