Gunmen attacked the Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area, where the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo hails from in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said no fewer than two soldiers and four of the attacking hoodlums died in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and …
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The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old murder suspect, Emmanuel Ujedibe, for killing a sex worker in a hotel room in Asaba, the state capital. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ali, disclosed this, on Friday, while parading the suspect along others at the police headquarters in …
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has demanded full disclosures of the Joint Venture deals in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the oil sector in general. The EFCC boss spoke at the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Summit organised by the House of …
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Report reaching Vanguard has it that a former Commissioner for Information, Chief Abia Onyike, during the regime of former Governor Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State was allegedly manhandled and beaten up by the South East Security outfit code-named Ebubeagu. The victim, who is one of the key spokespersons for the …
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A 28-year-old man, Raphael Ozoemena, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing his bosom friend, Ejike Eduno, to death. The remand order was given by Magistrate C. C. Chigbo of the Anambra State Magistrate Court, sitting at Nteje, Oyi Magisterial Division. The accused person, according to the police prosecution, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will appeal the October 28 conviction of its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The anti-graft agency’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, told our correspondent on Tuesday. “The commission is appealing the ruling,” Uwujaren said. A High Court of …
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Terrorists on Tuesday abducted a Catholic Priest in Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Abraham Kunat. Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) in Kaduna State, Reverend Joseph John Hayab, confirmed the abduction saying alot was happening in the state unreported. The Chancellor, Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu …
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Sonia, the daughter of federal lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, appeared in court over the accusation of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to the Daily Mail, the younger Ekweremadu was accused alongside her father Ike Ekweremadu, 60, her mother …
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TWENTY-one children who were abducted by terrorists in Katsina State have regained their freedom. The children were kidnapped on Sunday while working on a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Reacting to the kidnap of the children, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday urged …
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There was disquiet in the hometown of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Iperu-Remoland, following the death of two persons over boundary dispute. The lingering boundary dispute was between Ogere, a neighbouring community, and Abiodun’s hometown in Ikenne Local Government Area. Our correspondent gathered that the violence broke out on …
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