Nnamdi Kanu: Biafra Groups Threaten To Bomb Aso Rock, NASS, Others [Full List]

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July 1, 2021

Secessionist groups, the Biafra Think Tank, and The Biafra Watchdogs have threatened to attack the Presidential Villa and other major government infrastructure.

Naija News reports that the pro-Biafra group made the threat following the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

The group called on the federal government to release Kanu or it would carry out its threats of bombing the Nigerian National Assembly complex, Aso Rock, the Force Headquarters, Nigeria Army Headquarters, among others.

The group also threatened to kidnap all the ambassadors of the Buhari government including the former Chief of Army Staff, Yusuf Buratai.

In a statement on Thursday and signed by 24 of their members, the group warned that they would keep their abductees hostage until the IPOB is released and President Muhammadu Buhari signs and announces Biafra.

The statement said, “Every landlord in Biafra land must send the names, phone numbers, pictures if possible, address of any police officers, army, DSS, EFCC, ICPC, CIVIL DEFENSE, Air Force, Navy, Custom, Muslims, be it Hausa, Fulani or any non biafra leaving in their houses,” the statement said.

“We shall inform the public and the country and airlines that gave out our leader, Kanu’s details and ensure that the staff, plane, and the country pays dearly or we will give their own country
Jihadists or ISIS useful information to attack their government complex.

“Today we have agreed and decided to kidnap all the ambassadors of Buhari government including Buratai and keep them hostage till they release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and until Buhari signs and declares Biafra.

“We hereby summon all the Biafran sons and daughters working in the USA, UK, EU, AU, army, Navy, Air Force, etc, to attend an important meeting in the USA.

“If Buhari refuses to release Nnamdi Kanu, within 21 days from now, we shall attack the National assembly, Aso Rock, Police Headquarters, Nigeria Army Headquarters etc.”

Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested, allegedly in Kenya at the weekend, was taken to court on Tuesday and is currently being detained at the Department of State Service, DSS.

Source: Naija News

Breaking: No rally will be allowed in Lagos, police issue warning to Igboho, Akintoye

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July 1, 2021

Odumosu briefing newsmen

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu on Thursday said no rally will be allowed, under whatever guise, in any part of Lagos State and warned Sunday Igboho and Banji Akintoye to stay away from the state.

Odumosu, at a news conference in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, said the command warned the organizers and their followers against staging the planned rally and stay clear of the streets of Lagos for the interest of the state and the general public as anyone caught participating or facilitating the rally would be dealt with within the ambit of the law.

“Lagos State cannot afford to experience any security lapses, breakdown of law and order and threat to public peace at the moment, considering the negative effects and reoccurring agonies of the October, 2020 violent #Endsars crisis that led to massive destruction of public and private facilities while some Police personnel paid the supreme price.

“This is in addition to many Police Stations, barracks, officers’ personal properties that were set ablaze during this period. The Command is still going through those harrowing experiences. The Command will not be cajoled by the so-called organizers that the rally will be peaceful. That was the same slogan adopted by the organizers of the #Endsars protest that was eventually snowballed into crises with attendant massive destruction of lives and properties.

“The Police will not submit to their antics. It would be recalled that on the 12th June, 2021 there was a rumored stay-at-home order purported to have been issued by a group which was immediately debunked by Lagos State Police Command.

“On this note, the Command still reaffirms that on no account will any actual or rumored activities including the said planned mega rally be allowed to lockdown the state or hinder normal daily activities of the good people of Lagos State,” Odumosu said.

According Odumosu, intelligent report available to the Police indicated that some disgruntled elements have perfected plans to infiltrate the ranks of the protesters and cause more mayhem and seize the opportunity to attack and loot properties of law abiding citizen of the state.

He added that information had gotten to the knowledge of the Command that the organizers’ foot-soldiers and mobilizers had concluded plans to embark on procession on the streets of Lagos as part of the programme for the mega rally.

