THE Kogi Government on Saturday said the convoy of Gov. Yahaya Bello was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. it said the attack took place near a Naval Base, a few kilometres away from Lokoja, the state capital. The Kogi Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made …
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BANDITS have attacked Janbako and Sakida villages of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state, killing 31 people and injuring several others. An indigene of the area, Malam Abubakar Mohammed, told the press on the phone that the bandits who were in large numbers attacked the two communities in the …
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THE Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced to death three women who kidnapped three children in Uyo and sold them off in Aba, Abia State for N1.1m. The convicts – one Enobong Nsikak Sunday, 38; Getrude Thompson Akpan, 48; and Mary Okon James, 49 years old, …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Friday quizzed the former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen over alleged fraud. A source close to the commission said that the ex-minister who arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm was still being grilled …
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State Command, have seized 222.42kg of cannabis popularly known as marijuana at various drug joints in the state. The operatives also seized 40 bottles of codeine weighing a total of 0.4 litres after invading the drug joints in Abeokuta, the state …
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A Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has sentenced two middle-aged men to three years imprisonment for stealing school properties worth N155,000. The defendants, Emmanuel Akinde, 22, and Abdulateef Magaji, 30, were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy and …
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Unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead a man identified as Kinikanwo Ojindah, popularly called Agala, in Ogbakiri community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ojindah, an indigene of Rumuokani village in Ogbakiri community, was reportedly shot on Sunday night in his apartment by men who introduced themselves as “government”. …
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TWO entertainment centres, the CSKR Hotels and Priscy’s Bar and Suites both in Elekahia, Port Harcourt, Rivers State were early on Monday morning sealed by armed policemen. Staff and lodgers at the two sealed facilities were forcefully ordered out of the premises by the security operatives who stormed there in …
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THE Oyo state police command has arrested five members of the Yoruba Nation agitators who allegedly invaded and hijacked a government owned radio station in Ibadan. The Oyo state commissioner of police Adebowale Williams while parading the attackers in Ibadan revealed that the attackers forcefully hijacked the said Broadcast Station, …
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THE Police Command in Imo State says it has activated the mechanism and heightened efforts to rescue abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, kidnapped along Ejemekwuru /Izombe Road by unknown gunmen. Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara was abducted on Friday by unknown persons after performing funeral rites for the father …
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