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Month: June 2019

Ghana Immigration deports 17 Nigeria’s Yahoo boys for cybercrime

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has deported 17 out of 29 persons arrested in Ho, the Volta Regional capital for their alleged involvement in cyber crimes, known in Nigeria as ‘yahoo, yahoo’. According to The Ghanaian Times, the Nigerians were handed over to the GIS for screening, following their arrest to determine their immigration status….

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Police arraigns man for stealing Bible, phone in church

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Eniola Kareem, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Bible and phone worth N2,500 from Word Life Bible Church, Ayobo, Lagos. Kareem, who resides at No. 22, Ijesha St., Ayobo in Lagos, is charged with theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Samuel Mishozumu, told the court…

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3 LASU students suspended for alleged rape, cultism

The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun has approved indefinite suspension of three students for alleged rape and cultism. The institution’s spokesperson, Mr Ademola Adekoya, in a statement on Wednesday, said the students, are Akanbi Oloyede, Tobiloba Olutade and Afeez Ogunbowale. According to the statement, Oloyede and Olutade were suspended for involvement in…

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Pandemonium in Taraba as 5 persons killed, several houses burnt

No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed on Tuesday while several houses burnt in a fresh crisis between the Tivs and Jukuns in Rafinkada Village of Wukari local government area of Taraba. Mr. Daniel Adidas, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Council confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the newsmen in Jalingo….

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14 suspected killers of Alex Badeh arrested

About 14 suspects suspected killers of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh by Detectives from the Defence Headquarters, (DHQ ) Abuja, and the Department of State Services (DSS). The suspects were reportedly arrested by a Joint Investigative Panel which was inaugurated by the Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi…

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South West governors seek solution to security challenges in the region

The governors of the six states in the South West Zone on Tuesday met in Ibadan at a security summit where they sought solutions to the lingering security challenges in the zone. The summit, which focused on Western Nigeria, was organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) in collaboration with the six governors….

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Man in Anambra sold his 3-month old baby for N150,000

A 27-year-old man, identified as Chukwuma Enemuo has allegedly sold his three-day-old baby boy for N150,000 in Anambra State, Punch has reported. It was gathered that the baby was his first child. The incident occurred in Ozubulu in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. A source said the man who conspired with a…

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Sad! 18 year-old bride dies 3 weeks after her wedding

Chinwendy Promise Ifeabunandu, 18, has died just three weeks after her wedding. Late Chinwendu got married to Chukwuebuka Ifeabunandu on April 28 and died on May 19, after a brief illness. When he was asked about the circumstance surrounding Chinwendu’s death, her brother Nwakanwa Okafor, simply wrote “unexpected death” Chinwendu will be laid to rest…

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15 Northern bandits arrested in Ibadan

Not less than 15 suspected bandits from the northern part of the country have been arrested by Oyo state police department on Monday at Akinyele town in Ibadan. According to the traditional ruler of Akinyele town, Chief James Oluyemi Adeniran, he noted that almost 200 of them were conveyed from Kebbi state to the bush…

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Wife of LG chairman, two others shot by bandit in Kebbi

Some suspected bandits have shot the wife of Bunza Local Council Chairman, a policeman and a member of the local vigilance group at Zogirma community in Kebbi State after a botched kidnap attempt. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the three victims are currently at the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Centre,…

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