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By our Reporter The Commmissioner for internal security, border peace and conflict resolution, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha has assured the people of Okomigbo autonomous community in Mpu, Aninri local government area of Enugu state of speedy and amicable resolution of the boundary dispute with her sister community of Ngwogwo in Ishiagu, Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State, noting that Ebonyi State Governor, Engr David Umahi and his Enugu state counterpart, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi are people loving leaders and will ensure that the boundary dispute is resolved to continue with the brotherly relationship that had long existed between the two communities and the state at large. Chief Emegha gave the assurance during a fact finding visit to the community to know the root cause of the disputed. Narrating the issue, the traditional ruler of Okomigbo autonomous community, HRH Eze Cletus Izuchukwu stated that the action of Ngwogwo people was that of "incursion and provocation", ...

By Our Reporter The people of Imama, Agba and Amorie Villages of Ibi Oziza autonomous community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have been tasked to embrace peace. The Commmissioner for internal security, border peace and conflict resolution, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha gave the advice during a fact finding meeting held at Ibi Town Hall with the elders and stakeholders of the three concerned Villages who has been having misunderstanding resulting from a disputed pacel of land in the village mentioned above. The Commmissioner who was represented by the HoD border peace, Mr Ifeanyichukwu Martins Igrube, reiterated that the mission of Governmet was to ensure that relative peace reign in the area and indeed, all parts of the state. He urged the elders to avail Governmet of fact that can help resolve the dispute, noting that the interest of Government is for permanent peace to prevail in the community. On his part, the Coordinator, Afikpo North East, Mr I...

Ebonyi state Governor, Engr David Nweze Umahi’s effort in hounding down insecurity in the state has received wide commendation.The Special Assistant to Governor Umahi on Abakaliki Capital City, Hon. Stanley Okoro Emegha made the commendation in a chat with newsmen in Abakaliki. Emegha who was reacting to Governor Umahi’s peace initiativ e, in bringing to an end, the aged-long land dispute between Enyibichiri community in Ikwo Local Government and Enyigba community of Abakaliki Local Government Areas of the state. He said, the recent resolution reached by the state government, officially adopting the land demarcating document which, according to him, is a signal to return of permanent peace in the troubled areas, was informed by the Governor’s proactive approach in tackling security issues which he said, accounts for why Ebonyi State has been adjudged the most peaceful state in Nigeria today.   Hon. Emegha expressed confidence that the high premium the Umahi Administration place...

The UN Security Council on Wednesday gave parties to a peace deal in Mali until the end of March to show progress or face sanctions for obstructing the 2015 agreement. The council unanimously adopted a French-drafted statement that “expressed a shared sense of impatience regarding the persistent delays” in making the agreement a reality on the ground. Council members “expressed their intention to follow the situation closely and to respond with appropriate steps should the parties not implement the commitments” by the end of March, the statement warned. Islamic extremists linked to Al-Qaeda took control of the desert north of Mali in early 2012, but were largely driven out in a French-led military operation launched in January 2013. Mali’s government signed a peace agreement with coalitions of armed groups in June 2015 to end the fighting, but insurgents remain active, including in central Mali. Last week, the government and two other armed groups, the Plateforme an...

As security agents continue to find lasting solution to the current killings in some parts of the country, the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) has urged the Federal Government to check the activities of armed herdsmen, saying they pose security threat to the country. NIDOA, in a statement by Mrs Patience Key, Chairperson of NIDO USA and Dr George Nwogu, Public Relations Director, NIDO Americas Board of Trustees, condemned what they termed the needless and mindless killings of innocent Nigerians by armed herdsmen. “It is appalling that in spite of the country’s strict gun control laws, persons purported to be herdsmen carry and use military-style assault weapons openly with impunity. “These highly armed herdsmen pose terrorist threats to all law-abiding unarmed Nigerians and they must not be allowed to carry on unchecked. “Armed herdsmen’s terrorism against Nigerians should be condemned by all decent and peace-loving people. “The continued bloodlett...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Saturday that the force would deploy five mobile police units to Adamawa to prevent future clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state. Idris made this known in Yola when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Mohammed Bindow to commiserate with him and the people of the state.  About 20 people were feared killed and several others injured following a clash between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The attack occurred on Monday night following the killing of a farmer by suspected Fulani herdsmen resulting in a reprisal attack by the farming communities of Shaforon, Kodomti and Kikan all in Numan local government area of the state. The IG said that the five units would reinvigorate security operations to prevent further bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state. He also promised to deploy tracking units of the force for the investigation of previous incident...