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Police arrest three bank robbers after gun battle in Rivers State

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Thursday, December 22, foiled a robbery attempt at a new generation bank and arrested three robbers after a fierce gun duel. A Press Release signed by DSP Omoni Nnamdi, Police Public Relations Officer, says a combined team of Special Ant-Robbery

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Woman beaten by her step-daughter in Kebbi State

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

A woman was reportedly beaten by her stepdaughter in Kebbi State. It wasn’t the first time, she had been previously beaten by her drunk stepson.  According to Aunty Ziya, who shared the story on Instagram, the woman’s daughter from her first marriage had come for a visit and the co-wife refused to give her food. The woman […]

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Vanguard publisher robbery attack: Court adjourns case till April 17

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The case involving suspected robbers who attacked Vanguard publisher, Mr. Sam Amuka Pemu was yesterday adjourned till April 17, next year by an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court. The presiding Magistrate, Bola Osunsami adjourned the case on the ground that the prosecution is still awaiting the outcome of the Director of Public Prosecution’s, (DPP), advice on […]

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Police arrest informants, drugs and food suppliers to suspected kidnappers in Bauchi State

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The Anti kidnapping unit od Bauchi State Police Command, in collaboration with Danga security and local vigilante groups arrested one Muhammadu Abdullahi Male of Gudurawa village of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, December 21, by the spokesman of the Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, the suspect was arrested at […]

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Photos: EFCC arraigns suspected fraudster for N1.5m contract scam

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Jamilu Yunusa before Justice Yahaya Galadanci of the Kano State High Court on a seven count charge of Conspiracy and Obtaining by False Pretense. The accused person alongside two others, Inuwa Abdu and Habibu Inuwa who are still at large allegedly connived and defrauded the complainants […]

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15 year old girl in Nepal dies inside ‘menstruation hut’ after she’s separated from community

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

A 15 year old girl from Gajra village in western Nepal’s Achham district has died from smoke inhalation after she was separated from her community because she was menstruating and left to sleep in a menstruation hut in Nepal. “Chhaupadi” which is the name given to the menstruation hut, is a practice in which women are banished […]

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Photos: NSCDC staff arrested for job scam

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Thursday December 22, arraigned a Deputy Suprintendent in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) before Honourable Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of Obtaining by False Pretense. The accused person, Joshua Dan-Dauraa allegedly obtained the sum of N450,000 […]

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Photos: Police rescued over 163 hostages and arrested 640 crime suspects in Bauchi State in one year

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued over 163 hostages, mostly women and children and arrested over 636 suspects comprising of 167 suspected kidnappers, 204 robbery suspects, cattle rustlers and suspected Sara-Suka (Political Thugs). The Commissioner of Police, CP ZAKI M. AHMED disclosed this during the annual press conference on achievements recorded between

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Video:Mum calls the cops after her 7 year old son is choked by her neighbour but she gets arrested and tasered by the cop

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

The Fort Worth Texas Police Department is under fire after a viral video released Wednesday night showed an officer assaulting and arresting a 46-year-old woman who had called for help after her 7 year old son was choked by a neighbour. According to the video shared on Facebook, the mother, Jacqueline Craig called 911 and complained that her neighbour had choked her son

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Monarch Poisons Self To Death In Delta While Residents Celebrate Ibori’s Freedom

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

Tragedy hit the Umuachi-Ogo community of Ndokwa-East Local Government Area, Delta State, on Wednesday, when the traditional ruler of the community, HRM Onotuku Joseph Onyemali, committed suicide. Our correspondent gathered that the monarch was found dead after consuming a substance suspected to be poisonous after an allegation of witchcraft was levelled against him by some

Metro

So Tragic: Christmas turns black As Female Corper Serving Dies in Fatal Accident (Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

Nigeria has lost another promising higher institution graduate observing her National Youth Service Programme in a road accident. There has been a mild outrage in whatsapp group as a member announced the sudden death of an unnamed corp member. It was gathered that the deceased was serving in Abia State Platoon 9. She died after […]

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Officer jailed for having sex with rape victim in toilet

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

A police officer has been jailed for 22 months for having sex with a rape victim several times and in a McDonald’s toilet. 33-year-old Charlotte Peters, from Luton, was based in the Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command in the Metropolitan Police when she had a relationship with a young female victim she’d been […]

Life & Times Metro

My husband wants divorce after taking my late husband’s possessions – Wife

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

A 38-year-old woman, Amudalat Agboola, whose husband on Thursday approached a Lagos Island Customary for dissolution of their five-year-old marriage, has described her husband as a gold digger. Amudalat, who owned a boutique but now sells hot drinks (paraga), told the court that her husband had collected all that she had and wanted to abandon […]

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Photos: Damaged electric pole about to fall at Utako, Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

A damaged electric pole at Utako, Abuja is about to fall to the ground. The pole which holds multiple high tension cables, will cause a huge disaster if it eventually falls. The appropriate agency needs to get it fixed soon enough. See more photos after the cut.    

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See the hilarious notice a landlord left on his uncompleted building

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

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Photos: 34-year-old father of twins allegedly killed by a policeman in Warri, Delta State

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

Engr. Omayone Simeon Dottie was allegedly murdered by a trigger-happy policeman in Warri, Delta State, on Sunday evening, December 18. According to reports, the 34-year-old father of twins was allegedly shot three times by an unidentified Mobile Policeman attached to Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, WRPC Pipeline along Ifiekporo in Warri South Local Government

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Police rescue Delta monarch allegedly kidnapped by suspected herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

Police in Delta state have rescued the Ovie of Agbarha-Warri Kingdom in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Orhifi Orovwagbarha Agbarha-Ide Ememoh II, who was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen yesterday Wednesday December 21st. The monarch was kidnapped along the Ughelli/Asaba Expressway while on his way to Asaba the state capital for a […]

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“I don’t know the father of my child because of the number of men I have slept with,” 17-year-old girl admits

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

A 17-year-old girl identified as Goodness Akpan, revealed that she has no idea who the father of her child is because of the countless number of men she has slept with. She made this confession on Monday, at the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja where she was paraded alongside other suspected sex workers. According […]

Africa Metro

Abuja airport closure ‘will cause chaos’

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

The main airport serving the Nigerian capital Abuja is to close for a major upgrade. The announcement comes after airlines threatened to stop flying to Abuja because of safety concerns over the state of the runway. During the repairs, domestic and international flights to Abuja will be diverted to the city of Kaduna, about 160 […]

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Woman commits suicide in Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

  There was pandemonium recently in Okwidjere Community near Kokori in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State when a 35-year-old woman simply identified as Elohor drugged herself to death. Daily Times gathered that Elohor drank substances considered to be poison which led to her death before anyone could come to her aid, She […]