THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo Command says it has destroyed about 56 hectares of suspected hemp farmland in the state. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Kayode Raji, disclosed this on Monday in Akure during the decoration of 51 personnel of the command, who were …
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BANDITS have abducted two journalists and their family members in Kaduna State. The armed men stormed Danhonu community in Millennium city of Chikun local government area of Kaduna and raided houses of the reporters of The Nation newspaper, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and that of Blueprint Newspaper, AbdulRaheem Aodu. The …
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Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra State has sentenced a teacher, Mrs Faith Nwoye, to 21 years imprisonment. The teacher who is a staff member of Landmark International School Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State flogged a nine-year-old student, Henry to death. Commissioner for …
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate orderly room trial of police officers for allegedly assaulting a suspect said to have resisted an arrest in the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, July …
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THE Police Command in Ogun says it rescued three Indians and a Nigerian abducted on Sunday by suspected gunmen at the Delabo axis of the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alamutu, disclosing this at a news conference held at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on …
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot one person and abducted a traveller at the Delabo axis on the Sagamu-Benin expressway in Ogun State. Confirming the incident in a statement, on Monday, July 1, 2024, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, said that the incident occurred …
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THE Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed several illegal oil refining sites in Rivers and eliminated scores of terrorists in Niger in recent coordinated air strikes. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said …
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THE operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the suspected killer of a fresh graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Glory Adekolure. The 22-year-old female graduate was raped to death in Edo State. The late student’s brother, in a post on X, said that Adekolure was beaten, …
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A pastor and General Overseer of Jesus House of Joy Church in Awka, Francis Ogwu, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old house help in the Anambra State capital. Reports said that the General Overseer was arrested following an alarm raised by concerned residents of Awka. The media aide …
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THE operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 117 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos State. The suspects were arrested at the Regional Hotel in the Iyana-Ishasi area of Lagos on Thursday, June 27, 2024. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, said the suspected internet …
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