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Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:24:48 +0000
Kidnappers demand N95m for seven abducted in FCT, Kwara
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja, and Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin  Gunmen have abducted seven persons from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kwara State. Four persons were taken from Abuja, three from Kwara. The assailants demanded a collective N95 millio...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:18:54 +0000
Woman sets newly-married co-wife ablaze
By Justina Asishana, Minna A woman has been arrested by police in Niger State for allegedly killing a newly-married co-wife. Amina Aliyu, 24, was said to have gone to the house of the deceased, beaten her to death with a pestle, set her body on fire...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:12:55 +0000
Four suspects remanded on murder charges
By Bisi Olaniyi, Benin City  The presiding judge of Edo State High Court, sitting in Auchi, Justice Philip Imoedemhe on Wednesday ordered the remand of four suspects at a correctional centre for the alleged murder of 32-year-old Dickson Emah at Igar...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:06:56 +0000
Lawyer charged with stealing client’s N5m
By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki A 52-year-old lawyer Onu Onwe was on Wednesday arraigned before an Abakaliki Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing N5million belonging to his client Igwe Nwokpata. He was arraigned with one Nshe Monday, said to be his...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:00:57 +0000
Wife exposes husband who looted shoes during Katsina market fire
Agency Reporter Police in Katsina have arrested Muhammad Abba, 43, who was exposed by his wife for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the Monday morning inferno at the Katsina Central Market. Police spokesman Gambo Isah told newsmen that 33 oth...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:54:34 +0000
22 arrested in Niger for railway vandalism
By Justina Asishana, Minna Twenty-two persons have been arrested for railway vandalism in Niger State. The suspects were apprehended in the Esheti-Elegi community of Kataeregi in Katcha local government of the state. Read Also: Pipeline vandalism t...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:52:47 +0000
Gumi: Bandits won’t surrender until…
By Alao Abiodun  Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated bandits will not surrender until they feel safe. He spoke on Wednesday during a virtual meeting hosted by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies. Gumi said: “Nobod...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:48:43 +0000
Chinese fake-doctors trial stalled
By Adebisi Onanuga The trial of two Chinese nationals, Hunzi Neng and Zhang Chuanhong arraigned for allegedly posing as medical practitioners stalled on Wednesday due to the absence of Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice. The Intelligence ...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:42:10 +0000
Petroleum marketers threaten shutdown in Anambra
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Enugu Depot Community, has threatened to shut down over Anambra State Government’s “intentional renege” on its promise to one of its members. It said t...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:41:34 +0000
Many faces of ulcer and some remedies
By Femi Kusa   When we talk about ulcer in Nigeria, many people think only about peptic ulcer or stomach ulcer. Not many people know about duodenal ulcer, ulcer in the eye, throat, intestine or in the organs. How many, indeed, know that ulcer ca...



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