Police in Anambra has arrested four suspects over alleged blackmail and stealing. The suspects were identified as Okechukwu Ogoejiofor (male), 36; Nonso Nwizu (male), 34; Esther lfeanyichukwu (female), 21; and Obianuju Nduba (female), 20. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by the state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga. …
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A farmer was reportedly killed on Wednesday by some gunmen at Heipang community in the BarkinLadi Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was learnt that the hoodlums were said to have also stolen his motorcycle. The killing was confirmed on Thursday by a pregnant woman selling maize by the roadside near the …
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The Nigerian Police say some men masquerading as their officers collected N5 million from residents of Yar-Katsina village in Zamfara in exchange for security and protection. However, the police said the money paid by the locals for police and other security agencies to protect them against bandits was paid to two …
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Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilesa Branch has filed a contempt charge against the chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Segun Oladitan; and all members of the electoral body. He also joined in the suit is the Speaker of the state …
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Salau Lukmon, 31, has been charged with the murder of a resident, Smith Agam, in the Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Lukmon faces four counts bordering on conspiracy, cultism, murder, and mutilation. The charges read in part, “That you, Salau Lukmon, and others still at large, on or before …
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The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022, on Thursday, examined the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over payments of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by the Federal Government. Zainab during presentation revealed that the …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed why nothing concrete came out of its latest meeting with the federal government. At the meeting which ended stalemate on Tuesday, the government proposed a Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) to ASUU. However, ASUU said it declined the offer because …
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In the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, a 21-year-old woman has described how she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted along the Obiri-Kwerre Airport Road. The victim (name withheld) told journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, that the incident happened around 10 p.m. on Monday while she was on …
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Tragedy as a 36-year-old mother reportedly chopped off her 32-year-old boyfriend’s penis with a kitchen knife after he allegedly attempted to rape her 14-year-old daughter. It was learnt that the incident happened in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh state in India, reports The Times of India. According to officials, the mum and daughter duo …
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Police in Katsina state have arrested a housewife identified as Aisha Abubakar for allegedly killing her four-year-old stepdaughter and namesake, Aisha, with rat poison at Rimi in the Rimi Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, August 17. Residents of the community disclosed that Aisha and the mother of the deceased …
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