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The NMA Southeast Caucus comprising Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states branches gave the commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of its general meeting held in Abakaliki.

Okah-Donli, who is also the Executive Chairman of Roost Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.

MURIC made the submission in a press release by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that violence erupted in Omuo Ekiti during the Ekiti East constituency 1 polls of Saturday leading to shootings in some polling units and the killing of three persons.

Oba Makama made the call in a statement on Monday, declaring that the mass murder of the farmers was a national calamity, which must be condemned by all.

The killings occurred on September 8 and 9, 2020, thereby violating the peace pact of August 22, 2020.

The NUJ made its position known in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Salihu Mohammed Alkali and Sunday John, on Tuesday in Lafia.

It also urged government to end banditry and other forms of insecurity in Katsina, Zamfara, Niger and other states in the northern part of the country.

Kure made the donation at the Internally Displaced People’s Camp in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Recall the the people of Ekoli Edda in Ebonyi State and Biase in Cross River State have been at war over a palm plantation located at their mutual boundary.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his judgment, also ordered the National Hospital, Abuja to immediately release the three corpses in its morgue.

The body under the aegis of Awba-Ofemili League of Professionals made this call at the weekend after receiving the unfortunate news of clashes between Awba-Ofemili in Anambra State and Ibute-Olo in Enugu State, which led to arson and killing.

The PDP described as absurd, but revealing, that the APC-led government
would arrest, harass and detain victims of the bandits but chose to negotiate, hobnob with and even pay money to the assailants.

The President made his feelings known in a broadcast to commemorate the 2020 Democracy Day in Abuja on Friday.

Enenche said the success was recorded when combined troops of Sector 2 deployed in Gbise and Zaki Biam in Benue State and Sector 4 from Taraba State raided the hideout of Gana in Mtan village in Utenge Council Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area on Saturday.

Residents of some areas of Katsina State troubled by recent armed banditry and kidnapping have urged the Federal and State Government to take urgent measures to end the attacks.

Gunmen have killed 15 people and injured five in Gonan Rogo village, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Channels Television is reporting.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday led thousands of members of church across the country on Sunday to protest the killings of Christians in the North as well as worsening insecurity in the country.

Reports of renewed attacks at places in Plateau and Taraba states and elsewhere across the country are disturbing just as they remind us of how much work we still have ahead of us to tidy the country’s internal security apparatus.

Civil Society Organisations and the Media in Niger State have called on government at all levels and security agencies to scale up security apparatus at flash points across the state, especially at border towns, to reduce the rate of killing in the country.