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Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:26:22 +0000
Imo Jailbreak: How Villagers Burnt Escaped Prisoner Who Returned Home
Angry residents of Umuawom village, Ihodimeze community in Ikeduru council area of Imo State on Wednesday set ablaze a fleeing prisoner, who returned home from the Owerri Correctional Centre which was attacked on Monday. According to th...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:17:34 +0000
Imo Jailbreak: Freed Inmates Taking Up Menial Jobs To Survive, Aiming For Fresh Start
Some of the 1,800 inmates who escaped during the Owerri jailbreak have taken up cleaning and menial jobs for survival, a report by Vanguard stated. According to the report, the escapees took up majorly hawking and cleaning jobs in brothels, ...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:39:56 +0000
BREAKING: Aggrieved Politicians Behind Imo Attacks –Governor Uzodinma
Hope Uzodinma Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said aggrieved politicians sponsored the attacks on police headquarters and correctional centre in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday. Uzodinma spoke on Wednesday...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:22:22 +0000
How We Regained Our Freedom From Bandits' Den, Freed Kaduna Student Narrates, Contradicting Army
An abducted student of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Mando, Kaduna State, has narrated how they were released from captivity, Daily Trust reports. The Nigerian Army had claimed that its troops “recovered five of the stu...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:20:59 +0000
Kogi Police Secretly Arraign Buhari-Must-Go Protesters, Remand Them In Prison
The Kogi State Police Command has secretly arraigned two Buhari-Must-Go protesters, Larry Emmanuel and Victor Udoka, in court, without giving them access to their lawyers. The police in their desperation to harass the peaceful protesters als...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:24:25 +0000
Adamu Listed On Police Website As Inspector-General 24 Hours After Sacking By Buhari With Immediate Effect
Mohammed Adamu still remains the Inspector-General of Police on the Nigeria Police Force website, https://www.npf.gov.ng more than 24 hours after he was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari, SaharaReporters has gathered. President...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:21:22 +0000
Over 50 Armed Herdsmen Arrested In One Week ― Civil Defence Boss
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has stated that more than 50 armed herdsmen were arrested last week. This came as the corps granted operational licences to 17 new private security companies to provide additional security for the...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:15:44 +0000
Over 6 Million Illegal Weapons In Circulation Across Nigeria — Abdulsalami Abubakar
A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has raised an alarm over the proliferation of weapons in the country, saying an estimated six million arms are circulating illegally. Abubakar, who is also the chairman of the National Peace Comm...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:14:56 +0000
Court Sentences Ex-Bauchi Accountant General To One Year In Prison Over N108million Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal office on Wednesday secured conviction for Yusuf Ibrahim Gokaru, a former Bauchi State Accountant General.  Gokaru was jailed for one year with an option of fine by Justice...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:00:28 +0000
How Buhari Broke The Law With Sacking Of Adamu, Appointment Of Alkali As IGP, Says RULAAC
The Rule of Law Accountability and Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), a human rights advocacy group, says the sacking of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police and his replacement with Usman Baba Alkali is unconstitutional. President Muham...



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