The commissioner stated that the effect of this, if allowed to come to fruition is better known than imagined on the security, traffic and economic activities of a cosmopolitan state, like Lagos.

“It has also come to the knowledge of the command that the rally arranged to take place at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos, has been planned by some other yet-to-be identified groups to simultaneously take place in Lekki Toll Gate,Ikoyi, Iyana-Ipaja, Ikeja, Surulere, Ikorodu and other areas. This, if allowed could be a fatal ground to anarchy.

“Intelligence also reveals that one Elewe-omo, a transport Union Leader in Ibadan,Oyo State, has perfected plan to attack the organizers of the rally as a reappraisal attack to the death of one of his Followers allegedly killed by one Sunday Igboho’s group during a similar rally organized in Ibadan, Oyo State sometimes ago.

“The cumulative effect of all these is threat to law and order in the State. The Command will not fold its hands and allow disgruntled elements to truncate the peace being enjoyed in the state. The Command hereby appeals to the general public, especially Lagosians to shun the rally while parents and guardians are urged to discourage their children and wards from participating in the rally,” he said.

Odumosu called on the public and all law-abiding people of Lagos State to go about their normal daily activities as the Police Command and other security agencies had, as usual, put measures in place to provide adequate and water-tight security for all and sundry in the state.

Source: PM News

The Arrest Of Nnamdi And The Arraignment In Court Today – Live With Sowore, Barr. Ejiofor & Dr Chidi

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Davido loses another close associate, Obama DMW

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June 29, 2021

A close associate of popular musician Davido, Habeeb Uthman, aka Obama DMW is dead.

Tension in Southeast Nigeria as IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu Is Captured

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June 29, 2021

Following the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, there has been tension in some parts of the Southeast over possible attacks by his loyalists.

Recall that After over two years of man-hunt, the Federal Government on Tuesday disclosed that it has rearrested the self-acclaimed Biafran leader.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN who confirmed the development, said he was arrested by a combined team of Nigerian and foreign security agents in a coordinated interception.

DAILY POST correspondent who spoke to some residents gathered that palpable fear has enveloped some cities in the region particularly, Imo State where the IPOB member allegedly wreaked havoc in the recent months.

Recall that the group’s security wing which has been severally accused of attacking security operatives and destroying government facilities in the region had chosen Orlu in Imo State as their hideout.

A corps member serving in the area who identified herself as Jennifer told our correspondent that they are currently in fear of what may happen next.

“Definitely they may avenge the arrest of their leader who was disgraced globally today. We are being careful, watching our steps.

“Many of the residents have returned from work already unlike other days when some of them return at night. Seriously, we don’t know what may happen tonight”.

Another source, Mr Ikechukwu Anthony who spoke from Aba in Abia State described the situation in the state as a “sober reflection”.

He said residents including some loyalists of the arrested Biafra freedom fighter were shocked when they heard the arrest.

Efforts to reach the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Mohammed proved abortive at press time as he was unable to take his calls and could not respond to text messages forwarded to him.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ebonyi State, DSP Odah Loveth Obianuju who spoke exclusively to DAILY POST said scores of the IPOB members have been arrested following the arrest of their leader.

She said the arrested members have confessed to many crimes in the state while dangerous rifles were recovered from them.

When asked about the current situation in the state, she told our correspondent that there was no tension, stressing that residents were going about their normal businesses.

“Everywhere is calm, there is no tension anywhere. We have broken their wing. Like the statement we just released, we have been able to arrest a good number of them and some have confessed to several crimes in the state”, the PPRO stated.

She expressed optimism that the command would soon restore normalcy to the state.

“We are working towards returning Ebony State to the usual peaceful people we used to know”, she added.

Source: Daily Post

Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma Jailed

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June 29, 2021

Former South African President Jacob Zuma — Jacob Zuma stepped down from the presidency in February 2018

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country’s highest court.

