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59 arrested in Abia for environmental offenses

27.10.2024

Fifty-nine defaulters were on Saturday, arrested in various parts of Umuahia and brought to the Abia State Environmental Court for contravening Abia State government’s basic environmental laws. They were picked by task force officials and brought to the Umuahia High Court and arraigned before Margistrate Onyinyechi Ibekwe. While some of the defaulters were picked on...

Murder of Enugu musician: Police chief, govt officials visit family, identify killer cop

26.10.2024

Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, in company of top officials of the State Government, on Saturday, visited the family of the murdered Ogene musician, Chikezie Okezie Nwamba (a.k.a. Igbo-Jah). DAILY POST recalls that the popular musician was shot dead by a policeman on Friday night. During the visit to the family of...

VeryDarkMan under investigation for use of police uniform

26.10.2024

The Nigeria Police Force has distanced itself from the unauthorised use of its uniform and insignia by social media influencer, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The police said it has launched a full investigation to determine the source of the uniform and insignia VeryDarkMan wore in one of his videos. In the said video,...

BREAKING: Fire guts Lagos Blue Line rail track

26.10.2024

A section of the Lagos State Blue Line rail track has been razed by fire. The incident occurred on Saturday, at a spot opposite NEPA Station by Ejo Bridge inward Apogbon. Disclosing this, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, said no casualty was recorded. Posting on X, Akosile wrote: “There...

80 year old woman dies as fire guts building in Ogun

26.10.2024

An 80 years old woman identified as Mariam Salako has been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak that occurred in Ifelodun Agoka area in Abeokuta. Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola said the fire occurred at about 1:00 am on Saturday. Odutola noted that while the woman who lived in the building...

Police arrest woman who broke stepson’s bone with pestle

26.10.2024

Enugu State Government has taken swift action regarding the disturbing case of Mrs. Ada Ogbogu, who allegedly assaulted her stepson with a pestle, causing serious harm. Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Enih, announced on Saturday that Mrs. Ogbogu, a resident of Sunrise Estate in Emene, Enugu metropolis, was arrested on...

Female student bites off schoolmate’s tongue over food in Umuahia

26.10.2024

A Senior Secondary school female student identified as Amarachi Chibueze has reportedly bitten off the tongue of another student in a federal government-owned school in Umuahia. The incident was alleged to have happened on Friday while the two students were quarrelling because of food in the school. It was gathered that the attacker grabbed her...

Residents thrown into darkness as rainstorm damages electricity poles in Ekiti communities

26.10.2024

Residents of many neighborhoods in Ado Ekiti and other towns in Ekiti State have been thrown into darkness as electric poles were destroyed by a rainstorm Friday evening. Communities affected include Ajebamidele, Omisanjana, Atlas—all in Ado Ekiti—as well as Ikere Ekiti, Ise Ekiti, and Emure Ekiti, which are experiencing power outages due to the destroyed...

Dangote truck rams into apartment in Ogun

26.10.2024

A fully-loaded Dangote Cement truck with registration number DGW109XA rammed into a house in Imasayi Yewa North local government area of Ogun state. The incident occurred on Friday night when residents had already gone to bed. DAILY POST reports that no life was lost as the occupants of the house, who were asleep in the...

Seven arrested over alleged vandalisation of NNPC pipelines in Adamawa

26.10.2024

No fewer than seven persons have been arrested in Adamawa State over alleged vandalisation of ‘critical structures.’ Operatives of the state Police Command, who made the arrest, have indicated the critical structures as pipelines belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC). The Adamawa State Police Command, in a statement obtained Saturday by DAILY POST,...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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