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By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder and burial of their brother in a shallow grave in Oko community, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Awka on Monday. Itam said: “We have suspects that murdered their brother and buried him in a shallow grave in a compound at Oko. The deceased, Late Chibuzor Okeke, was accused of burglary and Stealing. “His brother, Chidiebere Okeke, and his cousin,…

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara By Deborah Nnamdi The Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has banned the refilling of gas cylinders at residential areas under the council’s jurisdiction. Recall that 18 persons, including a pregnant woman, four children, and a couple were burnt during a gas explosion at the Oroazi axis of the local government on Sunday evening. The Obio/Akpor LG Chairman, Ihunwo ordered the ban when he visited the scene of the explosion as well as some victims at Sonabel Hospital in Oroazi on Monday. This was contained in a statement by…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in 2024 for various offenses related to fraudulent activities and misconduct. The EFCC announced the development in a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity, on Monday. The Commission emphasized its zero-tolerance policy for corruption within its ranks and reiterated that all allegations against staff members would be thoroughly investigated. Oyewale stated, “The officers were dismissed for various offenses bordering on fraudulent activities and misconduct. Their dismissal, following the recommendation of the Staff Disciplinary Committee of the EFCC, was ratified by the Executive Chairman,…

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, was filmed having sex with an inmate while on duty at HMP Wandsworth in London last year. She later pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office. 1:09 A prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. Linda De Sousa Abreu, 31, was on duty at the HMP Wandsworth in London when she entered the prisoner’s cell and had sex with him on 25 June. The encounter was filmed by another inmate and lasted for almost five minutes. She was identified by HMP Wandsworth staff…

National President of NACCIMA, Dele Kelvin Oye The National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to take decisive steps toward tax reform, including reducing corporate taxes to 19% and pegging Value Added Tax (VAT) at 7.5%. This is contained in a statement signed by the association’s National President, Dele Kelvin Oye. The current Tax Reforms bills before the National Assembly propose a progressive increase in VAT rates from 10% in 2025 to 12.5% (2026–2029) and 15% from 2030 onward. According to NACCIMA, the reduction of corporate and value-added taxes…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he intends to resign from his position, ending nearly nine years in power. He will remain in office until a new leader of the Liberal Party is chosen. Trudeau’s decision comes amid increasing pressure for him to step down before an upcoming election, which his party is predicted to lose badly. Trudeau has had a complicated and often adversarial relationship with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to be sworn in later this month. In a news conference, Trudeau expressed his admiration for the resilience, generosity, and determination of Canadians,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a woman, Khadija Ali, for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby. Ali reportedly dumped her baby along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind the uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape, Abuja. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, on Monday revealed that the baby, believed to be just a day old, was discovered at about 10:00 AM on Friday after police operatives from the Mpape Division’s Juvenile and Women Care Section responded to a distress call. Adeh said the infant, wrapped in a cloth, was rescued…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have dismantled a child trafficking syndicate in Jos, the plateau state capital. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Monday, said the Force Intelligence Response Team successfully dismantled a child-trafficking syndicate allegedly led by one Pastor Dayo Bernard of End Time Army Ministry, Bukuru, Plateau State. During the operation, five children aged between 2 and 4, who had been abducted from various homes in Jos, Plateau State, were rescued. He said, “Similarly, police operatives apprehended a child-trafficking syndicate led by one Pastor Dayo Bernard, male, of…

By Deborah Nnamdi A former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has advised the Federal Government to strategically reduce the cost of governance in 2025. Okunrounmu advised in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Ota, Ogun, noting that the high cost of governance had led to increased recurrent expenditure. The former director of research at the CBN said that debt servicing by the Federal Government had consequently increased from N9.8 trillion in 2023 to N12.1 trillion in 2024. He said that the Federal Government should only borrow for capital expenditure to…

By Deborah Nnamdi The factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has denied reports circulating on social media claiming that he has defected from the camp of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to align with Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The rumors began after a photo appeared online at the weekend showing Okocha seated alongside the Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Chijioke Ihunwo. The ongoing political crisis in Rivers State has caused a division among political figures, cutting across party lines. While some have aligned with Fubara, others remain loyal…