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Imo: Medical doctor seizes twins in exchange for unpaid hospital bill, police order probe

25.10.2024

The Imo State Police Commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered a probe of the Medical Director of Goodwill Maternity at Obinze in Owerri West LGA of the state, Silas Nwamadi, who allegedly seized twin baby boys delivered at his hospital over the mother’s inability to pay the hospital bill. The police commissioner also ordered the immediate...

I still live with my family – Ayra Starr

25.10.2024

Afrobeats singer, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has revealed that she still lives with her family despite her fame and wealth. She disclosed this in an interview with Coco Jones for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians issue. She explained that her status has not stopped her from involving friends and family in...

Flood washes away corpses from graves in Edo community

25.10.2024

As floods continue to ravage and submerge communities along the River Niger, corpses are being washed away in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY POST reports that the corpses were washed away in Udaba community in the locality. Joseph Odemokpai, Councillor representing Ward 8 of Udaba, Ofukpu, Agbavo and Osomhegbe in the...

Rivers: All passengers in Bonny chopper disaster feared dead – Police

25.10.2024

The Rivers State Police Command has said all passengers on board the Eastwind Aviation helicopter that crashed into Bonny River, in Rivers State on Thursday May have died. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko made the assertion in a statement on Thursday night. DAILY POST reports that the helicopter, conveying eight...

Helicopter accident claims three in Port Harcourt

25.10.2024

Three persons have been confirmed dead after a helicopter ditched into the waters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Channels Television reports that the accident occurred at 11:22 am on Thursday, along the waterways in Port Harcourt. The helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by East Wind Aviation, was en route from Port...

Deadly shootings claim multiple lives in Anambra capital

24.10.2024

A shooting spree in Awka, Anambra State capital on Thursday morning, has claimed several lives, sources have hinted DAILY POST. One of the sources, a student, said the shooting happened in Ifite Awka, at approximately 9:15 a.m., leaving several people dead. Ifite Awka is dominated mostly by students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The source...

Court orders forfeiture of convict’s three exotic cars, phones, N9.5m cash to FG

24.10.2024

A High Court in Kaduna State on Thursday, ordered the forfeiture of a Samsung S20, 3 HP laptops, three exotic cars and N9.5 million cash belonging to a convict, Stephen James, to the federal government. Delivering Judgment, Justice Dairus Khobo, sentenced James after he pleaded guilty to internet-related fraud to 10 months imprisonment with an...

Police arrest Alfa for allegedly defiling 12-year-old girl in Ogun

24.10.2024

A 31-year-old Alfa, identified as Jubril Dalamun, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police, Omolola Odutola, told the DAILY POST on Thursday that the arrest followed a report from the mother of the...

Nigeria Navy troops arrest suspect with weapon, ammunition

24.10.2024

The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Forward Operating Base BONNY, while acting on credible intelligence, discovered and apprehended a suspect in possession of one AK-47 rifle, three AK-47 magazines, and thirty-six rounds of 7.62mm x 39mm ammunition. This was made known in a statement on its verified Facebook page. According to the statement, “On...

Court remands SS3 student in Ondo for allegedly killing colleague

24.10.2024

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has remanded a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old colleague, Habib Salau, to death. The magistrate ordered her remand at the Ondo State Juvenile Home in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP)....

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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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