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Angry youths lynch armed robber, set another ablaze in Calabar

29.10.2024

Two armed robbers who had terrorised Atim Edem Rise and Efio Okoho neighborhoods of Calabar South LGA in Cross River State were violently killed yesterday by angry youths. The names of the suspects were not immediately available at the time this report was filed. Eyewitnesses confirmed that both resided in the same neighborhoods. One eyewitness,...

OAU students protest, chase out representatives of former VC over 1999 cult killings

29.10.2024

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife was the scene of a heated protest on Monday as students chased out representatives of former Vice Chancellor Professor Wale Omole during an orientation programme for freshers. DAILY POST reports that Monday’s incident underscored lingering tensions surrounding the tragic cult-related killings of five students at the university in 1999....

Kidnappers demand N200m ransom for Catholic priest release

29.10.2024

The kidnappers of Rev Fr Thomas Oyode, a Catholic priest and Rector of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School, Ivanokpodi, in Agenegbode, Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, have demanded a ransom of N200 million. DAILY POST reports that the Catholic priest was abducted on Sunday at about 7 p.m. at the seminary school. Oyode...

34-year-old construction worker macheted to death in Ogun

29.10.2024

A 34-year-old man, identified as Segun Adegbite, was found macheted to death at a construction site near WitchTech Factory on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to DAILY POST on Tuesday. Odutola stated that the incident was reported to the Sagamu division of the command by one Adedeji Adegbola. According...

Police arrest IMSU student for kidnapping, death prank in Imo

29.10.2024

The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old lady addressed as Jesse Chidiebere, a student of Imo State University, IMSU, who faked her kidnapping and death. A press statement by the public relations officer of the command, ASP Henry Okoye, informed that her arrest was effected by the Orji Police Divisional Headquarters on October...

Police parade six armoured cable vandals, two motorcycle thieves in Niger

29.10.2024

No fewer than six suspected cable vandals are currently in the custody of the Niger State Police Command for stealing armoured cables and street lights in Minna metropolis. They were arrested by officers of the command on routine patrol along the Keteren-Gwari area of Minna, the state capital. The state command’s Public Relations Officer, SP...

Police kill suspected armed robber, recover firearms in Niger

28.10.2024

The Niger State Police Command said it has neutralised a suspected armed robber during a gun duel and recovered an AK-47 and pump-action rifles around the Boyi area of Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The command made this disclosure through its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in Minna, who explained that the...

Court sends 34 internet fraudsters to jail in Anambra

28.10.2024

Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced 34 internet fraudsters to various jail terms The convicts are: Kelly Maduabuchi Muonagu, Nwokwu Chibuike Valerian, Chinonso Stanley Boniface, Nnamani Makuo Paschal, Ifeanyi Aju Kingsley, Kalu Odeghe Olu, Ikenna Onyebor Maxwell, Fimber Chinedu Ifewuka, Ekeh Callistus Uche, David...

Student faces disciplinary actions for biting off colleague’s tongue in Umuahia

28.10.2024

A female student who lost the taste bud of her tongue to a fellow student at Federal Government College Umuahia, Abia State, has been discharged from the hospital and can now talk. This is even as the perpetrator is to face disciplinary actions according to the school’s code of conduct. The development was made known...

‘I’ll make you disappear’ – Police angry I recorded video – Cab driver narrates ordeal

28.10.2024

Stephen Abuwatseya, the cab driver assaulted by the House of Representatives member from Abia State, Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh, has disclosed that an Investigating Police Officer, IPO, at the Maitama Police station was angry he recorded the assault he suffered. Abuwatseya disclosed this while recounting the altercation with the lawmaker and his ordeal at the Police...

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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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