Nigerian security forces have carried out a repressive campaign that has claimed 115 lives including those of civilians in the Southeast region since Jan. 2021, London-based Amnesty International said in a new report. According to AI, the Nigerian security agents responded with excessive force in the region’s spiralling violence, unlawfully arresting people and violating their …
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A report released by the United States Department of States has revealed that the majority of human trafficking victims in Europe and other parts of the world are Nigerians mostly from Edo, Delta, and Kano states. The report titled ‘Trafficking In Persons Report June 2021, chronicled the menace of human trafficking in about 200 countries …
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Authorities in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, say they have temporarily closed down a primary school in the state following a bomb scare. John Kalu, Abia State Commissioner for Information, in a statement on Thursday, said an alarm was raised on the discovery of some items suspected to be explosives at the premises of Union Primary …
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Residents of Umuahia and Aba metropolis in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, have been instructed to stay indoors between the hours of 10 p.m to 6 a.m with effect from Monday, April 5 till further notice. Okezie Ikpeazu, the State Governor, imposed a curfew on Monday which he said was as a result of security reports …
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Southeast Nigeria is witnessing a spike in attacks on security officials in the region. The attacks are also spreading to some parts of the neighbouring South-south region. The Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed division of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), has been linked with the recent spike in security incidents and confrontation …
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Abia State Government, Southeast Nigeria, Tuesday announced a 12-hour ban on motorcycles and tricycles movement in major towns within the state. The ban follows an attack on a police station in Aba, the state’s commercial nerve centre, by yet to be identified hoodlums. HumAngle reports that the police station was attacked early Tuesday, during which …
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A group of assailants suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed division of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), has destroyed a police station in Southeast Nigeria. HumAngle learned that the assailants on Tuesday attacked and destroyed the police station in Abayi, Aba, the commercial centre of Abia State. …
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A citizen’s threat to mobilise the youth in Isuikwuato, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, for mass action over the high level of insecurity in the axis, has forced the state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, to speak out twice in two days over threats to life and livelihoods in communities. Prior to the threat by Emenike Iroegbu, …
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Like most brides-to-be, Queen Nwazuo, 30, was beside herself with anticipation. Her wedding to her fiancé, Monday Bakor, was scheduled for next February and the preparation for the event had long begun. But the rosy future the student of Abia State Polytechnic looked forward to with her lover was truncated by bullets from rampaging troops …
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The Arewa community in Abia State has demanded compensation for its members killed and properties destroyed by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Aba, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria. The group claimed that five of its members were killed and many injured by suspected IPOB separatist agitators in Aba, the commercial centre …
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Preparatory to the reopening of schools, all teachers in Nigeria’s Southeast region must test for COVID-19 before returning to the classroom, Dave Umahia, the Chairman of Southeast Governors’ Forum, announced in Abakaliki on Sunday after a virtual meeting of the group. There are currently 2,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, comprising Abia, Anambra, …
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A coalition of non-governmental organisations has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Emperor Ogbonna, an Abia-based lawyer who was arrested in March and has been in the agency’s custody for several months. In a statement released on Tuesday and shared with HumAngle, Citizens’ Gavel, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), …
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