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Sep

2023

Just In: Many University Students Abducted As Bandits Invade 3 Hostels This Friday Early Morning.

JUST-IN: Many University Students Abducted As Bandits Invade 3 Hostels This Friday Early Morning Again, an unspecified number of students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday. The armed bandits in large numbers invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida told Channels Television that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 am and started shooting indiscriminately. According to him, three students’ hostels were attacked and all the students in the hostels were taken away by the bandits. “They entered…

Sep

2023

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Tragedy: Missing Female University Student Found Dead In Abuja

Crime, Abuja

Tragedy: Missing Female University Student Found Dead In Abuja A university student, Blessing Karami, declared missing on September 11, has been found dead. Relatives of the 26-year-old student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) had raised an alarm over her whereabouts after she left her workplace in Garki, Abuja, without a trace. The deceased elder brother, Genesis Moses Karami, said her decomposing body was found in the bush in the Karmo District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “We saw her decomposed body in the bush here at Karmo; it’s not something we can move; we have to…

Sep

2023

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How Unknown Gunmen Tricked JTF Operatives Into Death Traps In Imo

Crime, South East

How Unknown Gunmen Tricked JTF Operatives into Death Traps in Imo The Imo State Police Command has disclosed how unknown gunmen tricked Joint Task Force (JTF) to an ambushed where security operatives were killed and burnt. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye in a statement said the deceased operatives were responding to a decoy distress call at Oriagu in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area on Tuesday, when they were attacked and killed at Ehime Mbano area of the state. Okoye said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Barde, had deployed the command’s Special Tactical Team and equipped them with operational…

Sep

2023

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Gov Otti Visits Family Of Beheaded Labour Party Chieftain, Tasks Security Agencies On Arrest Of Culprits

Abia State, Crime, Good Governance

GOV OTTI VISITS FAMILY OF BEHEADED LP CHIEFTAIN, TASKS SECURITY AGENCIES ON ARREST OF CULPRITS Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, at the weekend paid a condolence visit to the family of the beheaded Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Mr. Maduka Zachery, at Umuchioke-Ezieke, Akpukpa, Uturu, in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the State. Speaking during the visit, Governor Otti regretted the unfortunate incident and urged the bereaved family to take heart. He said that the deceased was a committed party man, adding that the loss was not just that of the immediate family but to the party and entire…

Sep

2023

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CBN Probe Receives Boost As DSS Arrests CBN Finance Director At Lavish Party In Abuja

Crime, Economy, Security

DSS Arrests CBN Finance Director At Lavish Party In Abuja A major breakthrough may have been recorded in the ongoing probe of the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) and other Government Business Entities (GBEs) by the Special investigator, Jim Obazee-led panel as operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday, in Abuja, arrested the CBN Director of Finance, Mr Benjamin Adeoye Fakunle. It was gathered that Fakunle was arrested by DSS operatives at a lavish party he was hosting in one of his mansions in Abuja to celebrate his retirement from the services of the apex bank. Fakunle was…

Sep

2023

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Governor Otti Condemns Killing Of Labour Party Chieftain In Abia, Directs Security Agents To Fish Out Killers

Abia State, Crime, Security

Governor Otti Condemns Killing of Labour Party Chieftain in Abia, Directs Security Agents to Fish Out Killers. The Governor of Abia state Dr. Alex Otti OFR, has condemned in strong terms the killing of a Chieftain of the Labour Party, Mr. Maduka Zakari, at Uturu, in Isuikwuato LGA of the State by yet to be identified assailants. Governor Otti described the gruesome murder of Mr. Zakari who was beheaded by his killers as insane, barbaric and vicious, and called on security agents from different security agencies to swing into action and ensure that whoever was involved in the killing, directly…

Sep

2023

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Two Killed As NURTW Factions Clash

Crime

Two Killed As NURTW Factions Clash Two members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, have been killed following Tuesday’s clash of two factions at its headquarters in Abuja, AIT reports. According to the news media, one of those killed is from the Nasarawa state chapter while the other is yet to be identified. Also, several members and people in neighbouring plazas and houses ran for safety as many are said to have sustained gunshot wounds. As at the time of filing this report, one faction is reported to be having a meeting in the headquarters of NURTW…

Sep

2023

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Disabled Man Dies As Father, Pastors Attempt To Remove, Sell His Hunchback Mercury For N10 Million

Crime

Disabled Man Dies As Father, Pastors Attempt To Remove, Sell His Hunchback ‘Mercury For N10m A Rivers State-based vigilance group, ONELGA OSPAC, said its men arrested three persons, including two pastors, over the death of a 24-year-old man, Lucky, in the Port Harcourt area of the state. Lucky reportedly died after an operation to remove his hunchback. An officer with the Planning and Advisory Committee of the security group, codenamed OSPAC, told Punch that the suspects were nabbed while trying to flee Port Harcourt. One of the suspects, who was said to be the pastor of a new generation church…

Sep

2023

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Drama As Doctor Arrested For Organ Harvesting Runs Mad In Cell

Crime, Health

Drama As Doctor Arrested For Organ Harvesting ‘Runs Mad’ In Cell Noah Kekere, the doctor who allegedly removed a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State capital, exhibited traces of mental disorder in the police cell on Saturday evening. Kekere was arrested on Wednesday following a report lodged at the Nasarawa Gown police division on the removal of the right kidney of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal during an operation in 2018. The state police command had earlier confirmed the arrest of the suspected harvester. Our correspondent reports that Kekere was rushed to the Psychiatric unit of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), after…