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Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

Wanted Rivers PDP Youth Leader Speaks From Hideout

May 15, 2020 6:16 am
The wanted Eleme Local Government Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth leader, Princewill Osareojiji, who has a ₦5m bounty placed on his head by the Rivers State Government, has accused a serving Commissioner in Governor Nyesom Wike’s cabinet for his current travails.

Osareojiji, who spoke for the first time with Nigeriainfo FM, Port Harcourt, from hiding alleged that he was framed by some senior PDP members from Eleme and a certain Commissioner who is also his kinsman.

He also dismissed the allegation of leading some hoodlums to Prodest Hotel to attack members of COVID-19 Taskforce in Eleme.

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NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

NDLEA Arrest Illegal Drug Peddlers In Abia

May 15, 2020 6:13 am

Men of Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), led by the Abia State Commander, Mr. Akingbade Bamidele, have raided the hideout of a gang of criminals and illegal drug peddlers around the Ngwa Road by Mosque Street in Aba.

The State Command of the NDLEA, in a successful operation conducted in the area on Wednesday, arrested four suspected criminals, seizure of some illicit substances and destruction of the hideout used by the criminals as a haven for their operations.

Read Also: NDLEA Gives Update On 2019 Recruitment

This came following repeated complaints by the members of the public over …

Adamawa Police Alleges Illegal Use Of Uniform, Constitutes Taskforce

9 IPOB Members Caught With Police Guns Arrested In Delta

May 14, 2020 8:49 am

The Delta Police Command on Wednesday arrested nine suspected members of the outlawed group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, while parading the suspects said they were behind the numerous deadly attacks on policemen in Asaba and environs.

Thirteen police service rifles were recovered from them, NAN reports.

Inuwa said the suspects were arrested following a discreet and painstaking investigation by officers in the command.

Read Also: IPOB Donates More Food Supplies To South-East Region

“Following recent series of attacks on policemen and snatching of service rifles, we have recorded great success with

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China Trying To Hack Vaccine Research – FBI

China Trying To Hack Vaccine Research – FBI

May 14, 2020 8:32 am
The United States says China-linked hackers were targeting U.S. research organisations to steal data on vaccines and treatments for coronavirus.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alerted of the development on Wednesday.

They said healthcare, pharmaceutical and research institutions working on a pandemic response should take more precautions.

Read Also: Coronavirus Weakening, May Disappear Before Vaccine

The agencies, however, assured that they have been able to protect their systems.

“China’s efforts to target these sectors pose a significant threat to our nation’s response to COVID-19,’’ FBI and CISA noted.

The potential theft of

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Prostitute Pushes Client To Death From Hotel Window

Prostitute Pushes Client To Death From Hotel Window

May 13, 2020 9:49 am
The police authorities in Ghana have arrested a prostitute and her colleagues after she allegedly pushed a man with a condom on, from her room window during an argument.

Eleven sex workers were arrested by Asokwa District Police Command in connection with the death at Asafo in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti Region.

Read Also: Kano: Sharia Police Arrest 32 Prostitutes

The incident happened on Sunday, 10 May 2020.

The police said the sex worker had screamed after the deceased allegedly struggled with her in the hotel room, which attracted some of her colleagues to the room.

According to …

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering N100m Bribe To EFCC

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

May 13, 2020 7:35 am

Two Chinese men, Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi, have been arrested by the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for offering ₦50million as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.

The ₦50million was the first installment of the N100million offer.

A statement signed by the Commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested on Monday, in Sokoto.

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

 

The anti-graft agency claims the money was offered, in a desperate bid to influence ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, handling N50billion contracts

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Lagos Seals Off Hotel, Night Club For Violating Laws

Lagos Seals Off Hotel, Night Club For Violating Laws

May 11, 2020 10:11 am

Lagos State Government has shut down two facilities in the Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State for contravening new guidelines issued by the government to operators of hotels, clubs, and other entertainment outfits in the State.

This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Solomon Bonu while speaking newsmen.

The facilities are Maggi Hotel and Tambari Theatre Art(Night Club) both in Seme axis of Badagry.

Solomon Bonu stated that the facilities were shut down for violating and contravening the order of the State government.

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19 Sailors Killed As Iran Mistakenly Bombs Own Ship

19 Sailors Killed As Iran Mistakenly Bombs Own Ship

May 11, 2020 10:09 am
Iran bombed its own ship during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday.

A fired missile struck a support vessel near its target.

No fewer than 19 Iranian sailors were killed and 15 injured.

Iran’s state media, IRNA, gave the update on Monday after it earlier claimed that only one sailor died.

Twelve badly wounded sailors were taken to a local hospital which also treated another three with slight wounds.

The friendly fire hit The Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship near the port of Jask, 790 miles south-east of Tehran.

Read Also: Iran Set To Reopen Mosques

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Kaduna Captures 2 COVID-19 Patients Who Escaped Isolation

Kaduna Captures 2 COVID-19 Patients Who Escaped Isolation

May 11, 2020 9:48 am

Security agents in Kaduna have arrested the two COVID-19 positive persons who bolted from their homes after they were notified of their status.

Commissioner of Health Dr. Amina Mohammad Baloni confirmed that they have been dragged to the isolation centre.

Baloni’s ministry had declared the two persons missing.

Government wanted them to come for treatment at the isolation centre.

Read Also: NCDC Creating Fears To Market Coronavirus – Nigerians

In a statement on Sunday, Baloni warned that it is illegal and dangerous for Covid-19 patients to switch off their phones and make themselves inaccessible to health authorities after being …

Horror - Mob Kills 3 In Adamawa Rampage

Horror: Mob Kills 3 In Adamawa Rampage

May 10, 2020 10:58 am
Adamawa Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of three suspected criminals by a  mob in Yola, the capital of the state.
DSP Suleiman Nguroje, Spokesman, Adamawa Police Command said that the three persons were suspected members of group called Shila Boys.
Nguroje said that the incident occurred at 9.00p.m. on Saturday in Nassarawo area of Jimeta.
”We received a distress call  that Shila Boys attacked and robbed some people and were later attacked by a mob while attempting to escape.
“Our personnel, who arrived at the scene later, met the suspects in a pool of their blood; they were
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Again, Cross River Govt Intercept Almajiris At Border

Again, Cross River Govt Intercept Almajiris At Border

May 10, 2020 6:00 am
Another group of Almajiris intercepted at the Gakem-Benue border have been returned back to the North by the Cross River State Government.

The almajiris numbering over 50 from the North were on Saturday morning apprehended.

Africa Daily News gathered that after interrogations, they were returned back at the Gakem – Benue State border by the combined team of the police, civil defence, peace corps, vigilantes, border task force team and some youths leaders.

Read Also: Almajiri System: A Self Inflicted Injury Of The North

The Cross River’s Commissioner for Youths & Skills Acquisitions, Hon Signor Omang Idiege said that the

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Devil Pushed Me To Defile Four Children – Randy Pastor

Devil Pushed Me To Defile Four Children – Randy Pastor

May 9, 2020 7:58 am

A 48-year-old randy pastor, Otobong Emerson, who allegedly abused four children, aged between six and 11, has blamed the act on the devil.

The suspect was to said to have repeatedly had carnal knowledge of the kids between December 2019 and February 2020.

He was said to have confessed his illicit act to the General Overseer of his church, who later handed him over to the police for investigation and prosecution.

He said: “it is the work of the devil, he pushed me because I just find myself sleeping with the girls.

“I felt guilty every time I did it. …

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