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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:45:34 +0000"They See Ghana As Fertile Ground For Cyber Fraud"—Ghana Immigration Arrests 70 Nigerians For Entering Country Through Illegal Route
The Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has intercepted 70 Nigerian migrants who have entered Ghana through unapproved routes.
Fifty-one of them were intercepted at the Asikuma border post on February 3, while the o...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:44:59 +0000
Farmer Dies In Ibadan After Fulani Herdsmen Allegedly Set His Cashew Farm Ablaze
An Igangan-based farmer, Alfa Sikiru Akinlotan, from Gbogi Compound, Isale Akao Area, Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government, died on his farm on Wednesday after Fulani herdsmen set his cashew and cocoa farm ablaze.
SaharaReporters gathere...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:43:22 +0000
Three Nigerians, Ghanaian Arraigned For Kidnapping Canadian Girls In Ghana
Seidu Abubakar, the eighth prosecution witness in the trial of the four accused charged with kidnapping two Canadian girls, has denied that he orchestrated the abduction of the victims.
He also denied implicating the four suspects currently ...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:42:22 +0000
"Fulani Herdsmen Are The Bandits, Kidnappers"—Kaduna, Niger Communities Cry Out Over Attacks
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Communities of Adara and Gbagyi tribes in Niger and Kaduna states have lamented that the influx of Fulani herdsmen into their areas from southern Nigeria have escalated attacks on their settlements.
The communities told SaharaRepor...
Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:41:43 +0000
Police Inspector Commits Suicide In Imo After Complaining Of Being Sick
A police inspector attached to the Owerri Area Command Police Headquarters, identified as Umoh, has shot and killed himself.
The incident occurred on Wednesday in Owerri, the state capital.
A source at the Area Command headq...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:06:41 +0000
Angola Decriminalises Same-Sex Sexual Relationships
A new law decriminalising same-sex sexual relations in Angola has gone into effect on Wednesday.
According to reports, the new law overturned a colonial-era ban on homosexual relations which described it as "vice against nature”.
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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:56:58 +0000
Landlady's Daughter Allegedly Beats Male Tenant To Death In Lagos
The police in Lagos State have arrested one Ms. Tina Essi for the alleged murder of 49-year-old Christian Akparie of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo street, Ikorodu.
The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this in a statement si...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:52:26 +0000
#EndSARS: CBN During Military Dictatorship Never Froze Activists’ Bank Accounts – Falana
Femi Falana, SAN.
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop freezing the bank accounts of protesters and activists in the country, saying the bank never did so when it was m...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:51:30 +0000
Unknown Gunmen Kill Three In Anambra
Three people were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at the Civic Centre, Eke Nkpor, Anambra State on Wednesday.
According to reports, the gunmen stormed the centre and opened fire on the crowd gathered shortly after the inauguration of ...
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:31:27 +0000
Teach Herdsmen To Embrace City Life, Not Bush Life — Oluwo Tells Buhari, Governors
File Photo: Herdsmen.
The Paramount ruler of Iwoland, Osun State, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to educate herdsmen to embrace city life, in an open letter to them.
His appeal comes ...