By: Isaac Ojo —-Begs Obiano To Intervene Umuneri Village Assembly, Isu – Aniocha,Youth wing yesterday demanded from the Anambra state Government the valid acquisition papers and agreement, it used in acquiring 118 plots of their communal lands in order to put to rest the lingering crisis between it’s agent, the Housing Development Corporation Awka,and their
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No fewer than 5000 persons have been displaced while churches, schools and many residential houses have been submerged by flood in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Chairman of Ogbaru Local Area, Hon. Arinzechukwu Awaogu who disclosed this to newsmen, also revealed that over 1000 displaced people were currently being catered for at IDP
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Member representing Idemili North and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Obinna Chidoka has condemned in strong terms all forms of Police brutality in the country. He pledged to ensure maximum protection of members of his constituents and Nigerians in general. The lawmaker was reacting to the last Sunday altercation between a group of Policemen and a
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An operative of the State Security Service (SSS), Seyi Adebowale, has died after he was allegedly shot by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) The incident occurred on September 15 in Kuta, Osun State, during the visit of the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai to commission a bridge constructed
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An officer of the Department of State Security attached to the Osun State Command, identified as Seyi Adebowale was said to have died from wound inflicted on him by a stray bullet. The bullet, it was gathered was shot from the guns of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC) identified
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At least thirty people escaped being killed after a storey building collapsed at the Yanshanu suburb of Jos, Plateau state . The building housing eight households , it was gathered , collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday . A resident , Adamu Mubiro , told our correspondent in Jos on Saturday that the occupants
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A day-old baby was on Saturday picked from a gutter in Abuja Estate near Government House, Awka, Anambra State. An eyewitness told our correspondent that the baby who was abandoned in the gutter by unknown person was picked after morning downpour in the area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident.
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There is tension at the Hausa quarters area of Igbudu Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State as hoodlums reportedly attacked the Chief Priest of the Community to death. The Chief priest also known as Victor was said to have been killed for allegedly impregnating and abandoning a Hausa lady. The deceased
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It has been reported that some armed robbers have bombarded a branch of WEMA bank in Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti. According to reports, the six-man robbers arrived the town around 3.30pm and blasted the security doors with explosive devise suspected to be dynamite. They carted away several millions in an operation,
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Students of the Imo State University said to be involved in the sex-for-marks viral video against one of their lecturers Professor Victor Njoku of the chemistry department, would now face the Inspector General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, for failure to submit prove against Njoku’s involvement in sex-for-marks allegations. This was the decision taken Friday in
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No fewer than 869 insurgents have been killed while 321 kidnap victims were rescued by troops in frontline operations in the last three months, the Armed Forces of Nigeria has disclosed. Giving a breakdown of military operations within the time under review, the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed 9,040,300 litres of
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A 40-year old woman narrowly escaped lynching for allegedly stealing a 3-year old boy, Kamsiyochukwu Onwughalu in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victim’s mother, Mrs Uchechukwu Onwughalu, had asked his elder sibling to look after him while she rushed to the community palm kernel oil mill for some oil last Friday
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Fire fighters on Wednesday night averted a fire explosion following a sudden fall of a petrol laden tanker in Aguleri junction in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The tanker carrying 45,000 litres reportedly fell in front of a gas filling station in the area. According to eyewitnesses, the crash was as a
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Six persons, including four women were seriously injured in a serious road traffic crash in Umuokpu along Awka- Enugu old road, Anambra state. The crash which occurred around 4.30pm on Saturday, involved a black M/Benz 4matic with registration number CALIFORNIA IZZW 445 and a Yellow Tricycle with registration number AWK 072 VO. Eyewitnesses said the
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