He has been given five days to hand himself in to police. Failing that, the police minister must order his arrest.

The sentence comes after the Constitutional Court found him guilty of contempt for defying its order to appear at an inquiry into corruption while he was president.

Mr Zuma’s time in power, which ended in 2018, was dogged by graft allegations.

Businessmen were accused of conspiring with politicians to influence the decision-making process.

The former president testified only once at the inquiry into what has become known as “state capture” but then refused to appear subsequently.

The inquiry – headed by Justice Raymond Zondo – asked the Constitutional Court to intervene.

Acting Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe was damning in her ruling. Mr Zuma refused to come to the court to explain his actions, she said, and he “elected instead to make provocative, unmeritorious and vituperative statements that constituted a calculated effort to impugn the integrity of the judiciary.

“I am left with no option but to commit Mr Zuma to imprisonment, with the hope that doing so sends an unequivocal message… the rule of law and the administration of justice prevails.”

The former president was not in court to hear the majority ruling and has repeatedly declared that he was the victim of a giant political conspiracy.

In a separate legal matter, Mr Zuma pleaded not guilty last month in his corruption trial involving a $5bn (£3bn) arms deal from the 1990s.

This was a scathing, and hugely significant judgement against Jacob Zuma.

The Constitutional Court did not simply find him in contempt, but spelled out the many ways in which the former president had lied, sought to mislead the public, and ultimately tried to “destroy the rule of law”.

The judges were clearly seeking to pre-empt the inevitable push back from Mr Zuma’s supporters.

They say that he is the victim of a vast political conspiracy, and wonder why a former anti-apartheid hero who spent a decade on Robben Island should be imprisoned, while key figures from South Africa’s old racist white minority government remain free.

But while there may be some protests against the court’s majority decision, many more South Africans are likely to welcome the judiciary’s firm stance after years in which it seemed the rule of law was being eroded by a culture of high-level impunity.

The ruling will also have an impact within the governing ANC, and will strengthen the hand of President Cyril Ramaphosa while weakening those – often linked to Mr Zuma – who have also been implicated in the vast “state capture” corruption that Mr Ramaphosa has repeatedly vowed to expose and confront.

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Breaking: England Through To Quarter Finals – Raheem Sterling 75′, Harry Kane 86′

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June 29, 2021

Raheem Sterling’s third goal at the European Championship helped England beat Germany 2-0 and put the team into the quarterfinals.

Germany are going out! England 2-Germany 0

Photo credited to Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images
75’ — Goal! Raheem Sterling makes it 1-0! Well there goes Germany.

67’ — Substitutions: Serge Gnabry on for Timo Werner, while Jack Grealish on for Saka.

45’ — The second half is underway! Will we see some goals?

Halftime observations and analysis

Mats Hummels is keeping it level for Germany right now. His last-ditch tackle on Harry Kane was almost miraculous.
Germany started the game well but eventually dropped off, allowing the English to take the initiative. Harry Maguire’s runs into midfield is keeping the Germans from stamping their authority in the middle.
England got away with two bad challenges that could’ve seen both of their DM’s sent off. Rice’s tackle on Goretzka and Phillips’ tackle on Kroos should’ve been punished with more than mere yellows.
Robin Gosens has struggled to get involved yet again.
Werner maybe should have scored the chance he had, but the fact is that Germany have not created enough chances. Bring on Musiala or Gnabry in the second half.

Half time: Both teams are still level.

Kickoff: We’re underway! Both Southgate and Low are mirroring each other with a 3-4-3 formation. Whose 3-4-3 will be better?

One hour until kickoff: We have lineups! Goretzka starts and Werner comes in for Gnabry. Let’s hope Musiala is an option in the later stages of the match.

It’s the last day of the Round of 16, and after yesterday’s matches, these games have a lot to live up to. Germany face England at Wembley Stadium in a game that holds a lot of significance to both teams, the home side in particular.

