Author: Famous Reporters

FAMOUS REPORTERS A Police Inspector, Okon Essien has killed himself at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID), Panti in Yaba, Lagos. According to our source the arrest and detention of the Inspector was consequent on his killing of a civilian. Police Spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana disclosed that the inspector had resorted to taking his life in order to avert trial for murder charges. In his words: “One Inspector Okon Essien detained in State CID cell in Yaba for allegedly shooting and killing one Hassan Usman Stanley was reported to have killed himself. “The suspect was arrested at Akodo…

FAMOUS REPORTERS The Afaraukwu community in Umuahia North council area of Abia State, home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reiterated that the scheduled interment for their king and his wife should not be misconstrued as IPOB affairs. Speaking through the President General, Afaraukwu community, Chief Ikechukwu Ndubueze, the community charged members of IPOB to desist from their activities to enable them allow lay to rest Nnamdi Kanu’s parents in peace. Chief Ikechukwu Ndubueze, while briefing the media on the preparations for the funeral, insisted that the community wanted a peaceful atmosphere devoid of…

FAMOUS REPORTERS A police officer at a check in one of the check points in Ideato North LGA of Imo state, this afternoon had attempted shedding the blood of a Sienna driver in his late thirties. Our reporter who was at the scene of the incident recounts that the police officer at the check made for his gun wordlessly as the car pulled up at the spot, leaving the five passengers and the driver in stark bewilderment. According to our reporter, the driver (name withheld) was confused upon seeing the police cork his Rifle which was directly pointed at him.…

FAMOUS REPORTERS Following the arrest and subsequent elimination of some suspected armed robbery suspects in Umuahia, Abia State capital, the traditional ruler of Amuzukwu, Ibeku Autonomous Community and Chairman, Umuahia North LGA Council of Traditional rulers, Abia State has lauded the Nigeria Police Force, Abia State Command. HRM Eze John Onyebuchi Ibezim, who consented to the notion that Umuahia is yet to be emancipated from crime and criminalities, commended the Nigeria Police in the state, under the leadership of CP Ene Okon in restoring relative tranquility in the area through the arrest of the dreaded notorious armed robbery gang. Eze…

FAMOUS REPORTERS The President Vision Africa International and Co-chair Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop, Dr, Onuoha has harped on the need for Nigerians not to give up in the search for Peace, stressing that there is no alternative to peace. Speaking during the General Assembly of the IDFP held recently in Abuja, Nigeria on the theme: Interreligious Dialogue: Strengthening the Culture of Peace, Reconciliation and Justice, the Methodist Bishop decried the ugly happenings in the country, stressing that it is a glaring indication that much is required to bring peace to our people who are currently troubled by poverty…

FAMOUS REPORTERS In a bid to achieve a universal health coverage in the state, Abia State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA) is set to commence a full implementation of basic health Care Provision Fund Program in the state. Interacting with Famous Reporters, the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Chinagozi Adindu commended the effort of the Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu whom he said paid the counterpart fund for the said programme, and assured that the said programme would be of immense benefit to the indigents, as well as nursing mothers in the area. “His Excellency, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu attracted…

FAMOUS  REPORTERS The traditional ruler of OkwutaIbeku Autonomous Community, in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State has unequivocallyexonerated his stool and community from an alleged celebration of criminalities and the perpetrators in Umuahia. Eze Egbeogu, while reacting to the statement by the commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Ene Okon, wherein the latter asserted that some communities in Umuahia  celebrate criminals and criminalities, stressing that his community does not tolerate let alone protect hoodlums as alleged.Eze Egbeogu reiterated that criminal acts in his community were never swept under carpet over the years, pointing out that his has never made…

FAMOUS REPORTERS A former member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abraham Amuta, who was captured by Boko Haram insurgents, in April, 2019 has yesterday, allegedly sniffed at the freedom offer by the Terrorists. Reportedly, Amuta, a native of Benue State was abducted during his one-year mandatory service in Borno, alongside a 58-year-old man, Moses Oyeleke of Living Faith Church, in Maiduguri and few others, including a schoolgirl, Ndagiliya Ibrahim Umar, on April 10, 2019. According to reports, the Benue born man without mincing words, told those who had gone to Sambisa forest to secure his release to go back…

FAMOUS REPORTERS Muhammad Nasiru Sani, the suicide bomber who was captured at Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, has disclosed that he was compelled by his sponsors to bear a Christian name while in custody, should he be caught.Mohammad Nasiru who confirmed blankly that he was a Fulani said he was earlier instructed  by his sponsors to present a Christian identity should luck run out of himA reliable source who was at the scene of the incident has this to say:Mohammad Sani confessed that his sponsors told him that incase he is caught, he should bear a Christian name. They…

FAMOUS REPORTERS The immediate family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, has appealed to the federal government of Nigeria, led by President Mohammadu Buhari to end military invasion in the environs, saying there is no war in the area. Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the IPOB who spoke on behalf of the family this afternoon, when Famous Reporters called in at the palace, regretted that the sporadic invasion of late Eze Israel I. O. Kanu’s vicinity, the father of Nnamdi Kanu by…