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Breaking: Court sentences ASP to death for murder

1 year ago1541 min

On Monday, the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who assassinated Lagos-based lawyer Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, was sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos High Court, which was seated in Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island. The ASP was sentenced by Justice Ibironke Harrison after he was found guilty of killing the expectant lawyer. Harrison determined that there was no reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case. The judge also ruled that the dead...

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Gunmen kidnap pastor, his wife, and their children in Delta

1 year ago1211 min

Rev. Agbadamashi Emmanuel, an Anglican priest, was abducted along the East-West road near Evwreni junction by gunmen. The event happened on Friday while the Anglican priest and his family were traveling from Ughelli to the Uwheru hamlet in the State’s Ughelli North Local Government Area. According to reports, the gunmen approached them unexpectedly and marched them into the jungle. Hon. Justice Iyasere, Public Relations Officer for the Anglican Communion, Ughelli Diocese, confirmed the event to...

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Gunmen kidnap pastor, his wife, their kids in Delta town

1 year ago1602 min

Gunmen abducted Rev. Agbadamashi Emmanuel, an Anglican priest, along the East-West route at the Evwreni junction, together with his wife and kids. The event happened on Friday as the Anglican priest and his family were traveling from Ughelli to the Uwheru hamlet in the State’s Ughelli North Local Government Area, according to the information obtained. They heard that the gunmen ambushed them out of the blue and marched them into the forest. Hon. Justice Iyasere,...

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NDLEA arrests 67-year-old trafficker raising fund to marry new wife

1 year ago1604 min

At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Clement Chukwuemeka, 67, was taken into custody by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents on suspicion of trafficking drugs after he consumed 100 wraps of cocaine. After squandering thirty years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Thailand, the suspect was cited as saying he turned to illegal enterprise to earn enough cash to marry a new wife and begin a new life. In a statement made...

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NUJ-NAN condemns FCT VIO’s reported attack on journalist

1 year ago1544 min

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) condemned the reported attack on Mrs. Philomina Attah, the agency’s editor and assistant chief correspondent, by a representative of the FCT Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services. This is stated in a letter headed “PROTEST LETTER AGAINST ASSAULT OF A NAN JOURNALIST, CAUTION YOUR OFFICERS” that was sent on October 5 to the director of the...

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Gunmen target pastor, kill his son in Delta community

1 year ago1982 min

Christopher Nicholas, a young man, was apparently shot and killed by gunmen. At his father’s compound on the Oviri-Ogor/Edjekota route in Delta State’s Ughelli North Local Government Area, the event took place. After learning that the gunmen had fired at Pastor Nicholas Omoroka in front of his home, ProbitasNews was informed. The clergyman had apparently fled into the wilderness after returning from a journey. However, when his kid heard gunfire, he emerged from the neighbor’s...

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UCH nurses return to work in mufti after four years of uniform allowances were not paid

1 year ago1472 min

On Thursday, nurses at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, returned to their shifts, substituting their uniforms for muftis. The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) reports that the hospital administration refused to pay the nurses’ uniform stipend, which led the nurses to choose to wear muftis. We have discovered that the nurses are requesting money for the uniform allowance they have accrued over the past four years. According to a hospital employee who...

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Police detain 10 suspected kidnappers in Kaduna

1 year ago2973 min

Between September and October 3, 2023, ten alleged kidnappers were detained, according to the Kaduna State Police Command. At a press conference on Saturday, ASP Mansir Hassan, the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, made this announcement. He stated that three AK-47 weapons, three fake 10-round revolvers, 448 rounds of live 7.62 x 39mm ammunition, another cache of 15 rounds of live 7.62 x 39mm ammunition, and a car with the license plate...

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Residents beg for assistance as floods wreck havoc in Taraba community

1 year ago3402 min

Following the devastation caused by floods in the village, residents of Mayo Selbe hamlet in Gashaka Local Government Area, Taraba State, are now tallying their losses. The village in Taraba Central Senatorial District lost millions of naira’s worth of items to the floodwaters that followed a heavy downpour on Friday. Speaking with DAILY POST, the victims pleaded with the appropriate authorities and groups to immediately intervene on their behalf. I’ve never seen a deluge like...

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Police arrest 46 suspects over various crimes in Edo

1 year ago3343 min

For a variety of crimes committed in the state throughout the past month, 46 people have been taken into custody, according to the Edo Police Command. The command’s accomplishments over that time were highlighted by police spokesperson Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor, who made this announcement on Friday. During a raid on September 19 along Okabere road in Upper Sakponba in Benin City, Nwabuzor said that 15 of the individuals were suspected of being members of a...

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