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Brother’s hired thugs beat man to death for stealing doors in Anambra

5 months ago9512 min

Some yet-to-be-identified thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s foreign doors from a construction site. The incident happened in the Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some foreign doors he removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his elder brother, Joseph Okoye who lives abroad. His...

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Gunmen kill 300-level Ondo varsity student

5 months ago1025 min

A 300-level Linguistics student of Adekunle Ajasin University, simply known as Emmanuel, was on Sunday, shot and killed by gunmen in one of the private student hostels in Akungba Akoko. A student who pleaded anonymity disclosed to our correspondent that the deceased was shot in the room. “It happened last night, the victim was shot while on his bed, in his room,” he said. PUNCH Metro in a telephone interview with the Ondo State Police...

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Ogun communities seek Abiodun’s help over deplorable roads

5 months ago945 min

The residents of the Pakuro and Ajumoni communities in Ogun State have expressed their dismay over the deteriorating roads in their areas. The leaders of the affected communities in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday lamented the deteriorating conditions of several roads in their environs and made an urgent appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun to address these issues. The residents, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Monday, lamented that they were tired of constantly...

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Police uncover fake sachet water company in Lagos

5 months ago4946 min

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku, the mastermind behind the murder of the late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police had arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection...

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Goods destroyed as midnight fire razes Anambra market

5 months ago1105 min

A yet-to-be-ascertained worth of goods and properties have been destroyed in a fire that occurred at the Kara Quarters Market, along the Atani Road in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday night. The cause of the fire is yet to be officially ascertained as of the time of filing this report, but our correspondent gathered from eyewitnesses that it could be a power surge. Although there was no loss of life, it...

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Police arrest suspected robbers, recover two AK-47 magazines in Delta

5 months ago853 min

The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested suspected armed robbers and cultists in Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State and recovered AK-47 magazine. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated this in a statement on Monday in Asaba, the state capital. He said, “Sequel to a series of cult-related activities, kidnappings and armed robberies in Sapele, Oghara and environs, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Olufemi Abaniwonda, directed the team...

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Immigration officer, three others arraigned for drug trafficking

5 months ago925 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arraigned a senior immigration officer, Gbenga Akomolafe, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly trafficking eight kilograms of Methamphetamine and 7.60 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, also known as marijuana. Akomolafe, who is currently serving at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, was arraigned alongside Babatunde Olufemi, said to be a staff member of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nwadozie Amaechi and Nwosu Cyril....

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A’Court affirms dethroned Magodo monarch’s jail term

5 months ago1017 min

The Court of Appeal Lagos Division on Monday affirmed the sentence of the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare, for faking his abduction. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High in Ikeja had on September 27, 2022, sentenced the convict to 15 years imprisonment. Dissatisfied with the judgment, Ogundare approached the court to challenge the decision of the lower court which sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment. However, when the...

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Artisan bags life jail for defiling 13-year-old house help

5 months ago944 min

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, convicted and sentenced an artisan, Peter Odu, to life imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old housemaid. The judge held that the prosecution proved the case of defilement beyond reasonable doubt. He also added that he held the prosecution’s comments and the impact of the convict’s actions on the young victim. “The crime strikes at the heart of our society’s...

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Mastermind of General’s murder nabbed in Kano

5 months ago826 min

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku, the mastermind behind the murder of the late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police had arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection...