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Gridlock in owerri over security measures

Gridlock in owerri over security measures

Measures initiated by security agencies to beef up surveillance in Owerri have resulted in traffic gridlocks in major roads in the state capital and its environs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the traffic situation in the city on Monday, reports that the roads leading to the state Government House, Custodial Centre...

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PRESIDENT Buhari rages over prison break in owerri

PRESIDENT Buhari rages over prison break in owerri

President Muhammadu Buhari rages over the prison break that took place on Monday, 5th April 2021, describing it as an act of terrorism. The deadly insurgent attacktook place at the Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional Facility in Owerri, Imo State. In a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba...

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Nigeria’s biggest prison break occurs in owerri – over 1,800 freed

Nigeria’s biggest prison break occurs in owerri – over 1,800 freed

More than 1,800 inmates have escaped after heavily armed men attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, prison authorities said Monday, in one of the country’s largest jailbreaks. The attackers blasted their way into the Owerri prison in Imo state, engaging guards in a gun battle, the national corrections authority said in a statement....