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Angered By Failure Of Super Eagles To Secure World Cup Ticket, Fans Demonstrate Frustration At Abuja National Stadium [VIDEO]
Fans who trooped out to watch the second leg of World Cup qualifier game between Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana at the Abuja National Stadium were on Tuesday disappointed with the poor performance of the Eagles. The game which ended in 1-1 draw saw Ghana end Nigeria's hope of featuring in the Qatar World Cup...
Kidnapper To Die For Using Victim’s Intestines To Cook Peppered Soup, Other Crimes
Bestman Lekia, also known as Biggie, a kidnapper, has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering four people and using their intestines to prepare a peppered soup meal in Okwalie, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State. The Rivers State High Court found Lekia guilty of murder, armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, and cultism in Port Harcourt. Bestman Lekia was found guilty...
2023 General Elections: Police Begin Training Of Personnel For Election Duties
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has started training its officers on how to handle electoral offenses before, during, and after the general elections in Nigeria in 2023. IGP Usman Baba, the inspector general of police, said during the flag-off ceremony of the training over the weekend in Abuja that the training was required by the Nigeria Police Force in order to...
Hunger Responsible For Escalating Kidnappings In Nigeria — Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the escalating kidnappings and insecurity in the country on what he described as worsening poverty and hunger in the land. On January 5, gunmen abducted six young girls in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, a situation that has generated public outcry. Last Sunday, the abductors killed Nabeeha, one...
Rivers Govt Mourns Member Of Taskforce Who Was Attacked At Demolished Hotel, Converts Site To Primary School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who though did not mention the name of the victim, said he died from injuries he sustained during the incident. Nsirim, who...
Ajaokuta Steel Company To Commence Manufacturing Of Military Hardwares
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, on Monday, said the Federal Government plans to start the production of military hardware in Ajaokuta Steel Mill. The minister said he has been working closely with his counterparts in the Ministries of Defence and Works to perfect plans for the steel plant which has been moribund for many years to start...
NDLEA Secures Conviction Of 5,147 Drug Offenders, 35 Barons In Two Years — Marwa
Chairman National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa has said 5, 147 drug offenders, including 35 drug barons, have been successfully prosecuted and convicted in the past two and half years. This was even as he disclosed that within the period, 31, 675 were also arrested for drug-related offenses. Marwa, represented by the Agency’s Secretary, Shedrack Haruna, made the disclosure...
In Second African State Exit, US Troops To Leave Chad
The United States will withdraw some troops from Chad, the Pentagon has said, days after Washington agreed to move forces out of neighboring Niger. The US has approximately 100 troops stationed in Chad as part of its strategy to combat extremism in West Africa. “USAFRICOM is currently planning to reposition some US military forces from Chad, a portion of which were...
EFCC Declares Ex-Power Minister, Agunloye, Wanted
A former Minister of Aviation, Dr Olu Agunloye, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The minister who hails from Akoko North Local Government Area of Ondo State was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency over an alleged case of corruption and forgery. The PUNCH reports that the EFCC in September quizzed Agunloye over an alleged $6 billion Build,...
Okowa Mourns Three Security Aides Killed In Ambush, Says Attack Barbaric
Vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, described as unfortunate the killing of three of his security aides who were ambushed on Friday night by unknown gunmen along Ihiala-Orlu Road enroute Umuahia, Abia State. Briefing newsmen in Asaba, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, described the killing of...
