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Mar

2024

Gov Otti To Flag-off The Construction Of The 30 Km Arochukwu-Ndi Okereke – Ozuabam

Abia State, Business, Crime, National Assembly, News Flash, Ports/Maritime

PRESS RELEASE His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti OFR will on Wednesday, 20th March 2024 flag-off the construction of the 30 km Arochukwu - Ndi- Okereke - Ozuabam road. The venue for the flag-off ceremony is Amuvi Roundabout Arochukwu while time is 1:00pm. It's worthy to note that this road project is one of the many road projects that Abia state Government has embarked upon at this time as part of the government's strategic road infrastructure development Initiative aimed at ensuring that all roads in the State are put in very good motorable condition. Therefore, Traditional Rulers from the area, President…

Mar

2024

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Security Agents Know Bandits’ Hideouts, They Follow Me Negotiate With Them – Sheikh Gumi

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, News Flash, Security

Security Agents Know Bandits’ Hideouts, They Follow Me To Negotiate With Them – Sheikh Gumi Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, has declared that the security agents know the hideout of bandits terrorising Nigerians, particularly in the northern parts of the country. Gumi revealed this during an interview on Nigeria Info FM on Monday evening, saying that the security agents followed him to negotiate with the bandits. The cleric said the federal government should negotiate with the kidnappers who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna…

Mar

2024

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Nnamdi Kanu: Court Refuse Bail, Gives Fresh Order

Abia State, Crime, Judiciary, News Flash, Security

Court Denies Nnamdi Kanu Bail, Gives Fresh Order The Federal High Court siting in Abuja has refused to grant bail to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court, however, ordered accelerated hearing of the case involved in the embattled IPOB leader over his terrorism-related charges. Kanu, who was brought to the court on Tuesday, has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest in June 2021. Details shortly…

Mar

2024

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Popular Church Founder, Assistant Pastor Assassinated

Crime, News Flash, Religion

Popular Church Founder, Assistant Pastor Assassinated Two pastors in Ikot Ekang, a community in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom have been murdered. The clergymen are Apostle Elisha Asuquo, founder of the Mount of Solution Redeemed Church (MSRC) and the Pastor in-charge of the Church, Aniekan Ibanga. The unidentified gunmen stormed the National Headquarters of the Church on a motorcycle at about 7:30pm at the weekend, disrupting Parish meeting which was ongoing. After commiting the crime, they left through Abak-Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway. The late Apostle Asuquo hailed from Adiasim in Essien Udim Local Government Area, while Pastor Aniekan…

Mar

2024

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DHQ Releases Names, Photos Of Soldiers Killed In Delta Attack

Crime, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash

DHQ Releases Names, Photos Of Soldiers K!lled In Delta Att*ck The identities of the Nigerian Army commander, three officers, and 12 soldiers who were killed by attackers in Delta community have been revealed. The Defence Headquarters shared their photos and names on X account on Monday. The fallen soldiers, serving with the 181 Amphibious Battalion, were on a peace-keeping mission to quell community clashes in Bomadi Local Government of Delta State when the incident occurred. Their names are listed below: – LT COL AH ALI COMMAND OFFICER 181 AMPHIBIOUS BATTALION NIGERIAN ARMY – Maj SD Shafa (N/13976) – Maj DE…

Mar

2024

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EFCC Re-arraigns Former PDP National Chairman Over Allegedly Fraud

Crime, News Flash, Politics

EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-PDP National Chairman Over Alleged N300 Million Fraud A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bello Mohammed, was on Monday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja in an alleged N300m. He was put on fresh trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mohammed was re-arraigned before Justice Peter Lifu on a four-count charge bordering on his alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms through the office of the ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. He was arraigned alongside his company, Bam Projects and Properties Ltd,…

Mar

2024

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Delta Crisis: Army Opened Fire, Killed 50 Villagers

Crime, News Flash, Security

Delta: Army Opened Fire, Killed 50 Villagers – Fleeing Resident Residents of the Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, who fled into the bush where they have been hiding since March 14, following ill-fated peace talks with the military, narrated how the soldiers surprisingly opened fire on them and allegedly killed about 50 persons. This is as the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, visited the embattled community, four days after 16 military personnel, including a lieutenant colonel, lost their lives in an ambush. The terrified indigenes, who preferred anonymity, said there were many…

Mar

2024

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In A Fresh Attack, Bandits Abduct 87 Kaduna Residents

Crime, News Flash, Security

Again, Bandits Abduct 87 Kaduna Residents In Fresh Attack Armed bandits on Sunday night kidnapped 87 people after launching a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident to Punch on Monday. He said the terrorists also broke into some shops and stole food items and other valuables, adding that they invaded the village around 10 pm. The attack came barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government. Kajuru and Chikun…

Mar

2024

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Tinubu Gives Defense Hqtrs, Chief Of Defense Staff ‘Full Authority’ To Bring Killers Of Delta Soldiers To Justice

Crime, News Flash, Presidency, South South

President Tinubu Gives Defense Hqtrs, Chief Of Defense Staff 'Full Authority' To Bring Killers Of Delta Soldiers To Justice The community is in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigerian Defence Headquarters and Chief of Defence Staff to do everything possible to bring to justice, all the killers of the 16 military personnel in Okuoma community. The community is in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. SaharaReporters had reported that a Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Bomadi Local Government Area…

Mar

2024

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Tinubu Blows Hot Over Killing Of Soldiers In Delta: We Will Not Accept This Wicked Act…

Crime, FGN, News Flash, Security

We Will Not Accept This Wicked Act – Tinubu Blows Hot Over Killing Of Soldiers In Delta President Bola Tinubu has vowed that the killers of 16 military personnel in Okuoma Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, will not go unpunished. On Thursday 14 March, 16 soldiers and officers responding to a crisis between Okuama and Okoloba communities in Delta State were ambushed and killed. Among those killed were the Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain, 12 soldiers, and one civilian. In a statement he personally signed on Sunday, Tinubu who described the killing as “unprovoked” expressed…