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Feb

2024

Akpabio Pleads For Over 12,000 Illegal Migrants To Be Deported Back From Germany

Deporting 12,000 Illegal Migrants Back To Nigeria Will Further Escalate Insecurity - Akpabio Pleads With German Ambassador To Nigeria. Senator Godswill Akpabio has urged the Germany not to deport about 12,000 Nigerians… In a diplomatic exchange, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, implored the German government to reconsider its decision to deport approximately 12,000 illegal migrants to Nigeria. Expressing concern, Akpabio emphasized that such an action could exacerbate the prevailing security challenges in the country. According to a report by Vanguard on Thursday, February 1, 2024, the plea was made during a courtesy visit to the Senate President…

Feb

2024

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Abia State Will Witness Improved Security – Abia Police Commissioner

Abia State, Crime, News Flash, Security

Abia Government To Witness Improved Security - Abia State Commissioner Of Police Abia State Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, says going forward, the state will witness greater and more appreciable improvements in security following recent security measures put in place by the state government. CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie disclosed this Friday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state security meeting presided over by the governor, Alex Otti, stating that the meeting had a comprehensive review of the security situation and observing that the situation is stable. “We had a comprehensive review of the security situation in the state, and…

Feb

2024

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Insecurity: Another Popular Yoruba Monarch Killed By Gunmen, Abduct Wife, Two Others

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Gunmen Kill Another Popular Yoruba Monarch, Abduct wife, Two Others Gunmen, on Thursday evening, invaded Koro town in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing the traditional ruler, Oba Segun Aremu-Cole. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the palace of the monarch around 7 pm, fired gunshots which hit the traditional ruler. The wife of the monarch was also abducted by the assailants. Koro Ekiti shares boundary with Egbe, in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. This is coming a few days after gunmen killed two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The duo – Onimojo of…

Feb

2024

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Blasphemy: Residents Set Neighbour’s House, Car On Fire In Katsina; Police Reacts

Crime, News Flash, Religion

Residents Set Neighbour’s House, Car On Fire Over Blasphemy In Katsina; Police React The Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Musa, on Thursday revealed that police had commenced a search for those responsible for the burning down of the house and the car of one Mani Abubakar on Tuesday night over alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. The house is located in Sabon Garin Alhaji Yahuza Village, Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was learnt that some protesters had burnt the house and Abubakar’s car around 8pm on Tuesday for his alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed in his remarks…

Feb

2024

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Tension As Hoodlums Behead Police Inspector

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Tension As Hoodlums Behead Police Inspector An air of fear has descended upon Akwa Ibom State as hoodlums executed a gruesome act on Wednesday night, beheading a police inspector identified as Osang. The victim fell prey to over ten assailants who attacked him at his private residence around Enen Afaha and Afaha Ube, a suburb within the Uyo metropolis. Eyewitnesses reported heavy shooting in the area as residents and passersby sought safety during the horrifying incident. Confirming the tragic event, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Odiko Mac-Don, expressed the command’s condolences, deeming the murder of the police personnel…

Feb

2024

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EFCC Goes After Church For Receiving N7Billion Fraud Proceeds

Crime, Economy, News Flash

EFCC Goes After Church For Receiving N7Billion Fraud Proceeds The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency traced the sum of N7bn, suspected to be proceeds of money laundering, to a religious organisation. He said another religious group was found to be laundering money for terrorists. The EFCC chairman made the revelation on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption.” He said some of the religious organisations, institutions, sects, and bodies in the country had been found to be…

Feb

2024

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Rivers State: Court Orders Arrest Of Fubara’s CoS, Five Others

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Politics

Federal High Court Orders Arrest Of Fubara’s CoS, Five Others Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over his alleged involvement in the burning of the State House of Assembly. Ehie, who is the immediate past Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, was ordered to be arrested along with five other persons based in Port Harcourt for allegedly participating in some criminal activities. Those ordered to be arrested along with the former Speaker are Jinjiri Bala, Happy…

Jan

2024

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Kidnappers Of Nine School Pupils, Teachers In Ekiti Demand N100Million

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Kidnappers Of Nine School Pupils, Teachers In Ekiti Demand N100million Ransom The kidnappers of five pupils of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, and four staff members have demanded N100million ransom for the release of the nine victims who were taken away on Monday. The bandits abducted the pupils, the head teacher and a driver of Apostolic Faith School in Emure Ekiti. The children were kidnapped after school hours on their way to Eporo Ekiti in their school bus. The Ekiti State Government had called on residents of the state not to despair saying security personnel had been stepped…

Jan

2024

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Gunmen Kidnap Six Pupils, Three Teachers In Ekiti

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Gunmen Kidnap Six Pupils, Three Teachers In Ekiti Gunmen have kidnapped six primary school pupils in Ekiti, three teachers in EkitiThe incident happened the same day armed men shot dead two traditional rulers in the Oke-Ako axis of Ikole local government area of the state. It was gathered the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers including the driver was waylaid by the kidnappers at about 5 pm on Monday, January 29, along Eporo-Ekiti road. Sources said the kidnappers accosted the bus conveying the victims at a bad spot on the road and whisked them to the forest, leaving…

Jan

2024

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Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Infecting Wife’s 14-Year-Old Niece With HIV

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Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Infecting Wife’s 14-Year-Old Niece With HIV A Lagos man, Richard Saviour has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s 14-year-old niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). An Ikeja High Court has presided over by Justice Oyindamola Ogala sentenced Saviour to life imprisonment after concluding that the evidence provided by all the prosecution witnesses were corroborated and considered the truth. Lagos State Counsel, Mr Ola Azeez, called three witnesses to prove the prosecution’s case while the convict testified in his defence during the trial. Ogala said that the evidences…