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In follow up to the kidnapping of Mrs Tina Bob-Manuel, on 21/2/2018, IRT Operatives traced the kingpin, one Prosper David a “Militant General who embraced the federal Government Amnesty program but later formed a kidnapping gang in Bayelsa State. IRT Operatives have been on his trail for a long time after he masterminded the kidnap of Mrs Tina Bob-Manuel on 22/11/2017 in her shop located at No.107 Nvuigwe Road Woji Port-Harcourt and several other kidnappings. The suspect went underground after the collection of ransom in two installments and when he sensed that the Police were closing in on him, he changed his contact number known to his personal driver that was earlier arrested by the Police and relocated his family from Victory Estate Azikoro Yenagoa in December 2017 to the Creek all in a bid to avoid arrest. After about 90 days of painstaking intelligence gathering with Technical assistance Support from TIU, the suspect was tracked to Asiri area of Yenagoa Bayelsa state...

                                        NDIFREKE JACOB. A security man was murdered near a bank in what seems to be a cult clash  in Calabar. According to report, the rival cult group murdered the security man in broad day light after two  cult groups had a face off which claimed the lives of two persons, one in  Calabar south and another in Calabar Municipal. The two victims were alleged to be members of Klans and Axe cult groups. Somebody from Klans killed an Axe man and the next morning there was a reprisal from . However, residents of the area have called on the state government and security operatives to come to their aid and help stop the senseless killings. Photo below: Viewers discretion Advised!

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has said that its operatives intercepted and seized 33 containers of Tramadol which were being conveyed to a yet-to-be-ascertained location in the country. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Christiana Adeyeye, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the National Chemical Security Training Conference.She also noted that operatives also seized three trucks filled with Tramadol at the Apapa Ports in Lagos State. The chemical conference was jointly organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Chemical Security Programme. The NAFDAC DG said that an emergency should be declared over the abuse of drugs by youths and children in the country. Adeyeye said,  “We have to declare an emergency because of our youths and children who are abusing hard drugs. As I speak, we have about 33 containers of Tramadol that we intercepted. Those are the ones we could see. Some have exited the ports. “We have...

Tragedy struck on Monday in Agodo community, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, when a suspected lunatic hacked to death two pupils of Saint John’s Anglican Primary School in the town. The suspect, identified as Lekan Adebisi, Daily Sun learnt, stormed the school at quarter past eleven in the morning during lunch break. The killer emerged from a nearby bush and attacked some pupils who were playing on the school field, it was learnt. In the ensuing melee, two male pupils in kindergarten class, identified as Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi, were hacked down. The suspect is said to have fled the scene immediately after the act. Our correspondent was informed by some sources that though the school was fenced, there was no gate to prevent unfettered access to the school compound. Meanwhile, when the news of the sad incident filtered into the community, Daily Sun further gathered, parents and guardians thronged to the school to withdrew their children...

Pastor Idahosa Iyawe of the StandPoint Church, Abuja has lost his wife to the cold hands of death. According to reports from the church, Omamen Iyawe, 29-year-old mom was deeply and intensely lost in worship, lifted up her hands and was called to a higher place of praise and worship. Her service of songs is set for tomorrow, March 14th in Abuja. May her soul find eternal peace.

Following the recent killings and kidnapping in Etim Ekpo, Ukanafun and other neighbouring Annang communities, the Akwa Ibom State Government on Monday declared curfew in these troubled local government areas to ensure that lives and property of residents of the area are safeguarded. In a press release made available to the general public, the Akwa Ibom state government through it's Commissioner for Information reiterates, that the decision was to ensure lives of people living in these troubled areas are secured and protected.  The Press Release below: GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & STRATEGY Block 2, Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo; citizen@akwaibomstate.gov.ng ; 0907 617 3782 (sms & whatsapp only) PRESS RELEASE RESTRICTION OF USE OF MOTORCYCLES AND MOVEMENT As part of efforts to ensure continued safety and security in Akwa Ibom State, the Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has directed as follows; 1. The enfo...

                                              BY EVELYN A. BASSEY Worried by incessant threats to security of lives and property, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has signed a prohibition order on the activities of cult groups and other unlawful societies in the state. Performing the brief ceremony at Government House, Uyo, Governor Emmanuel said that the order, which may be cited as "The Cultism and Other Violent Behaviour Prohibition Order 2018", takes effect from March 12, 2018. The Governor stated that the action was carried out in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 70 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 38, volume 2 laws of Akwa Ibom State 2000, adding that the prohibition order was to re-energize the already existing law banning the operations of secret cults in the state. He noted that recent reports on security issu...