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DPO allegedly beats, strips sisters naked, arrest mother in Delta
A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Delta state, SP Asanayin Ibok, allegedly beat up and stripped two sisters, Mercy, 28 and 19-year-old Lucy Okoro, naked over a landlord/tenancy dispute in Warri on Friday. SP Ibok who heads the Ekpan Police Division in Uvwie council area of the state was said to have arrested the duo and their widowed mother, Mrs...
My cabinet, most star-studded in Nigeria – Abiodun
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday described his newly-composed State Executive Council as the most star-studded council in Nigeria. Abiodun stated this in his office during an orientation organised for the new commissioners and special advisers. The governor told his cabinet members to brace themselves for the challenges of their new offices, warning them that they were under public...
Police arrest kidnapper of missing boy in Sotitobire church, Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of a man identified as Elike Chubuzor, suspected to be the abductor of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole. Little Kolawole went missing on the premises of a popular church, Sotitobire Praising Chapel, at Oshinle area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. The boy was abducted during the church service by unknown...
Fr. Mbaka performs spiritual ‘cleansing’ at Imo gov office
Catholic church priest, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, performed spiritual cleansing of the Imo State governor’s office, as Senator Hope Uzodinma assumed office on Wednesday. Security men and civil servants at the State Government House in Owerri, the state capital, told our correspondent on Friday that the priest, who had predicted the victory of the new governor in his prophecies on...
EFCC arraign Benue Assembly Clerk over alleged N220m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it arrested the Clerk of the Benue State House of Assembly, Torese Agena, over alleged N220 million fraud. The Publicity Head of the anti-graft agency in Benue State, Nwanyinma Okeanu, who disclosed this in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Makurdi, said the commission also handed the suspect’s...
Nigeria’s public debt rises to N26.2 trillion
The Debt Management Office says Nigeria’s total public debt as of September 2019 stood at N26.215 trillion. The Director-General of DMO, Ms Patience Oniha, made this known during a presentation of Public Debt Data as of September 30, 2019, in Abuja on Friday. Oniha explained that the debt comprised those of the Federal Government, 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory’s...
We have no regrets fighting civil war – Gowon
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has said his administration had no regret going into the Biafra war because it was necessary to keep Nigeria one. The ex-military dictator said this in a special interview he granted the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian...
Dangote Foundation empowers 34,000 women in Katsina
THE Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has empowered no fewer than 34,000 vulnerable women from all the 34 local governments in Katsina State from a N10 billion micro-grant set aside for disadvantaged women across the country. The money is set aside to empower the women economically either to start or boost their businesses. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held yesterday in Batagarawa...
BREAKING: Mob Stones Man To Death, Set Him Ablaze After He Shot His Wife Dead In Abia (Graphic Photos)
Hell was let loose on Monday morning in Etitiama Nkporo, Ohafia local government area of Abia state following the killing of a middle aged woman by her husband identified as Mr. Kalu Ilum. An eye witness who spoke with ABN TV on the condition of anonymity said trouble started when the late Ilum invaded his wife's shop at about 7am...
Edo PDP attacks Umahi for endorsing Obaseki
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday, urged the National Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, to caution Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and other PDP leaders endorsing Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for a second term. The state party chairman, Mr Dan Orbih, in a letter dated January 25 and addressed to...
