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Strive to be financially independent, CEHRD advises Bayelsa women

Strive to be financially independent, CEHRD advises Bayelsa women

In a bid to pull Bayelsa women out of poverty, a non-governmental  organisation, known as Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), at the week encouraged the women to get themselves empowered financially in…

Ortom, PDP using brute force, litigations to muzzle opposition – APC

Ortom, PDP using brute force, litigations to muzzle opposition – APC

PDP: You are cheaply crying wolf Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend, accused Governor Samuel Ortom and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of using what it called…

Police rearrest fleeing Ibadan serial killer, Shodipe

Police rearrest fleeing Ibadan serial killer, Shodipe

  Fleeing Ibadan, Oyo State serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has been rearrested. Shodipe, 19, escaped from police custody on August 11, after confessing to killing no fewer than five persons in Akinyele Local Government Area…

Onipokia tussle: I never congratulated Oba Yisa – Chief Obanla

Onipokia tussle: I never congratulated Oba Yisa – Chief Obanla

  Taiwo Jimoh Chief Obanla Oteni, the head of family of Oteni Dodo, Ruling House, in Ipokia Local Government Area in Ogun State has denied congratulating the newly installed Oba Yisa Olaniyan on a radio…

JUST IN: Fire guts foam factory in Lagos

JUST IN: Fire guts foam factory in Lagos

  A factory belonging to Teju Foam in the Ilupeju area of Lagos State has been gutted by fire. It was learnt that the fire broke out around 7 .30 pm on Friday. While the…

Land dispute: Gbagede community triumphs in court

Land dispute: Gbagede community triumphs in court

The Onigbagede of Gbagede community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Abdulhakeem Kayode Ishola, has ordered all illegal occupants of landed property belonging to the community to vacate them forthwith or face…

Bayelsa: CP inaugurates special squad to mop-up illegal firearms

Bayelsa: CP inaugurates special squad to mop-up illegal firearms

The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police Mike Okoli at the weekend sought the collaboration of vigilant groups to curb crime in the state. This was consequent upon the directive of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)…

Benue APC lawmaker remanded for alleged criminal conspiracy, robbery

Benue APC lawmaker remanded for alleged criminal conspiracy, robbery

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr. Isaac Ajim, Friday remanded Hon. Jonathan Agbidye of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in prison custody for alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and abduction. Hon. Agbidye,…

Kano: Police rescue man ‘locked up for 30 years’

Kano: Police rescue man ‘locked up for 30 years’

  The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, rescued a 55-year-old man allegedly confined for 30 years in a solitary room by his relatives. The victim, alleged to be mentally challenged, was found tied to…

Arotile: Court frees two suspected killer’s friends

Arotile: Court frees two suspected killer’s friends

A Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna yesterday set free two of the three suspected killers of Nigeria’s first female fighter helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. But the first suspect, Nehemiah Adejor, who drove the car…