The Apex Igbo socio-cultural Organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo youth council Worldwide has called on their people in the region to henceforth resist the reign of terror by the militant wing of the IPOB as it was no longer fashionable. The organization made the call today after a declaration of sit-at-home by Simon Ekpa, popularly known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) disciple. Reacting to Mr. Ekpa’s order today in Abuja, the National President of the Ohaneze Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, said, “It was now clear that Ekpa was being sponsored by enemies of Igboland.

Ahead of the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train services scheduled for Monday, December 5, 2022 (today), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the immediate deployment of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) sniffer dogs, armed personnel from the Police Mobile Force, Force Intelligence Bureau and others, in a bid to effectively secure the operations of the train services. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Muyiwa Adejobi.

The Federal Government (FG) has announced that the Abuja-Kaduna Train Services is set to resume on Monday, December 5, 2022. This was disclosed by the Managing Director (MD) of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria who said that all train services along that route are set to resume and also advised passengers to start updating their mobile app from Saturday, December 3, 2022 in order to successfully book their train tickets.

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno has assured Nigerians that despite skirmishes of insecurity in the land, the security agencies are on top of their game and elections will be conducted peacefully as planned. The NSA made this known yesterday during a Ministerial Media Briefing organized by Presidential Communication Team at the state house. He said for the assailants that attack INEC offices, especially in the southeastern part of the country, securities are already on a manhunt for the criminals and they will be served with justice.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has said that 10,000 additional officers currently being trained in police colleges nationwide would be deployed for the 2023 general elections. According to him, the newly trained police officers would graduate from the police colleges at the end of December and would be deployed to compliment the police strength already available for the upcoming elections.