Four Nigerian Police Officers were killed on Friday, August 5th, when a group of separatist militants attacked the Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. The attackers raided the police facility in Oguta Local Government Area of the state around 11 p.m. The firefight that followed the attack caused the death of yeh […]
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Residents of Awomama community in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, on Monday, July 18, protested the alleged killing of 14 youths by suspected members of Southeast Security Network codenamed Ebubeagu. Locals said the victims were killed while returning from a wedding ceremony on Sunday, July 17, in a neighbouring Otulu […]
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Terrorists suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday, June 20, attacked the prominent Izombe Market in the Oguta area of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria. The terrorists were enforcing an unlawful curfew to protest the continued detention of IPOB founder Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is currently standing trial for treasonable […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on April 14, suspended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Exercise in the Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, following the murder of its staffer by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). INEC spokesperson Festus Okoye said the victim, Nwokorie Anthony, was killed in […]
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20/04/2022 “It’s okay if we spot one or two motorcycles on this road but if they are up to five in number and are all ridden by young boys, I’m afraid we might be in danger,” Chima says. It is evening and we are driving along the Nnewi-Okigwe road, on our way to a community […]
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Since ‘IPOB militants’ killed Aloysious Okolie on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, his wife, Ngozi, 50, has struggled to take care of their six children. Like many Christian homes, Easter Sunday came with her children feeling elated. Though they had nothing to eat, they were optimistic when they saw their neighbours preparing different meals. They looked […]
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The Nigerian Army has reacted to reports of the alleged killing of innocent civilians by some soldiers who opened fire on residents at Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, on Sunday, April 17. The army, in a statement by its spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, said soldiers who opened fire were from the 34 […]
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An Armed gang operating in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, has killed at least two people and destroyed property worth millions of naira in Etekwuru autonomous community in the Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The incident was reported to have occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7 2021, leaving several […]
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A disagreement over bunkering between youths and soldiers in the Izombe community of Oguta LGA of Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, soon escalated into violence after one Chukwunonso Iherue of Umuokwu-Izombe was killed by soldiers who were in the community in response to a distress call. Imo State is one of the oil-producing states in Nigeria, […]
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Oodo Uchenna, a student of Community Secondary School, Umuama, Enugu Ezike, in Igboeze North Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria is still traumatised by the experience of what happened on Monday, Aug. 9. Uchenna was about finishing his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) organised by National Examination Council (NECO) —Mathematics theory […]
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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to end the insecurity bedeviling Imo state, Southeast Nigerian. The President made the statement on Thursday, Sept. 8, during the commissioning of Egbeda-Onitsha bypass road in the state capital, Owerri. Buhari, while speaking at the event, said “a society without security and infrastructure will not progress and lucky this […]
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No fewer than 79 people were killed in various violent attacks across Nigeria last week. The country also recorded the abduction of 122 persons. The figures were gathered from various news reports on insecurity in Nigeria. Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021 HumAngle reported how about 570 persons fled their village in Goronyo Local Government Area (LGA) […]
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