Both the sides show parallels coming into the tournament. England coach Gareth Southgate has been criticized for being too conservative and failing to make use of this generation of English talent, while Joachim Low has often been under fire for assembling an underperforming team, despite having a large number of Bayern Munich and Chelsea players in his squad.

Both teams may deploy in a 3-man backline, and it could end up being a tense battle to attrition to see who comes out on top. Let’s hope Germany have what it takes, because the English home crowd will definitely be behind their team when the whistle blows.

Match Info

Location: Wembley Stadium, London, England

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I Don’t Want To Die, Chidinma Begs Murdered Super TV Boss’s Family For Forgiveness

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June 27, 2021

How I stabbed Super TV boss to death – Chidinma

With investigation still ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, the prime suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, during an exclusive interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, said she doesn’t want to die over the case.

Amid cries, the University of Lagos undergraduate said, “I regret killing Mr Ataga. I don’t know what my future holds but I don’t want to die. Please, I don’t want to die because of this case. I have not killed before.

“I was just trying to comport myself to answer questions during the parade and not that I am not showing remorse. I totally regretted everything I did and I am sorry. Mr Ataga’s family, I am deeply sorry for what I did. If I had my life back, I wouldn’t do anything like that. I am deeply sorry and I hope you forgive me.”

Chidinma and Ataga reportedly lodged in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State and the corpse of the latter was discovered the next day in the room and the former fled, thus raising suspicion of her complicity in his death.

The police said they went after her and tracked her down at her father’s Alagomeji, Yaba residence.

Upon her arrest, Chidinma attributed her action to the influence of hard drugs and alcohol.

Speaking while being paraded by the police, Chidinma said she met the late Ataga about four months ago. Chidinma also said that she and Ataga were “having fun” when an argument broke out and she stabbed him twice after which she withdrew N380, 000 from his account using his ATM card.

The police had also disclosed that an Information and Communication Technology unit recently created by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, tracked the suspect, who used different SIM cards– both Nigerian and foreign ones.

Childhood

Chidinma said her parents separated when she was two years old and she started living with her uncle, Chijioke Obi, in the Mushin area of Lagos State.

She added that while growing up, her childhood ambition was to become either a musician or an actress.

The suspect stated, “My role models were Tiwa Savage, Beyonce, Rihanna, Genevieve, and Regina Hall. I schooled in Johnson Primary School and also a government primary school in Mushin. I later went to Sidman College in Sabo, Yaba. I was two-year-old when my parents separated, I was little, so while I was growing up, I stayed with my uncle, Mr Chijioke Obi, in Mushin. I don’t know if he bears Izu, but it was my uncle that trained me.”

Drug addiction

Upon completion of secondary school education, the suspect said she gained admission to study Mass Communication at the University of Lagos.

Asked about her assumed drug-induced lifestyle, Chidinma said, “I started smoking after I got into UNILAG.”

She also confirmed she’s the person in a trending video showing a lady puffing out cigarette smoke while soft music plays in the background.

She stated, “I am the one smoking in the trending video. I started smoking a few years ago. Old-time friends introduced me to it and we don’t talk anymore. Everything started after I entered UNILAG, but not actually when I am in school, it could be other places. But I am not the one in the other video (dissociating herself from another trending video showing a lady exhibiting her butt).”

Ataga took hard drugs, drank — Chidinma

On her relationship with Ataga, Chidinma described him as just a friend she met a few months back, faulting claims that he neither took hard drugs nor alcohol.

Narrating some of the moments she spent with the deceased, she said, “Mr Ataga was a friend and I don’t know how to elaborate more. He has not shown me pictures of his family but he sometimes acts like he was married and not that he is married (sic). I have met him up to four or five times; he takes drugs and drinks alcohol. It is not that I am trying to put anything together.’’

