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Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:33:02 +0000
UPDATE: Suspected Herdsmen Kidnapped Imo Catholic Priest When His Car Broke Down — Police
File Photo The Imo State Police command has linked the kidnap of a Catholic priest, Izu Marcel Onyeocha, to a group of suspected herdsmen. In a statement, the command's spokesman, Orlando Ikeokwu, said one Bissong Isa Atugu, who was in the ca...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:31:29 +0000
PDP South-West Congress: Police Arrest 10 Hoodlums With Guns, Others
Ahead of Monday's South-West zonal congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), about ten armed hoodlums mobilised from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital with different rifles were reportedly apprehended in Osun State on Sunday evening...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:42:53 +0000
CAN Hits Back At Islamic Council Over Appointments, Accuses It Of Pushing To Islamise Nigeria
CAN President The Christian Association of Nigeria has described the attack by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs on the hijab crisis and appointment of Appeal Court Justices as evasive. NSCIA recently attacked CAN for opposing...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 19:24:25 +0000
64-Year-Old Man Slumps, Dies While Fighting With Girlfriend Over Suspicion Of Infidelity
A 64-year-old man, Osita Anwuanwu, has reportedly slumped and died while fighting with his lover over suspicion of infidelity. Anwuanwu had gone to check on his girlfriend, Juliet Eguebor at a bar owned by Ngozi Emezue, Juliet's friend in th...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 19:15:24 +0000
Man Arrested for Allegedly Buying Abortion Pills for Deceased Girlfriend
Operatives of the Ikorodu Police Division in Lagos State, have arrested a man, Wisdom Okoro, for allegedly procuring abortion pills for Enobong Udoh, his girlfriend, which led to her death. In a statement on Sunday, the state police command'...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 18:24:43 +0000
UN Condemns Attack On Humanitarian Aid Facilities In Borno As NGOs Leave Damasak
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the attack by Boko Haram militants on humanitarian aid workers in Damasak town of Borno State. SaharaReporters had earlier reported how Boko Ha...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:42:01 +0000
South-East Governors Launch Regional Security Outfit, EBUBE AGU
Governors of the South-East states have established a regional security outfit to tackle criminality in the region. At a security meeting in Owerri, Imo State capital, on Sunday, the governors announced the establishment of EBUBE AGU, which ...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:33:48 +0000
Nigerian Government Enlists INTERPOL’s Help Over Fleeing 3,471 'Hardened Criminals'
File photo used to illustrate story. The Nigerian Government has asked the International Criminal Police Organisation to be on the alert and look out for the inmates who escaped in recent jailbreaks across the country, including the most rece...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:04:31 +0000
NLC, PDP Kick As El-Rufai Sacks 4,000 Kaduna Local Council Workers
Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have condemned the decision of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to sack 4,000 workers across the 23 local government areas of the stat...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:02:52 +0000
Falana-Led Coalition Demands Exclusion Of Judges From Management Of Judiciary Funds
Femi Falana (SAN) Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond has urged the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria and the Nigerian Bar Association to put in place a transparency mechanism that will exclude judges from managing funds budgeted for the ...



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