The internal security of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has arrested a final year student of Science Education, Bassey Eno-Ita, 24, with 69 wraps of marijuana. The suspect was also arrested with various packets of cigarettes in her possession. Acting Chief Security Officer of the institution, Usani Okon-Etim, said on Monday in Calabar, that 17 …
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By Kalu Onyemaechi Gunmen, suspected to be pirates, in the early hours of Sunday, attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria’s South-south. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), it was gathered that the pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe …
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By Kalu Onyemaechi The death of Miss Chidimma Ezeanochie, 20, of Umudansu Village, Azia Community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra has generated fierce arguments between the Police and the Community. Chidimma was shot to death on November 25 while running an errand for her mother in the company of her 14-year-old brother. The …
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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that no fewer than 10 persons were killed while over 30 houses were burnt down in Te’egbe village in Miango district, Irigwe chiefdom, Bassa local government area of the state when unknown gunmen invaded the community. DAILY POST had reported that the incident which occurred early hours of Friday, …
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A 30-year old woman, Fatima Lawali who allegedly specialised in supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states has been arrested with 991 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition in Zamfara The suspect was arrested at Gada Biyu area of Bungudu Local Government Area as she was conveying her deadly …
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By Kalu Onyemaechi Over 4,000 cases of rape and other violence against women and mostly children have been recorded in Kano in the last five years by the WARAKA Sexual Assault Referral Centre, SARC, in Kano State alone. According to Vanguard, this was made public by the Chairman SARC Steering Committee, Sanusi Aliyu Yakasai, at …
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By Kalu Onyemaechi The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has dismissed an appeal by the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the confiscation of her jewellery worth $40million to the Federal Government. According to The PUNCH, the court held that there was no substance in Alison-Madueke’s bid to overturn the lower court’s …
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Segun Dosumu, a secondary school student, has been sentenced to three weeks in prison with hard labor for threatening to murder one of his teachers. The 20-year-old student was found guilty of the accusation preferred against him by an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. When the charge was read to him in court, Dosumu, a …
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Sule Nana, a housewife, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for faking her own kidnapping in order to extort N50,000 from her husband. ASP Sunday Abutu, a police spokesman in Ekiti, said police operatives were notified to the alleged kidnapping of Ms Sule on November 20 along the Ifaki-Oye-Ekiti road and promptly …
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The Police Command in Zamfara says it has rescued 24 persons, including five students kidnapped while writing their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah, stated this while handing over the rescued victims to the state government on Tuesday …
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