Crime

Alleged Rape: 1 killed, as youths disrupt police investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2018 0

One person has been killed with several property destroyed in Tanglang community in Biliri Local Government Area of Gombe State, north-east Nigeria. The incident occurred after angry youths went on a rampage, disrupting police investigation into an alleged rape case of a four-year-old girl in

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Police arrests herdsman with AK-47 riffle, ammunition in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2018 0

Enugu State Police Command at the weekend arrested a suspected cattle herder with one AK-47 riffle and 7.62 ammunition at Isigwe Ugbawka community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday that the suspect was arrested on April 4 at […]

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INEC hosts continental election management bodies in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2018 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) will on Monday host about 150 participants from across the African continent to a three- day International Conference of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in Africa and Southern Africa Development Community. The Conference, the first of its kind, scheduled to hold between Monday 9 and Wednesday 11, April, 2018, will have

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South-East NHRC calls for adequate security at rural communities

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2018 0

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged Nigerians to support all efforts and initiatives meant to boost security of lives and property at the community level. NHRC Zonal Co-ordinator (South-East), Mrs. Uche Nwokocha, made the call during the inauguration of members of Community Safety Programme (CSP) of Ngwo Community in Enugu North Local Government […]

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Support security initiatives at community level, HHRC urges Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2018 0

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has urged Nigerians to support all efforts and initiatives meant to boost security of lives and property at the community level. NHRC Zonal Co-ordinator (South-East), Mrs. Uche Nwokocha, made the call during the inauguration of members of Community Safety Programme (CSP) of Ngwo Community in Enugu North Local Government […]

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Murder of unidentified middle-aged man unsettles Delta community

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2018 0

The murder of an unidentified middle aged man in Uzere, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State has unsettled residents of the community. It was gathered that the victim whose name as the time of this report was yet to be known, head was cut-off from the body, and dumped at Uzere community Junction […]

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NAF deploys special forces to Gusau

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

Following the recent attack on Bawan Daji community in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State where some lives were lost, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Tuesday deployed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces to Gusau, as part of efforts to stop the incessant banditry attacks. A statement issued […]

Metro

Residents flee as Monkeys invade Lagos community

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

Invasion by monkeys from natural habitat is forcing many residents of Soluyi/Sosanya Community in Gbagada, Lagos State, to flee. Some of the residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that they could no longer withstand the situation. They called on the state government to save the community from the trouble, […]

Politics

South East youths ask governors to ban open grazing in Igboland

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

Alarmed by the recent attack by suspected herdsmen on Enyanwu Igwe community in Izzi Council Area of Ebonyi State where four persons were killed and several properties destroyed, the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has asked South East governors to ban open grazing in Igboland. Rising from a meeting in Enugu, the group accused the Federal […]

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RCCG Throne Room donates borehole, free medical service to Katampe community

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2018 0

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Throne Room Parish, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, has once again demonstrated its concerns for the poor in the society as it donated a borehole and provided a free medical services to the indigent people of Katampe 2 community, at Mpape, Abuja. This gesture is part of the church’s evangelical […]

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Send relief materials to storm ravaged community, lawmaker urges Bayelsa govt

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2018 0

The Lawmaker representing Yenagoa Constituency 3 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Gentle Emelah has appealed to the state government to urgently come to the aid of the people of Biseni Clan who lost their buildings and properties to a violent storm which swept through their community on Monday evening. The lawmaker who […]

Nigeria Politics

Delta community petitions Buhari, says visit of Olu of Warri deceitful

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

…Reiterates commitment to establishment of Maritime Varsity, Okerenkoko The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have told President Muhammadu Buhari that the recent visit of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was nothing but a sham just as they restated […]

Politics

Ugborodo to Buhari: We’re not part of Warri Kingdom

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2018 0

….Commend Lawmakers for passing bill establishing Nigerian Maritime University into law The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have maintained that they are not part of Warri Kingdom, insisting that they are an autonomous kingdom. They also commended the House of Representatives for passing the Bill establishing

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10 feared dead as herdsmen attack Kaduna community

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

No fewer than ten persons were on Friday night killed as Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the suspected herdsmen invaded Dangaji and Ungwan Gajere villages and unleashed terror on residents. According to an eyewitness, the attacks lasted for hours as the suspected herdsmen […]

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Enugu community embarks on N5 million development levy

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

The people of Ikpamodo in Ikpamodo Autonomous Community, Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State have embarked on N5 million development levies. According to a prominent citizen of the community and former President General of Ikpamodo General Assembly, IGA, Prof. Lawrence Eya, the launching is to enable the community procures parcels of land […]

Crime News

Delta police arrest 35 year old man for raping 6 year old

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

The Police in Abraka, Delta state on New year Day arrested a 35 year old man identified as Johnson (surname withheld) for allegedly raping a six year old girl in his house at Umono street in Abraka community. Reports said that the alleged rapist, a single father of three and a civil servant, was said […]

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Akwa Ibom community vows to resist realignment of East-West road

Ihesiulo Grace 31 December 2017 0

The people of Oron ethnic group in Akwa Ibom state have promised to resist any attempt to realign and alter the original plan for the East-West road which was designed to cross from Oron River in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar in Cross River State. The out- going president general of Oron Union, Dr Effiong […]

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KWCIDA lifts 16 communities with N34m

Ihesiulo Grace 29 December 2017 0

Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA) Thursday presented a cheque of N34 million naira to 16 community beneficiaries of the World Bank assisted Community Development Projects in Kwara State. The 16 communities were spread across 8 Local governments in Kwara North, Central and South bringing the total number of benefiting communities to 104 […]

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Rivers policemen, community rescue kidnapped monarch

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

The Paramount Ruler of Mgbuolua, Rundele community of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief G.A.O Omodu who was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday December 26, 2017, at his Ndele Residence has been rescued by men of the Rivers State Police Command less than 12 hours after his abduction. A statement issued […]

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Soldiers didn’t invade Ikebiri community – Monarch

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

Paramount ruler of Ikebiri community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Francis Ododo Timi Ike IIX, has debunked the news making the rounds that armed soldiers invaded the community. The Monarch’s rebuttal followed a newspaper report that armed soldiers invaded the community on December 15, in two gun boats to interfere in a peaceful […]