Also, the police said that on Thursday they released Chidinma’s father and the operator of the apartment where the incident happened, Mrs Rihanna, Genevieve, on bail. The suspect’s father was arrested over what the police described as obstructing the arrest of her daughter while Mogbo had been in police custody after investigation identified her as the operator of the apartment.

Odumosu said, “Chidinma’s statement exonerated her father as she said that he was not aware of the incident. We released him. Also, the lady in our custody, one Mrs Nkechi Mogbo, who leased the flat from the property owner and used it for a service apartment, has been released on bail.

“After Magbo was arrested, she assisted the police because of the information she gave us. Now that we got the principal suspect, and the fact that the principal suspect confessed that she singularly committed the act, and equally went further to explain that she never met Nkechi Mogbo, but that she only phoned her and that they transacted all the business online, I have ordered her release on bail while we continue our investigation.’’

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Heavy gun-battle in Imo: Police sack three IPOB/ESN camps

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June 27, 2021

The Imo State Police Command on Saturday said its tactical units and the special forces teams have sacked three camps belonging to the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the state after heavy gun-battle.

Heavy gun-battle in Imo: Police sack three IPOB/ESN camps

Anti-riot policemen

Media Adviser to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Michael Abattam, in a statement said on June 25, at about 0400hrs following the Arrest of IPOB/ESN kingpin/commander who after interrogation gave useful information about their camps and activities and led the Police Tactical Units comprising of Imo command Tactical Units, IRT and Special Forces teams to the three IPOB/ESN Terrorist Camps located at Atta in Ikeduru LGA, Izombie in Oguta LGA and Ideato North LGA in Imo State.

He said on sighting the tactical teams approaching their camp, the hoodlums opened fire at them, leading to heavy exchange of gunfire.

Abattam stated that due to the superior firing power of the police, the hoodlums were overrun by the Tactical Units.

According to him, some of the hoodlums escaped with bullets wounds into the forest, while several weapons, stolen cars, explosives, gun powders, charms, lPOB/ESN flags, ammunition, bags of Indian Hemps, tramadol tablets and many other hard drugs were recovered.

He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, commended the efforts of the men and urged them to sustain the tempo

The commissioner also thanked Imo people for their support and assured them of the command’s commitment in ensuring a crime-free Imo State.

Source: PM News

11 dead, 22 injured in Osun motor accident

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June 26, 2021

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC ) in Osun on Saturday said 11 people lost their lives in a ghastly accident that occurred on Gbangan – Ibadan Expressway.

The Sector Public Enlightenment Officer, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo.

Ogungbemi noted that the accident occurred at 9:21 p.m. on Friday around Ayedaade Local Government Secretariat, 5Km from Sasa Bridge in Osun .

11 dead, 22 injured in Osun ghastly motor accident

An accident scene

She said, “a vehicles with number plate KJA392YA, White Mazda E2000 Bus, collided with another vehicle with number plate GWL427YM, Black Toyota Hiace Bus.

“The persons involved in the accident were 30 male, 2 female , and 1 female child.

“Eleven male lost their lives on the spot while the other 22 persons had various injuries and were all rushed to the closet hospitals.”

According to her, 16 injured victims were taken to Ariremako hospital Gbongan, 6 injured victims were also taken to some hospitals in Osogbo.

”Ife rescue team, which joined us in the rescue operations, after a call was put to them, took six corpses to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile Ife, morgue.

“Four corpses were taken to OAUTH, Ile Ife, morgue by the command night rescue team. The remaining one corpse was taken by the insistent relatives, who are from Hausa community in Lagos.”

She added that seven cell phones, luggage and some amount of money were also recovered at the scene of the accident.

Ogungbemi, however, advised motorists to desist from any form of dangerous driving that could lead to loss of lives and property when making use of the highways.

Source: PM News

Secessionist groups, the Biafra Think Tank, and The Biafra Watchdogs have threatened to attack the Presidential Villa and other major government infrastructure.

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