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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:14:41 +0000Tension As Gunmen Attack Police Station In Akwa Ibom, Kill Policeman
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The Ini Divisional station in Odoro Ikpe, Akwa Ibom State was attacked by unknown gunmen, on Sunday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon confirmed the attack.
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:07:30 +0000
EFCC Arrests Fake Witch Doctor Over N250 Million Scam In Ogun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (aka Awise), the leader of the alleged deadly syndicate of ‘juju’ scammers that operates from a shrine at Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:29:03 +0000
Fans Unfollow Gospel Singer, Tope Alabi On Instagram For Criticising A Fellow Artiste's Song
No fewer than 300 social media users have unfollowed popular Gospel musician, Tope Alabi, over comments condemning a song by an up-and-coming gospel artiste, Yinka Alaseyori. The song which described God as ‘Oniduro’, meaning a gu...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:08:17 +0000
Twitter Ban: Stop Crackdown On Human Rights, Reverse Directive, CSOs Blast Nigerian Government
A coalition of 70 civil society organisations has condemned the decision of the federal government to suspend Twitter's operations in Nigeria.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported how the government banned the microblogging site for allegedl...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:59:01 +0000
IPOB Lawyer Seeks UK Intervention Over Assassination Attempt on His Life By Nigerian Army, Police
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An attorney for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor has called for the intervention of the British Government over the assassination attempt on his life and invasion of his ancestral home at Oraifite in...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:45:51 +0000
Bring Prophet T. B. Joshua's Body Home For Burial, Ondo Youths Tell Family Of Late Cleric
Some youths in Ondo State have called on the government to consider immortalising the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet T. B. Joshua, by naming an institution after th...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 19:44:47 +0000
#Oniduromi Challenge Trends On Twitter As Nigerians Blast Gospel Artiste, Tope Alabi For Condemning Alaseyori's Song
Popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has come under heavy criticism for condemning a song by an upcoming gospel artiste, Yinka Alaseyori.
Alaseyori, in one of her songs, described God as her (spiritual) guarantor or advocate.
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 17:15:32 +0000
Ghanaian Man Strangles 25-year-old Nigerian Ex-Girlfriend To Death With Her Braids In Italy
The police in Milan, Italy have arrested a Ghanaian, George Kyeremeh, for allegedly killing his Nigerian ex-girlfriend identified as Blessing Tunde.
The 34-year-old suspect was arrested in the early hours of Friday, by the homicide team of C...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 17:09:36 +0000
How SWAT Police Officers Profile Young Men, Extort From Them In Port Harcourt — Artiste Shares Ugly Experience
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A young man, Onwuzuruike Lukeson Oguchi, has shared his experience with members of the Special Weapons And Tactics Squad, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force which replaced the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery...
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 17:06:52 +0000
Hunters Nab Bandits Who Turned Kogi Forest Into Indian Hemp Farm
Some hunters in the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State have arrested four bandits who turned a forest within the Okene-Lokoja road into an Indian hemp farm.
The hunters, in a night raid, also destroyed the Indian hemp farm belonging t...