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The Supreme Court, today Friday, 16th April 2021 declared Sir Frank Ibezim as Senator for Imo North Senatorial District ending months of  legal fireworks of an election which was held on the 5th of December 2020. The supreme court affirmed that Senator Frank Ibeziem's Certificate issue has been quashed and declared a nullity for lack of evidence which ended the matter at stake. The Supreme Court also declared that the Judgment of both the High court and appeal court is a nullity due to lack of burden of proof, while the Supreme Court held that Senator Frank Ibeziem's appeal is granted as meritorious, enforceable and legitimate.

- Assures new operational protocols will bequeath to the Nation stable security order  The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, NPM, psc (+), fdc has unveiled a new policing vision and crime fighting strategies for the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP made the new operational protocols public, today, Thursday, 15th April, 2021, during the inaugural conference with Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police and other Heads of Police Formations in the country, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The highlights of the new policing vision include; deploying cutting-edge policing technology and integrating intelligence-led policing practices to core policing functions, with a view to strengthening police capacity to stabilise the internal security order and restore public confidence in the Force. The new policing vision equally seeks to, among other things, give full effect to the concept of community policing and deliver quality police service t...

Some of the fallen poles yesterday at Royal Palm Transformer, Aba - Umuahia 33KV feeder, Aba District and along Enugu Road on Bas 11KV feeder, Nsukka District, as a result of heavy rainstorm. Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has attributed the loss of supply currently being experienced in parts of its network to the recent heavy rain and windstorm. The company expressed that the situation which led to loss of several High Tension (HT) and Low Tension (LT) poles, aluminum conductors as well as other line accessories, resulted in power outage affecting most of its 33KV and 11KV feeders. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh made this known in Enugu today in a press release made avaliable to Nigerian Notch. According to Ezeh, the heavy storm which occurred over the weekend in parts of Anambra and Imo States, and yesterday evening in parts of Abia and Enugu States, destroyed electrical installations within the affected areas, thereby subjecting customers to power ou...

Valentine Ozigbo, the frontrunner in the November 2021 Anambra governorship election on the Peoples' Democratic Party platform, PDP, has commended the South East Governors' Forum on the recent formation of a regional security outfit named "EBUBE AGU ". The establishment of the security outfit was made public after the first South East Security Summit by the governors' forum held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Sunday, April 11, 2021.  Mr Ozigbo, while appearing on Arise News' show, 'The Interview' on Monday, April 12, 2021,  commended the South East Governors' Forum for taking such proactive measure geared towards curbing the menace of insecurity which is rapidly overwhelming most parts of the country, including the South East.  According to the respected business leader, the establishment of regional security outfits is a welcome development. He also declared that the initiative's added benefit is that locals would constitute the security...

The governor's of the South East coming out from a high powered delegation in Owerri today agreed to set up a unified security outfit to protect the South East for the security challenges that has been witnessed in the past few months now. After exhaustive discussions on the current security challenges in the South East and with valuable contributions from participants at the first South East security summit in Owerri on this day Sunday April 11th 2021,resolved to strongly and unequivocally condemn terrorism and banditry in any part of Nigeria, particularly in the South East.  The meeting strongly condemned the burning of police stations, violent attacks on custodial centres with the unlawful release of inmates, and the killings including security personnel, natives/ farmers and headsmen.  The governor's also resolved that the five South East states are on the same page with the federal government on the issue of security challenges in the country.   This meeting is ...