EFCC Boasts of One of the Best Holding Facilities in the Country
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a trending tweet from @TheRealDayne showing pictures purported to be the EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Office Holding Cell. The Commission hereby states that the tweet is not just the imagination of its author, but a mischief and a calculated attempt to smear the hard-earned reputation...
We Can’t Watch You Break The Law, Police Warn IPOB, Vow To Remain In Afaraukwu
The Nigeria Police has finally explained why there is heavy presence of security officers around Afaraukwu, home of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in preparation for the burial of his parents, His Royal Majesty Eze and Ugoeze I.O. Kanu. The Force also warned that those intending to hijack the burial process especially members of IPOB...
EFCC Boasts of One of the Best Holding Facilities in the Country
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to a trending tweet from @TheRealDayne showing pictures purported to be the EFCC Port Harcourt Zonal Office Holding Cell. The Commission hereby states that the tweet is not just the imagination of its author, but a mischief and a calculated attempt to smear the hard-earned reputation...
Burial of Kanu’s Parents: OYC Warns Police, Others to Stay Away, Vows to Resist Intimidation
The Ohanaeze Youth Council has called on members of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to stay away from Afaraukwu, home of Nnamdi Kanu as plans to lay his parents to rest on Friday are at top gear. OYC also said it will resist any form of intimidation, harassment or arrest of anyone unjustly during the burial of...
Abia Community Accuses Native Doctors Of Aiding “Yahoo Plus”
A leader in Okon Aku community in Ohafia local government area of Abia state, Chief Ndukwe Iko has frowned at the activities of native doctors in the community whom he accused of aiding ‘Yahoo Plus’, a practice of providing support to internet fraudsters, ABN TV reports. Mr. Iko who made the revelation in a chat with ABN TV on Sunday...
Abia Community Accuses Native Doctors Of Aiding “Yahoo Plus”
A leader in Okon Aku community in Ohafia local government area of Abia state, Chief Ndukwe Iko has frowned at the activities of native doctors in the community whom he accused of aiding ‘Yahoo Plus’, a practice of providing support to internet fraudsters, ABN TV reports. Mr. Iko who made the revelation in a chat with ABN TV on Sunday...
LASEMA monitors coronavirus, Lassa fever
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA says it is closely monitoring the outbreak of hemorrhagic fevers to prevent an epidemic in the state. The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. He said, “These epidemics which have posed global and local emergency health threats have fueled the...
Fire razes Atakumosa central market in Osun
Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed as a result of a fire outbreak in Atakumosa central market, Adeti, Ilesha in Osun state. The fire which started around 1 am affected several shops located at the entrance of the market but was later put out through the combined efforts of the Police and firemen. Speaking with Punch correspondent, Mr Fatai...
Mother kills one-day-old baby, buries him in bush
The Police in Jigawa has arrested an 18-year-old lady (name withheld) for allegedly killing her one-day-old baby boy after they exhumed the corpse in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Monday. Jinjiri said the suspect, a resident of...
87% Nigeria’s poverty rate in North – World Bank
The North accounted for 87 per cent of all the poor people in Nigeria in 2016, the World Bank has disclosed in a new report. The report titled ‘Advancing social protection in a dynamic Nigeria’, released on January 28, 2020, was described as a ‘detailed analysis of the social protection sector’ in the country. The report noted that social protection measures...
