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FG slams Sowore, social media giants with cybercrime, defamation charges over Tinubu post
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, filed a five-count charge against activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, for describing President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal” in a social media post. The charge, entered before the Federal High Court in Abuja through the Director of…
Read More »Army arrests IPOB/ESN commander, rescues 12 kidnap victims
The Nigerian Army says its troops have arrested a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), while also rescuing 12 kidnap victims and neutralising terrorists in a series of coordinated operations across the country within the last 24 hours.…
Read More »Police arrest suspected kidnapper, rescue hypnotized victim
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Bila Halili, over the abduction of a young girl, Rebecca Mathew, from Niger State. Police spokesman Bright Edafe, in a statement on Monday in Asaba, said Halili was arrested following an intelligence-led operation carried out by operatives of Agbor Division,…
Read More »Police nab man for defiling 12yo girl in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 48-year-old man, Emmanuel George, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in Port Harcourt. Police spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Monday, said the incident happened on September 6 at Mini Orlu, off Ada-George Road. The victim, who was staying with…
Read More »Bandits abduct 40 worshippers in Zamfara Mosque attack
By Deborah Nnamdi Armed bandits on Monday abducted about 40 Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers at Gidan Turbe village mosque in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Community sources said the attackers stormed the mosque at about 5:30 a.m., surrounding the premises before herding worshippers at gunpoint into…
Read More »Oyedepo breaks silence on Abioye’s exit, insists ‘Mandate’ guides Winners Chapel
By Deborah Nnamdi Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, has responded to speculations surrounding the departure of the church’s former First Vice President, Bishop David Abioye, insisting that the ministry operates strictly by its founding document, The Mandate. Speaking on Sunday at…
Read More »Four arrested as businessman is stabbed to death at UNN bonfire night
By Deborah Nnamdi A businessman, Chiebonam Eze, popularly known as Power-Autos, was allegedly stabbed to death during a bonfire night at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), over the weekend. Eze, who hailed from Lejja community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, was said to have attended the…
Read More »NiMet warns of heavy rains, flood risks across states
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast thunderstorms and rainfall across parts of the country from Monday through Wednesday. In its three-day weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet predicted isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains on Monday morning over Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, Adamawa, and Taraba states, extending across…
Read More »Anaesthetist caught in hospital sex scandal during surgery
By Deborah Nnamdi A UK medical tribunal has heard that consultant anaesthetist, Dr. Suhail Anjum, left a patient under anaesthetic to engage in sexual activity with a nurse in another room at Tameside Hospital, Greater Manchester. The tribunal was told that Dr. Anjum asked a colleague to cover for him…
Read More »Police arrests man over neighbour’s death in machete fight
By Deborah Nnamdi The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, Joseph Okon Eren, in connection with the death of his neighbour, Ekopimo Effiong Moses, following a violent altercation in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area. Police spokesperson, SP Timfon John, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued…
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