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BREAKING: Local Government Secretariat in Rivers State set ablaze by suspected hoodlums (Video)

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Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze a section of the Eleme Local Government Area secretariat in Rivers State.

According to source, a newly elected chairman, Brain Gokpa, came to the LG secretariat accompanied by his councillors and supporters but discovered that some buildings in the complex had been set ablaze.

In a video shared by Intel Region, a man alleged that the suspected hoodlums were sent by Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister and former governor of the state.

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Meanwhile, it was gathered that there is a palpable fear of a potential outbreak of violence in some LGAs of the state.

Some disagreement were said to have ensued in the Ahoada East of Rivers State following lifting of the three-month ban on the Local Government Area secretariats by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun on Monday.

Ahoada East is the L.G.A of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Edison Ehie.

A statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko earlier on Monday morning, had directed the re-opening of all the 23 LGA secretariats in the state.

The newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Bala acting on the orders of the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun ordered the immediate withdrawal of all police personnel previously deployed to seal and safeguard the council secretariats in the state.

The secretariat was sealed in June following the disagreement between the Caretaker Committee Chairmen loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the immediate past local government chairmen, who were loyalists of Wike.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara had sworn in 23 newly elected local government chairmen in the state.

The exercise held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Sunday, comes a day after the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC) conducted an election at the grassroots.

There was also an initial report that some individuals had attempted to barricade the Port Harcourt City LGA secretariat earlier on Monday, when the Chairman, Ezebunwo Ichemati tried to access the council secretariat.

The crisis was, however, allegedly foiled when the men sighted the chairmen, councillors and supporters arriving at the council.

Ichemati was later seen supervising the clearing of overgrown grasses and cleaning of the council and other facilities within the premises.

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JUST IN: Russia attacks Ukraine, kill 11

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Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more in a region coming under mounting pressure.

The attacks came as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands to meet with allies on the sidelines of the NATO defence alliance summit.

He is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday to discuss more sanctions on Russia and arms procurement, a senior Ukrainian source told AFP.

Emergency services in the Dnipropetrovsk region, now threatened by Russian battlefield advances, published photos of rescuers helping civilians covered in blood after the attack.

“This is not a fight where it’s hard to choose a side. Standing with Ukraine means defending life,” Zelensky said after the attack.

Ukraine’s foreign minister said the strikes amounted to a “rejection of peace” from Russia, which has rejected US and Ukrainian ceasefire proposals.

“It is a matter of credibility for allies to step up pressure on Moscow,” Andriy Sybiga said.

Ukrainian police said 11 residents of Dnipro were killed and two more were left dead in the nearby town of Samar. More than 100 people were wounded, according to a statement.

Police added that an administrative building, shops, educational facilities and a children’s hospital were damaged.

– Toddler killed –

Russian forces, which invaded Ukraine just over three years ago, recently claimed to have reached the border of the central industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, to gain a foothold there for the first time of the war.

The attacks on Dnipro city, the region’s capital, came just hours after deadly overnight drone attacks.

Three people including a toddler were killed earlier in the northeastern Sumy region that borders Russia during the barrage, local officials said.Oleg Grygorov, head of the Sumy region’s military administration, said a five-year-old boy was pulled from the rubble of a destroyed house.

“The strike took the lives of people from different families. They all lived on the same street. They went to sleep in their homes but the Russian drones interrupted their sleep — forever,” he said.

One man died next to his spouse in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s western border region of Belgorod, the region’s governor said, adding that the woman survived the attack.

Another drone had targeted a residential building in Moscow overnight, wounding two people, including a pregnant woman, the local authorities said.

Russia occupies around a fifth of Ukraine and claims to have annexed four Ukrainian regions as its own since launching its invasion in 2022 — in addition to Crimea, which it captured in 2014.Kyiv has accused Moscow of deliberately sabotaging peace talks to prolong its full-scale offensive and to seize more territory.

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BREAKING: Daredevil Robbers Kill Student, Ignite Campus Protest

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Students of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) University, Lapai in Niger State took to the streets of Lapai today to protest the killing of one of them by armed robbers.

It was learnt that robbers invaded a student lodge close to the school gate in the early hours of today and in the process killed a 200-level student who resumed for the session yesterday.

The robbers also carted away several valuables belonging to the students without any resistance from security agents from the institution.

The students began protesting at the front of the school gate blocking the road and burning tires and sticks.

The students said the insecurity in the school began since the beginning of this year and they have been complaining to the school authorities and the police but nothing was done to address it.

It was learnt that robbers invaded a student lodge close to the school gate in the early hours of today and in the process killed a 200-level student who resumed for the session yesterday.

The robbers also carted away several valuables belonging to the students without any resistance from security agents from the institution.

The students began protesting at the front of the school gate blocking the road and burning tires and sticks.

The students said the insecurity in the school began since the beginning of this year and they have been complaining to the school authorities and the police but nothing was done to address it.

The students claimed that several female students have been sexually harassed in the course of robbery while several students have lost their valuables to the robbers.

The students are insisting that they will not disperse until the government and school authority take step to address the insecurity in the school community stressing their lives are no longer safe.

Calls and messages to the Information Officer of the institution were not responded to as of the time of filing this report.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abiodun Wasiu confirmed the killing of the student by armed robbers saying that he was stabbed on the neck.

“Today being 23rd June, 2025 at about 3am, information was received that at about 2.30am, some hoodlums attacked a student lodge at Ndakitabu area via Lapai.

Police operatives of Lapai Division rushed to the scene, but the suspected robbers had escaped.

“Unfortunately, one Jafar was stabbed on the neck and he was rushed to General Hospital Lapai where he was later confirmed dead,” Abiodun said in a statement.

He also confirmed the students have barricaded Agaie-Lapai road, adding that tactical teams of the Command have been dispatched to Lapai to ensure that normalcy is restored.

Source: The Nation

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Suspected Herdsmen Attack Taraba Communities, Destroy 62 Houses

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One person has been injured, and sixty-two houses destroyed after suspected herders attacked farming communities in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State.

According to reports, some residents say the attack followed a dispute about a source of water located between Tor Bali and Atongo villages.

The chairman of Bali Local Government Area, Aboki Dauda, who confirmed the incident said trouble started when a woman went to the pond to fetch water, where she was allegedly beaten by the herders.

The State Government has however said it will not tolerate any breach of peace in the form of communal clashes or any farmers vs herders conflicts to scuttle its peace efforts.

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