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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Vincent Ikuomola Abuja |Damian Duruiheoma |Chris Njoku |Sunny Nwankwo
IPOB grounds Southeast again with sit-at-home protestsIt’s business as usual in Ebonyi as markets openA six year jail term in Finland awaits self- styled prime minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, if the court now trying him for alleged terrorism in that country accedes to the request of his prosecutors. Ekpa, who was arrested last November by the Finnish authorities, appeared before the Päijät-Häme District Court yesterday to face terrorism-related charges in a preparatory hearing.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
The Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, Enugu State Police Command, has arrested four male suspects for conspiracy, staged kidnapping, and defrauding the parents of a staged kidnapping victim of N2million. The suspects included Chidera Godwin Ako, 21, who orchestrated his kidnapping; Okechukwu Philip Chidalu, 19; Ifeanyi Ugwu, 20; and Ossai Chigozie, 35, recently released from the Nigerian Correctional Service custodial centre. They were arrested about 1 p.m on May 24, this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Nicholas Kalu |Chris Njoku |Adekunle Jimoh |Damian Duruiheoma
Reform JAMB exams, say CSOs, othersHouse of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies has called for an independent probe into the human errors that disrupted this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Addressing reporters at National Assembly yesterday in Abuja, Committee Chair, Oforji Oboku, said they are working with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on reforms to restore credibility of the exam process.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched an investigation into alleged technical glitches during the conduct of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
Operatives of the Enugu state police command have neutralised a suspected kidnapper and rescued a male victim following an early-morning operation on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The police recovered a locally made double-barrelled pistol loaded with two live cartridges and a green Nissan Almeria car used by the kidnappers.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southeast have vowed to solidify the party’s dominance in the region ahead of the 2027 general elections, urging more Igbo indigenes to join for the benefit of the zone. Speaking after the APC southeast select leaders’ consultative meeting in Enugu, key party figures emphasised the importance of integrating Ndigbo into the mainstream of national politics rather than remaining on the sidelines.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Sanni Onogu |Tony Akowe |Gbenga Omokhunu |Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, state governors and other eminent Nigerians have enjoined Christians and Nigerians in general to use the occasion of Easter celebration to eschew political, religious and ethnic biases and unite for the progress and general well-being of the nation.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Jide Babalola |Damian Duruiheoma |Chris Njoku |Alao Abiodun
Senator Samuel Anyanwu stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abuja yesterday to resume work as National Secretary of the party moments after the Supreme Court set aside the December 20, 2024 majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in Enugu sacking him from the position. Anyanwu addressed some party staff. But his colleague on the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), Bode Ologunagba, disputed Anyanwu’s claim to victory at the apex court.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has vowed to rid the southeast of gangs of policemen involved in extortion, corruption, and human rights abuses in the Southeast geopolitical zone. Argungu made the vow at the Southeast stakeholders’ summit on peace and security organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in partnership with Southeast Civil Society Organizations in Enugu on Friday.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
thenationonlineng.net | Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has hailed the sacrificial efforts of the men and officers of the Nigerian army in helping the state attain its current relatively peaceful and secure environment. Mbah also called for improved synergy among all security agents in the state to ensure a peaceful atmosphere, promising his administration’s maximum support to ensure success in all their efforts to ward off any threat to the security of the state and country.
