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There have been pockets of agitations by the Yoruba Nation protesters of late but the police have warned that no disturbance of public peace would be allowed. A file photo of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has said that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the South-West geopolitical zone. The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT He also lamented that small arms and light weapons are being trafficked to advance political violence, political extremism and intolerance, while cyberbullying for political ends is on the rise daily. Secessionist agitation gained prominence in the South-West geopolitical zone mid-2021. The agitation was champion by Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboh...

A photo combination of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the US embassy crest   The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday met with the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Africa Affairs, Molly Phee; and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard. ADVERTISEMENT The meeting was held in Abuja, hours after Yakubu met with leaders of political parties ahead of the general elections. READ ALSO:  Elections: All Eyes Are On You, Buhari Tells Police And Other Security Agencies The US Assistant Secretary of State, in her remarks, noted that the forthcoming general elections “matter to the United States,” because according to her, the US is interested in consolidating democracy, and doing so peacefully. She also expressed her conviction that the elections would be peacefully conducted and democracy protected, as the country has demonstrated since 1999. ADVERTISEMENT Phee also noted that the US does not have a pr...

The state DG of the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council claimed that the officers were using Hilux vehicles from the Rivers State Government House. The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he is not responsible for an attack on the state Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council (PDP-PCC), Abiye Sekibo. The PDP campaign DG had alleged an assassination attempt on his life. Sekibo, a former Secretary to the Rivers State Government and Minister of Transport, said armed men, whom he accused of being police attached to the governor shot at the vehicle he was in. He alleged that he had received a call that the equipment at the site where they were preparing for the PDP presidential rally in Port Harcourt was on fire. The PDP chieftain said he went out with about three police officers to see things for himself at the location in rainbow town by Amadi-Ama in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (LGA). Sekibo claimed that on approaching the location...

A graphical illustration of gunmen.   Bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and four other officers in the Munya and Gurara Local Government Areas of Niger State. ADVERTISEMENT The victims were killed in a shoot-out with bandits who attempted to invade communities in Munya and Gurara LGAs. Wasiu Abiodun, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement sent to Channels Television on Sunday. He said the officers were able to repel the attack on a market in Munya LGA on Friday and also engaged the bandits during an attack on communities in Gurara LGA on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT Although the police spokesman identified the slain DPO as Mukhtar Sabiu in charge of Paiko Division, he, however, did not reveal the names of the other four policemen. “Regrettably, DPO Paiko SP Mukhtar Sabiu and four other police personnel from both divisions lost their lives during the gun duel,” the statement read. “On 10/02/2023 at about 1500hrs, suspec...

General Glen VanHerck, Commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, arrives for a closed-door briefing for Senators about the Chinese spy balloon at the U.S. Capitol February 9, 2023 in Washington, DC. Military and administration officials are briefing both houses of Congress today about the U.S. response to China’s use of a spy balloon in American airspace. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have detected another unidentified object. NORAD, which is tasked with protecting the airspace of North America, has detected a flying object at a high latitude above northern Canada. Military planes were dispatched to the area. It is unknown If the object is another spy balloon, and also unclear if the fighter aircrafts will shoot down the object. This comes a day after an object was shot down over Alaska, and a week after the spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic after it had flown acros...

Video Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to latest Trump attacks Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday gave an indirect response to former President Donald Trump's attacks ahead of the 2024 GOP presidential primary, saying, "I don't spend my time trying to smear other Republicans."  As his political stature soars ahead of a potential presidential run, Republican  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida  is increasingly feeling the heat and taking income fire from possible rivals in the 2024 White House race. In recent days the verbal attack came not from one of his likely rivals for the GOP nomination, but from  President Biden. The president, in Florida on Thursday as part of his post State of the Union address tour in critical electoral states, took aim at DeSantis for opposing Medicaid expansion provided under the Affordable Care Act. "Over 1.1 million people in Florida would be eligible for Medicaid if Governor DeSantis just said, ‘I agree to expand it,’...