IMO State Police Command has dismissed the confessional statements of three suspects arrested over the alleged kidnapping and killing of Retired Major General Richard Duru. Newsextra24 recalls that Major General Duru was kidnapped on September 27, 2023, along Bishops Court, Area 7 Orji/Uratta Owerri, and his black Mercedes Benz G.L. 450 car …
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A tragic incident on Saturday night at Imo State University’s junction in Owerri left a lecturer and five others dead after an articulated truck lost control and hit several vehicles and pedestrians. According to a journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, who witnessed the accident and brought the victims to the Federal Medical Centre in …
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GUNMEN have reportedly abducted the Paramount Ruler in Mbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom state, HRM Ogwong Okon A. Abang, from his palace at Ebughu. Newsextra24 learnt that the monarch’s kidnap comes barely three weeks after doctors in the state raised an alarm over the kidnap of their colleague, …
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This occured after a violent altercation between traders and soldiers on Saturday. Newsextra24 understands that three soldiers had approached a trader regarding a phone issue which led to a disagreement over the phone matter. The matter quickly escalated into a full-blown conflict. In response to the unrest, the FCT Police …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted two parcels, containing Cocaine and Amphetamine concealed in steel bolts and shea butter. This is contained in a statement by NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy , Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said NDLEA officers of the Directorate of …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four suspects in connection with the seizure of 2,025 pieces of improvised explosive devices (IED) materials. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja stated that the IEDs were intercepted in a Toyota hummer bus marked AGL …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) has declared a couple, Kazeem Owoalade (alias Abdul Balogun) and Rashidat Owoalade (alias Rashidat Bolarinwa), who allegedly runs a cocaine cartel from India wanted. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He added that the agency declared …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 17, 2024, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster, Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on …
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THE Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested one Saminu Garba, 23, for allegedly vandalising transformer cable at State Low-Cost in Damaturu. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, spokesman of the command, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday. He said personnel of the command arrested Garba in possession of …
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THE Imo state command of the Nigeria Police Force announced on Thursday that they have successfully arrested some criminal suspects and recovered some live ammunition in recent operations. Giving details of the operations during a press conference at the command headquarters yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, revealed that 552 …
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