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Sleaze in the season of subsidy
By Taylor and Ali Simon Kolawole After years upon years of legal back and forth, a special offences court in Lagos state recently jailed two subsidy fraudsters. Mamman, son of…
APA WOMEN PROTEST OVER FULANI HERDSMEN KILLINGS
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI There is an ongoing protest march sweeping through Apa Local Government Area of Benue State today as hundreds of women under the banner “Voice of the Hopeless…
OCHETOHA K’IDOMA CONDEMNS BRUTAL ATTACKS ON EDIKWU ANKPALI COMMUNITY BY SUSPECTED HERDSMEN
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI The Ochetoha K’Idoma National Forum expresses its profound outrage and deep sorrow over the recent violent attack on the Edikwu Ankpali community in Apa Local Government Area…
Ondo popular musician, comfort Omoge’s grandson murdered
Prince Ogo Omoge, a grandson of a popular musician, late Mrs Comfort Omoge, has been gruesomely murdered in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa council area of Ondo State. Reports…
Lagos man in court for impregnating step-daughter
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Thursday, heard how a father, Adewunmi Ajayi, allegedly had unlawful sexual intercourse with his underage step-daughter. An Investigating Police Officer,…
Nigerians Raise Voices Against Prison Detention Of Juveniles Without Trial
FROM NGOZI ONYEAKUSI … Urge FG to decongest correctional centres, juvenile prisons The Federal Government has been urged to take extra measures in reducing the number of Nigerians languishing in…
NDLEA Intercepts Indian Lady With 72 Parcels Of Heroin In Chocolate Wraps
. Recovers tramadol pills concealed in gas cylinder, cocaine, skunk in Kano, Lagos raids Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian…
Terrorism: Presidency mum, DHQ thrilled over arrest of Simon Ekpa, four others
The Defence Headquarters was yesterday excited over the arrest of the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Simon Ekpa, and four others by the government of Finland…
Budget Padding, Contract Scams, Threats To Zonal Intervention Projects … ICPC
… urges citizens to provide information, hold leaders accountable By Ngozi Onyeakusi The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu…
IGP Says Cop Murdered In Protests, Puts Officers On Red Alert
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says a policeman was murdered while on duty during the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests on Thursday. At a briefing in Abuja, the police…
