Energy, a resident of Umunya in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, was allegedly killed by some alleged killer-herders. The deceased and some other people, who have yet to be identified, were said to have been lured into a forest in Aguleri forest in the state on Thursday …
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According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), operatives of the corps on Thursday arrested and turned over suspected drug dealers to NDLEA officials in the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement released on Friday, ASC Okomanyi Comfort, the corps’ public relations officer, stated that Dr. Peter …
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THE Katsina State Government has confirmed the stealing of millions of naira by unknown persons at the account section of the State Government House. The Director-General to the governor on New Media, Alhaji Al-Amin Isah, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Thursday. Although Isah couldn’t disclose the …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has prepared for the prosecution of three individuals found to have been involved in the alteration of the 2022 presidential pardon list. The former governors of Plateau and Taraba states – Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame – were among many individuals whose names were …
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Michael Chinasa, an Anambra native accused of setting fire to a BRT bus terminal at Oyingbo in Lagos during a protest against alleged police misconduct in October 2020, was ordered to be kept in custody by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The defendant, 21, is being tried for conspiracy, …
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40-year-old suspected drug dealer, Sani Hassan, has been arrested and five blocks of Indian hemp recovered from him by the police in Jigawa State. The State Police Spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, August 10, said the suspect was arrested during a raid …
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Three Nigerians have been extradited from the United Kingdom and arrived in the United States over an alleged involvement in multi-million dollar cyber fraud schemes. The defendants are Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo also known as John Edwards or John Dayo, a 43-year-old Nigerian citizen and UK resident, Donald Ikenna Echeazu …
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Two more terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) have been arrested in connection with the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, months ago. Recall that the Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and the military had on Tuesday confirmed that …
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A magistrate’s court sitting in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State has directed the remand of three suspected kidnappers in a correctional facility. Newsextra24 learnt that the suspects identified as Bature Seriki, Lawal Jamiu and Fatimoh Anaruwa, allegedly kidnapped one Alfa Biliaminu and four of his friends who were coming from …
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A wanted cultist in Osun State, Hammed Rasheed, 29, popularly known as Oko-Ilu has been charged to court. Oko-Ilu was brought to court by the Police before the Chief Magistrate Olufemi Ayilara of the Osogbo Magistrate Court on Wednesday. The suspected cultist was charged with nine counts bordering on murder, …
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