Again, twin attacks rock police divisions in Abia, Anambra

Two policemen killed, buildings, vehicles razed Gunmen used dynamites, rocket launchers, says Abia PPRO IPOB denies involvement Minister condemns attack on zonal headquarters Nigeria under siege by non-state actors, Senate laments 70% of 500m illegal weapons in W’Africa found in Nigeria Two weeks after Imo State security facilities were attacked four times in five days, […]

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There’s hope for girls’ release – Presidency

The Presidency has said there is hope for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said the girls had not been forgotten. The statement said government was as concerned as the parents and other loved ones […]

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Seven years after, Chibok Govt Secondary School remains closed

It was seven years yesterday since the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped. Since then, their school has remained shut and scores of the girls are yet to be reunited with their families. The Chibok community yesterday pleaded with the Federal Government to reopen the Government Secondary School in Chibok that was destroyed by Boko Haram. Seven […]

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Three Ekiti farmers hospitalised as herdsmen strike

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi Suspected herders on Tuesday unleashed terror on three women in a farm settlement in Irele-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Council Area of Ekiti State. The incident came less a month after two farmers were killed by herdsmen in Isaba-Ekiti, in the same local government area. An eyewitness, who spoke on […]

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Nigerian beauty queen, PhD student shot dead in US

A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for […]

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CSP, two others killed, four missing in IPOB, police clash – Command

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme Three police officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, Ben Ajide, on Monday died when they clashed with suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Ikot Akpan community in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that four other […]

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Nigerian beauty queen, PhD student shot dead in her car in US

A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Nearly three weeks later, police have not found a motive and have made no arrests, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers. ‘I […]

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‘How a cleric shattered my dream of becoming lawyer’

A robbery suspect under investigation for attacking a reverend father has said that he singled out clergymen for attacks because his life was ruined by one of them. Federick Ugah, who is currently cooling his heels in the cells of the Nasarawa State Police Command, said he had to drop out of the university as […]

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‘My son was beheaded in my presence’

Photo: Save the Children Children as young as 11 are being slaughtered in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, an international aid agency, Save the Children, said on Tuesday. The oil-rich region has been bedevilled by violence since 2017, with armed gangs sacking villages and towns. Nearly 670,000 people have been displaced, the agency said. […]

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Family claims Delta politician was assassinated

Demands justice On the evening of January 11, 2021, the Ofa family of Oghara Kingdom, Ethiope West Local Council, Delta State, was jolted by the chilling report of the gruesome murder of Elliot Ofa, a PDP councillorship candidate in Ward 13 of the council. The deceased, 49, was a popular grassroots politician in Oghara Kingdom, […]

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