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Gunmen kidnap NDU lecturer’s wife in Bayelsa
By Joe Odje YENAGOA - SUSPECTED Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University (NDU). Sources in the community told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred early on Sunday and that the gunmen fired sporadic shots to announce their arrival. The gunmen reportedly entered the community through River...
42 year old man, kills wife, baby and commits suicide in Lagos
By Admin LAGOS - A 42-year-old man, Enifeh Omomo, according to police has allegedly committed suicide, after killing his wife and their six-year-old son at their Ikorodu residence in Lagos. Lagos Police Spokesman DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement that the Ikorodu Divisional Police Station had received a distress call on May 24, at 8 a.m about the incident. “On May...
Atiku celebrates Children Day ahead
By Our Reporter ABUJA - THE Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar has celebrated the Nigerian children for their exceptional achievements making international headlines recently. “These shining lights are just an example of the potential in you, our children,” Atiku said. Atiku made the above declaration in a message to Nigerian...
By Joe Odje IDUMUJE-UGBOKO - REGINA Daniels, Ned Nwoko's actress wife and mother, Rita Daniels were on Sunday at Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State conferred with the prestigious Enyi titles. Regina got the title of "ENYI ADA EJI EJE MBA," signifies "A Young Woman of Inestimable Value" while her mother bagged the "ENYI UGO ANIOMA" meaning "The...
SUSPECTED kidnappers abduct Principal in Delta State
By Joe Odje OTOR-UDU - SUSPECTED kidnappers abducted the Vice Principal of Otor-Udu Secondary School, at Imode town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Mrs. Owhorode, the victim according to the Dune Newspapers sources, was abducted at her residence in Imode town at about 2am. The source alleged further that the abductors of the Principal have made contact with...
Lawyer petitions NHRC over army brutality of lawyers
By Joe Odje WARRI - A Warri based human rights lawyer, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi Esq has petitioned the Nigerian Army before the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja over unlawful wounding, assault, brutality, torture, inhuman treatment meted out on two legal practitioners, U. E. Ogbonnanya and Kosie Emmanuel by Gabon .A, Oyewunmi .A, and Basir S of 222 Battalion. Ikimi's petition dated...
Akwa Ibom and outlandish reports
Akwa Ibom and outlandish reports Charles Udoh Elections, to a large extent, have been won and lost but the drumbeats of political manipulations and propaganda are still echoing in the background. The recent barrage of questionable statistics released by some otherwise reputable national agencies, including the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), raise a lot of concerns about the professionalism and intentions of...
Assam condemns Ex-minister’s attack on A’Ibom Works Commissioner
Assam condemns Ex-minister's attack on A'Ibom Works Commissioner Chief Assam Assam, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Russia and Belarus has condemned the recent attack on the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, by a former Minister of Lands and Housing Development, Chief Nduese Essien. Chief Essien who is the Leader of Eket Senatorial District Elders' Forum had earlier...
Herdsmen: Fayemi reacts as Ekiti monarch faults police claim on killings
A traditional ruler in Ekiti State and Olu of Iyemero, Oba Ebenezer Ogungbemi, has insisted that two people have been killed in the attack allegedly carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a farmstead in the town. The monarch dismissed the claim by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Asuquo Amba, that preliminary report indicated that nobody died during the attack. Some...
