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Pastor Arrested Over Looted ₦1.2b Medical Equipment

Pastor Arrested Over Looted ₦1.2b Medical Equipment

October 27, 2020 5:43 am

A pastor in Kogi State, identified as Sunday Edino and his alleged accomplices have been arrested by the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly looting medical equipment worth ₦1.2billion.

This is as the sporadic shooting by masked hoodlums in Lokoja on Monday, 26th October, 2020 has led to the death of no fewer than five persons, while several others sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

The suspected pastor was arrested on Monday in a manhunt led by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ede.

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Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

October 26, 2020 4:51 pm

Cameroon was in shock on Sunday after a massacre at a school in the English-speaking southwest of the country, which the government has blamed on separatist militants there.

Communications Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said that “groups of armed secessionist terrorists” had carried out “a terrorist act of unbearable cruelty and barbarity”.
Army spokesman Cyrille Atonfack Guemo told AFP that seven children had been killed, while the government had initially spoken of six “murdered” and the UN said at least eight were killed and twelve wounded by gunfire and blows from machetes.

The government said 13 children had been wounded during

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Rivers Police Shoot Teenager Ledesi Kote For Impregnating Girl

Police Arrest 51 Suspected Looters In Abuja, Warn Criminals

October 26, 2020 3:06 pm

The police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested 51 suspected looters and recovered some stolen items at Jabi-Daki-biu, Idu Industrial Estate Karim area.

Mr. Bala Ciroma, the FCT Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.

Ciroma said that the operation that led to the arrest was necessitated by the looting and destruction of public and private warehouses in Abuja by some suspected hoodlums.

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He also warned people involved in all forms of criminality in the territory to desist from such …

Zamfara Police Confirm Abduction Of District Head, 4 Others

Zamfara Police Confirm Abduction Of District Head, 4 Others

October 26, 2020 5:18 am

The Zamfara State police command has confirmed that suspected bandits attacked Lingyado village of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State and abducted the district head and 4 others.

This was contained in a press statement signed by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mohammed Shehu and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital.

According to the statement, joint police and military units stationed at Bindin were alerted on the incident.

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‘They quickly responded to the distress call and arrived the village to counter the threat.

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Rivers Police recover burnt bodies of three officers, soldier

IPOB: Rivers Police Recover Burnt Bodies Of 3 Officers, Soldier

October 26, 2020 5:16 am
Remains of three police officers and a soldier killed and burnt by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) last week have been recovered by the Rivers State Police Command.

The state Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, disclosed this when he led heads of other security agencies to Afam in Oyigbo and other places where violence took place to assess the extent of damage on Saturday.

Other areas visited were Sangana and Ilkwerre road in Mile one, Diobu axis of Port Harcourt and Onne in Eleme LGA.…

Oyo Youths Resist Hoodlums’ Attempt To Burn Police Station

Oyo Youths Resist Hoodlums’ Attempt To Burn Police Station

October 25, 2020 7:56 pm

A yet-to-be identified man was said to have died on Sunday when armed thugs attacked Mokola police station, Ibadan.

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The victim was reportedly killed by a stray bullet that rent the air during the attack.

The hoodlums were said to have tried to set the police station ablaze but met stiff resistance by youths in the area who did all they could to prevent the arsonists.

But, another information gathered had it that fresh crisis erupted after the man was allegedly killed at Inalende area of Ibadan.

The corpse was …

Gen. Useni Appeals For Calm, Self-Restraint Amidst Unrest

Gen. Useni Appeals For Calm, Self-Restraint Amidst Unrest

October 25, 2020 7:16 pm

Lt. Gen Jeremiah Useni (Rtd.) has appealed for calm and self-restraint in the face of on-going break-ins, looting and destruction of both government and private property across the country.

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Useni, a former FCT minister, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, said that such actions could dent and diminish the genuine agitations for justice that triggered the #EndSARS protests nationwide.

The former senator added that since the initial demands had already been received and acknowledged by the governing authorities it was only proper for the protesting groups to end the …

Cameroon Blames Separatists For School Massacre Of Children

Cameroon School Attack Kills 8 Students

October 25, 2020 3:56 pm

Attackers armed with guns and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in a raid on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the United Nations said.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the bilingual school in Kumba, but the area has been caught up in violence between Anglophone separatists and government forces for three years.

“At least eight children were killed as a result of gunshots and attack with machetes,” at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy, a statement by the local UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

“Another twelve were wounded and taken to …

Military apprehends 123 palliative looters in Jos

Military Apprehends 123 Palliative Looters In Jos

October 25, 2020 2:50 pm

The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested 123 suspects for vandalising and looting items from private businesses and government properties in Jos.

The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, presented the suspects to newsmen on Sunday in Jos.

Okonkwo said that the suspects defied the 24-hour curfew imposed by the State Government to perpetrate the criminal act.

He said some of the suspects were arrested while looting properties at the Plateau Agricultural and Development Agency (PADP), located at Dogon Dutse of Jos North Local Government Area of the state.

Others, he said, were arrested …

NDDC Chairman, Ndoma-Egba’s House Vandalised, Set Ablaze

NDDC Chairman, Ndoma-Egba’s House Vandalised, Set Ablaze

October 24, 2020 4:36 pm

The house of the Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has been vandalised and set ablaze in Calabar, Cross River State by hoodlums.

Ndoma-Egba was a three-time senator who represented Cross River Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2015.

Hoodlums unleashed mayhem in Calabar on Saturday, vandalising properties and setting some ablaze in the aftermath of #EndSARS protests in the country.

The hoodlums had vandalised a warehouse in Calabar and made away with COVID-19 palliative materials.

Videos showed arsonists …

Algeria Jails Ex-President Bouteflika’s Daughter For Corruption

Algeria Jails Ex-President Bouteflika’s Daughter For Corruption

October 23, 2020 12:10 pm

A prominent Algerian businesswoman, allegedly an illegitimate child of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after being convicted of corruption.

An Algiers court also fined her six million dinars ($47,000) and ordered the confiscation of her properties, the official news agency APS said.

It said Zoulikha Nachinache, widely known as Madame Maya, was found guilty of money laundering, influence peddling, squandering public funds and illicit transfer of foreign currency abroad.

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In the latest corruption case of the post-Bouteflika era, the court at the same time sentenced …

EndSARS: International Criminal Court Receives Information

EndSARS: International Criminal Court Receives Information

October 22, 2020 1:20 pm

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday said her office is paying a close eye on developments in Nigeria.

Read Also: ICC To Probe Nigerian Army Over Attacks On IPOB, Shiites

‘My office has been closely following the events around the current protests in Nigeria and the reaction of Nigeria’s law enforcement and security agencies,’ Bensouda said in a tweet.

‘Any loss of life or injury is concerning. We have received information alleging crimes and are keeping a close eye on developments, in case violence escalates and any indications arise on that Rome Statute crimes may have …

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