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A citizen’s threat to mobilise the youth in Isuikwuato, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, for mass action over the high level of insecurity in the axis, has forced the state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, to speak out twice in two days over threats to life and livelihoods in communities. Prior to the threat by Emenike Iroegbu, […]
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Authorities in Anambra State have halted the excesses of a man, Onyebuchi Okocha, who has been boasting in viral videos on social media to possess magical powers to enrich the people and raise the dead. Okocha, known as Onyeze Jesus (Jesus announced king) and claiming to be a prophet, is the founder of Children of […]
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In what seemed like a horror movie scene, gunmen on Monday and Tuesday attacked policemen on duty in different locations in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, and stole their rifles, witnesses said. HumAngle learnt that in the Monday incident on Owerre Nkworji in Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state, the attackers robbed the policemen, gave […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will mobilise members to shut down operations at all airports across the country against the plan by the Federal Government to concession four major facilities. The union made stated the position following a nationwide peaceful protest by Aviation sector workers on Monday against the plan. The affected airports […]
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Forced to marry at the age of 13, Chiamaka Okechi, 27, and a mother of eight, has remained a victim of torture and abuse in the hands of her husband, Obinwanne Chiafo, in their 13 years old marriage. The couple from Ezeama Mgbagbuowa in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State started beating children immediately […]
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Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, with a population of 4.87 million, is endowed with people of strong entrepreneurial spirit, who dominate the economy, especially manufacturing and commerce as well as education sectors. However, the state is threatened by the activities of cultists who rape, rob, kill and abduct thereby raising concerns for the security agencies. In […]
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By Saturday, August 29, 2020, the Nigerian airspace will reopen for international commercial flights after five months following the lifting of a ban on such operations by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The measure comes exactly two months after a similar step on domestic air operations on June 29. The ban was among […]
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Members of Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Anambra State say they will shut down operations on August 25, 2020, if the government fails to settle N13.6 million debt owed a member company by the state transport company. The association had issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government on August 4 over the debt […]
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For the third time in six weeks, pensioners in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, embarked on street protests in the capital city, Owerri, to express their frustration over years of irregular and unpaid pensions and gratuities, owed them by succeeding administrations. In one of the protest marches, the senior citizens were beaten, witnesses said. Investigations by […]
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Preparatory to the reopening of schools, all teachers in Nigeria’s Southeast region must test for COVID-19 before returning to the classroom, Dave Umahia, the Chairman of Southeast Governors’ Forum, announced in Abakaliki on Sunday after a virtual meeting of the group. There are currently 2,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, comprising Abia, Anambra, […]
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Although Nigeria’s Southeast region is the least volatile security-wise, it is perhaps the most policed with the security agencies, including the police, the army and drug enforcement as well road safety corps and task forces erecting checkpoints in close proximity to one another. However, such checkpoints are avenues for extortion, intimidation and deprivation of investors […]
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The fear of security personnel and task force teams in the five Southeast states of Nigeria is greater than concerns about infection with COVID-19, a HumAngle investigation has revealed. Travelling through four of the five – Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and Anambra -, HumAngle found that the people live in doubt about the novel coronavirus infection. […]
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