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Troops of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, conducting Exercise Golden Dawn in the South East, have neutralised four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/Eastern Security Network at Nnobi in Anambra State. The gunmen were overpowered after they engaged the troops in a fierce encounter on Friday. The Army in a statement…

Anxiety and confusion on Friday trailed the fate and whereabouts of the Supreme Court Justice, Mary Ekaego Peter Odili following the alleged unlawful siege laid on her Abuja family residence by security operatives. Justice Odili’s family residence at lmo Rivers Street in Maitama was said to have been besieged by fully armed plain-clothed security men…

 – As the killings and burning of property continued unabated in Bagana, some bandits believed to have come from Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state have stormed Okpotala village a stone through from Bagana allegedly in search of the embattled District Head of Bagana Chief Alih Haruna, The bandits who stormed the village at…

The Gabi of Lokoja, Alhaji Sulaiman Baba Ali and Alhaji Danlami Abubakar Sule,who is the Dan Madami of Lokoja, were in Lokoja on Thursday,where they paid condolence visit to the family of late Makama of Lokoja,Rear Admiral Ibrahim Drisu,who died on Monday in Abuja at the age of 72 Sule ,in company of others sympathisers,…

The Chairman and founder of Late Abubakar Ola Foundation,Alhaji Abubakar Zakari Ola, has expressed grief over the death of theMakama of Lokoja,Rtd Rear Admiral Ibrahim Drisu. Zakari in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, which was obtained by Newsmen in Lokoja, described the late Chairman of Lokoja Emirate traditional title holders as a man…

A notorious burglar, Ajibola Lateef has been apprehended by the personnel of the Osun Western Security Network, Amotekun Osun, on Monday, at Asamu, in Ola-Oluwa Local Government of Osun State. Information made available to DAILY POST at the point of arrest by Amotekun personnel revealed that Lateef has been terrorising Asamu and Telemu, two towns…

No fewer than six persons were confirmed killed and houses razed in a sustained and coordinated attack by gunmen, in the early hours of Monday, in Bagana village, Omala Local Government Areaof Kogi State. It could be recall that a similar attack occurred barely a month ago leading to the death of about nine persons…

Danko Development Forum (DDF), Lokoja, commiserates with Maigarin Lakwaja, families, friends, associates and Lokoja community over the demise of Real Admiral N.I Idrisu, (rtd), Makaman Lakwaja. The news of his death is, however, painful, considering the huge vacuum late Makaman has created, and nursing this mosaic of grief would appear difficult. Nevertheless, the forum is…

The late Makama of Lokoja, Rtd Rear Admiral Ibrahim Drisu, who died at the age of 72 on Monday,in Abuja, has been buried in Unguwan Kura Muslim cementary, Lokoja by 2.30pm. The funeral prayer which took place at Lokoja Central musque, was led by Khalifah sani abdulkadir zaria,who came from Zaria in kaduna state, to…

A chieftain of APC in Lokoja Local Goverment Area and one time Lokoja 1 constituency house of Assembly Aspirant, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi, Tuesday, condoled the family of Late Rtd. Ibrahim Drisu,who died Monday after a protracted illness. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Yusuf Abdullahi on media and publicity, Shehu Aliyu,…