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Missing child: Sotitobire opens defence

Missing child: Sotitobire opens defence

Trial of the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, over the disappearance of a oneyear- old boy, Gold Kolawole, from his church last year, resumed yesterday with the prophet opening his defence. Opening…

Robber kills colleague in Ondo

Robber kills colleague in Ondo

An armed robber was yesterday shot dead by his colleague during a robbery operation at Okitipupa, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The killing was said to be accidental while the robbers…

Wadume: Re-inventing the Apo Six killing

Wadume: Re-inventing the Apo Six killing

On August 6, 2019, policemen attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) embarked on a journey to Taraba State, to arrest an alleged wanted kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala, otherwise known…

Customs intercepts 3,122 rounds of live ammunition, 2,682 bags of foreign rice in Imo

Customs intercepts 3,122 rounds of live ammunition, 2,682 bags of foreign rice in Imo

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 3,122 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition and other contraband items confiscated since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown came to a…

Court forfeits N250m diverted from NDDC to FG

Court forfeits N250m diverted from NDDC to FG

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of N250 million allegedly diverted from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Federal Government. The order was sequel…

Niger to reactivate website portal with N41m

Niger to reactivate website portal with N41m

Niger State government on Thursday said the reactivation of its website portal will cost N41million. The government said when reactivated, the website ease ways of carrying out businesses with both private and corporate bodies in…

Gunmen kidnap three persons in Abuja community

Gunmen kidnap three persons in Abuja community

Unknown gunmen have allegedly struck again at Pegi Community in Kuje Area Council, kidnapping about three persons who were yet to be identified. This came barely few months after nine persons were kidnapped and a…

Cousins remanded for Maersk’s MD’s wife’s rape, murder

Cousins remanded for Maersk’s MD’s wife’s rape, murder

Justice Modupe Nico-Clay of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday remanded two cousins in prison custody for the rape and murder of a Hungarian woman, Mrs. Bernadette Tohouo-Tohouo. Bernadette (44), wife of a…

Shi’ites protest killings in the North

Shi’ites protest killings in the North

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise called Shiites yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Kano to condemn the incessant killings in the country especially in Zamfara and Katsina states. One of the organisers…

Flood claims two, destroys 220 houses in Niger

Flood claims two, destroys 220 houses in Niger

At least two persons lost their lives while three others were seriously injured after a heavy rainfall caused flood in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. The flood, which sacked 780 people, also affected…