Dominic Adewole, Asaba Gunmen have abducted the Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of the Delta State University (DELSU) in Abraka, Comrade Monday Izu. The victim was allegedly ambushed and taken away in their waiting vehicle along the Abraka-Eku road, by the perpetrators. The kidnappers had not established contact with his family…
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Three killed, 20 injured, 15 houses burnt as gas plant explodes in Delta
Dominic Adewole, Asaba There was sorrow, tears and death in Agbor, Ika South council area of Delta State on Friday night as a gas plant in the locality exploded, burnt over 15 houses, burnt no fewer than 20 persons and killed three inhabitants of the area. The ill-fated gas station – the Osadebe Gas Plant…
Bandits abduct another village head in Katsina
Ahmed Sani, Katsina Gunmen in their numbers suspected to be bandits on Friday morning kidnapped the Head of Radda Village of Charanchi Local Government, Area of Katsina State, Alhaji Kabir Umar. The bandits were said to have stormed the residence of the traditional ruler at about 2:42am shot his younger brother, Aminu Umar, before…
Operatives arrest 11 internet fraud suspects in Osogbo – EFCC
Operatives of the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC,), have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, made the disclosure in a statement, Friday. According to the statement, the operatives swooped on the suspects’ hideouts…
Benue: Midnight fire guts 18 houses, renders many homeless in Otukpo
*LG chair visits, sympathizes with victims Hundreds of people including women and children were rendered homeless and properties worth millions of naira destroyed as midnight fire on Wednesday razed over 18 houses in Akwete in Alan Council Ward of Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. The conflagration, which started when some people were asleep,…
Soldier, Policeman, apprehended for armed robbery in Ondo
A soldier serving with the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Owena Cantonment, Innocent Victor has been nabbed for armed robbery in Ondo State. Victor was arrested alongside a newly recruited Police Constable, David Friday, attached to Olofin Police Station in Idanre local Government Area of the state. While reportedly armed with a jack knife and…
Armed robbers kill POS operator in Aba
Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Aba Mr. Victor igbokwe, a Point of Sale (POS) money transaction operator was on Thursday shot dead by armed robbers in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. The victim as gathered by New Telegraph was once a staff of a popular commercial bank, before opening his POS shop at No: 98 Market Road,…
Bookseller bags one year in prison for pirating Holy Bible
The Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a trader, Mr. Chinonso Ugochukwu to one year imprisonment for pirating the Holy Bible and other books. Ugochukwu was found guilty on a two-count-charge bordering “on pirating, being in possession and offering for sale, 578 copies of various literary works including The Holy Bible (Revised…
We’ll soon expose Yoruba conniving with Fulani in kidnapping, killing – Oyo Hunters
As the war against banditry and kidnapping continues to occupy the minds of many leaders of the South West, the National President of Soludero Hunters Association, Oba Wahab Nureni Ajijola Anabi, Thursday said he and other hunters will soon expose some Yoruba people who are helping Fulani herders in kidnapping and killing of innocent people…
COVID-19: A’Ibom harps on strict adherence as 255 test positive
The Akwa Ibom State government has reminded her citizens on the need to adhere strictly to COVID-19 safety protocols as 255 persons in the state have tested positive to the virus within the past few weeks. The implication of such number of positive cases is that the 300-bed space capacity isolation center constructed during the…
How kidnap suspects killed 5 year-old baby in Kogi
…spiritual leader of 15 kidnap gangs, 24 others nabbed The Police, Wednesday, presented a total of 25 suspects arrested in connection with kidnapping, banditry, murder, gun running and other associated crimes, before journalists in Abuja. Among those arrested were members of a gang that suspected to have killed a five-year-old girl, Farida Ibrahim in Kogi…
Court remands 2 businessmen in prison for producing fake engine oil
Justice Chuka Obiozor of a Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday ordered the remand of two businessmen at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly producing fake engine oil. The remand order was sequel to the arraignment of the two businessmen, Vanger Luper and Bright Ogbuagu, by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on a five-count…