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COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH BY HANGING IN OSUN STATE.

The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo presided over by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo has convicted the founder of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Ramon Adedoyin, and three staff of the hotel of conspiracy to murder and the murder of a student of the Obafemi Awolowl University OAU, Timothy Adegoke. Adedoyin was charged along with six of his workers, as first to seventh defendants and were […]

todayMay 31, 2023 84

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KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST REGAINS FREEDOM IN IMO STATE.

The Catholic priest that was kidnapped in Imo last Friday, Reverend Father Mathias Opara, has regained freedom. The priest identified as Owu Ujo, was abducted along Ejemekwuru-Ogbaku Road in Oguta and Mbaitolu Local Government Areas of Imo State after attending the burial rituals for the father of one of his colleagues at Izombe Community in the Oguta LGA. The priest who is in charge of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri’s […]

todayMay 30, 2023 77

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GUNMEN KILL THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN EBONYI STATE.

The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State Faleye Olayele has confirmed that unknown gunmen yesterday killed three police officers and injured one at Oshiri Divisional Command, located in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Olayele confirmed the attack in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki by the Police Public Relations Officer Onome nov/wak/Poyeya. It would be recalled that armed hoodlums killed one police inspector whose […]

todayMay 25, 2023 18

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POLICE IN ANAMBRA STATE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS OVER ATTACK ON UNITED STATE EMBASSY CONVOY.

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested two suspects in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the United States US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area.  The Commissioner for Police in Anambra state, Echeng Echeng, during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters in Amawbia, said Preliminary investigations revealed that seven persons who were on a mission to assess the impact of erosion in Ogbaru were killed in the assault, […]

todayMay 19, 2023 97

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OVER FIVE HUNDRED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS SURRENDER IN THE NORTHEAST.

Five hundred and eleven 511 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the Northeast region. The figure comprised 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations. The Director of Defense Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami said during one of the operations, troops killed 26 […]

todayMay 19, 2023 93 1

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GOVERNOR OF ANAMBRA STATE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UNITED STATES MISSION WORKERS.

The Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo has expressed condolences to the families and organizations of the United States US Mission staff members and policemen killed by gunmen in the state, while strongly condemning the attack which he described as heinous and unprovoked. The assailants killed two workers on a mission and two accompanying officers along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area LGA on Tuesday. Soludo in a statement […]

todayMay 18, 2023 86

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FOUR KILLED IN GUNMEN’S ATTACK ON UNITED STATES EMBASSY CONVOY IN ANAMBRA.

The Police Public Relations officer in Anambra State Tobechukwu Ikenga yesterday confirmed that four persons were killed following an attack on a United State US Consulate staff convoy along Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State but said no US citizen was in the convoy. The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies and vehicles ablaze, and on sighting the responding […]

todayMay 17, 2023 77

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POLICE IGP VOWS TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER.

The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Usman Baba says the May 29 inauguration of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu as the President of Nigeria remains sacrosanct and can’t be altered. Baba in a press briefing yesterday in Abuja promised to do everything possible alongside other security operatives to defend democracy, warning political actors trying to foment trouble or frustrate the inauguration of newly elected leaders to desist from such […]

todayMay 16, 2023 112

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DELTA STATE POLICE APPREHEND KIDNAP GANG AND RECOVER FIREARM AND AMMUNITION.

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Decoy Squad, led by Asp Julius Robinson on a sting operation, have arrested the 30-year-old leader of a kidnap gang, Emmanuel James, and a 25-year-old gang member, Ejiro Peter for allegedly kidnapping a couple of Okutonye Efetobore. The gang reportedly collected One million Naira ransom at Ughelli while another suspect, simply identified as Oh Lord escaped with bullet wounds. The Delta State Police […]

todayMay 15, 2023 75

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