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Two children, three others die in Abia auto crash

4 months ago1865 min

Two children and three other passengers were confirmed as casualties of a fatal auto crash on Sunday involving an Abia Line Network Sienna vehicle and a Mack truck near the Umuika Junction along the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway while the Sienna was going from Abakaliki in Ebonyi State to Aba in Abia State. The Abia State Police Command and the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the casualty figure on Monday at a...

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Benue widow, six children hospitalised after pap meal

5 months ago744 min

A widow, Amina Isah, alongside her children and grandchildren numbering six was reported to have fallen sick and rushed to the hospital after taking a pap at Egba in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. The children are identified as Benjamin, Piko, Esther, Hassan Emmanuel and one other A source from the community who identified himself as Adaji told our correspondent on Sunday that the widow and her six family members were...

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Mother, four children die of suspected food poisoning in Anambra

5 months ago1015 min

Five persons, including a mother and her four children, have died in circumstances suspected to be food poisoning at Abubor Nnewichi community, in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims, who hailed from the Okwuchukwu family in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state but resided in Nnewi, died after taking their dinner on Monday, PUNCH Metro findings revealed. An eyewitness and family source who spoke with our correspondent on...

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Two policemen, driver killed as gunmen abduct ex-Rep, children

5 months ago994 min

Two police orderlies attached to a former House of Representatives member, Joan Onyemaechi and her driver were on Tuesday evening killed when bandits abducted her and her children in Asaba, the Delta State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen stormed Onyemaechi’s church, King Jesus and I, located at Ogajifo Street off DSB Road and shot the two police orderlies and her driver before whisking the former lawmaker and her children away. Sources from the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Enugu Community Excommunicates 6 Families, ‘Members Barred From Churches, Children Denied Access To Schools’

5 months ago827 min

SaharaReporters has learned that children from six families in Amaofia village, Umunevo Ohana-Amagunze autonomous community, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Enugu, have been barred from attending school and engaging in church activities within the community. This development reportedly began on May 28, 2024, following the excommunication announcement by the new leadership of the Town Union, led by President General Anioma Ndubuisi, former President General Ozor Francis Nnamani (aka Omaga), and two others, Mr. Kelvin...

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BREAKING: 28 Children Kidnapped In Fresh Bandit Attack In Katsina Regain Freedom

9 months ago1123 min

The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the release of 28 children, who were abducted in Kasai Village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday, April 1, 2024. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that 30 children were kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village. However, the police later said 28 children were kidnapped. Residents of the area claimed that the fresh attack took place in the early hours of...

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BREAKING: Terrorists Ambush, Abduct 30 Children In Katsina Community In Fresh Attack

9 months ago1129 min

Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. At least 30 children have been kidnapped by suspected bandits at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Residents of the area in a telephone call said the fresh attack on the children, took place in the early hours of Monday, Channels TV reports. ...

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Bandits Kill Eleven Persons, Abduct 20 Women, Children In Zamfara

9 months ago3113 min

The terrorists, numbering about 250 reportedly stormed Gidan Zuma village in the Bungudu Local Government Area of the state, killed 11 persons, and abducted 20 women and an unspecified number of children. At least 11 persons were reportedly killed Sunday night while 20 women and children were kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. The terrorists, numbering about 250 reportedly stormed Gidan Zuma village in the Bungudu Local Government Area of the state,...