The Combined troops of Operation UDO KA, have eliminated 20 IPOB/ESN terrorists and destroyed their command centre in Mother Valley, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo. The operation was conducted together with the police, civil defence and Department of State Services personnel. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen....
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Troops of the Nigerian Army, in cooperation with sister security agencies, have raided and destroyed the supreme headquarters of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at mother valley, Orsu council area of Imo. The Force Commander, Joint Task Force South-East, Operation Udo Ka, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, disclosed...
Restiveness and killings in Anambra and the southeast geopolitical zone in general will deny women the opportunity of having spouses. The declaration was made in the report of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC), the Executive Summary of which was made available to the News Agency...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Nigerian Army troops have successfully cleared IPOB/ESN hideout at Ihiteukwa Community in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, neutralising one IPOB/ESN terrorist after an intense firefight on Saturday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Troops of Sector 1 Exercise GOLDEN DAWN III, in conjunction with other security agencies, apprehended a commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The IPOB/ESN Commander, Mr Uchechukwu Akpa and...
The Police Command in Anambra has debunked stories making the round that Umunze Community in Orumba South Local Government Area of the State was the operational headquarters of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the military wing of IPOB terrorists. The command made the clarification following a news report...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has cleared four notorious camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliates, Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo State. The troops, in the course of the clearance, neutralised two IPOB/ESN members...
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a gun duel. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Lt.-Col. Jonah...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of...
Police operatives, soldiers and officials of the Department of State Service (DSS), have stormed a camp at Eke-agbebor Isu, Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi state, said to belong to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This is contained in a press statement issued in Abakaliki...
Perhaps for the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1999, the meeting of the South-East Governors’ Forum recorded full attendance of the 5 governors of the zone. In the past, governors would typically send their deputies and infrequently attended the zonal meetings in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 3 gunmen have been killed by the police while others escaped with severe bullet wounds after a gun battle with hoodlums in Imufu community within Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State. The police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army, sister Services, Nigeria Police and other security agencies have successfully raided hideouts and training camps belonging to IPOB/ESN in Orsomoghu Forest spanning Anambra and Imo States. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the raid was part of the...
The Odinala Cultural Heritage Foundation (OCHIE Igbo), a socio-cultural organisation of young Igbo professionals, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to be more professional in its operations. OCHIE Igbo gave the advice following a recent tweet on the official Twitter handle of the DSS describing some...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS) have destroyed an enclave of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Asaba, Delta. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement...
The Imo Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of a retired military officer and Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s kinsman, Mr Tony Enoch. Enoch was the Presidential Campaign Council Chairman for Ahmed Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima election in Uzodimma’s Oru East Local Government Area (LGA). He was...
The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called for an end to all the violence in the Southeast. A statement, on Monday, December 26, 2022, by spokesperson for the group, Emma Powerful, quoted Kanu to have ordered the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to stop...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army have raided the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) in Ebonyi and Enugu State. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the raid...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has debunked the allegation that troops of 82 Division invaded Amangu community in Abia over abduction of a solders who was on official leave. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu debunked the allegation in a statement on Wednesday in...