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Gunmen attacked the Isu and Onicha-Igboeze communities in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Thursday, killing at least ten people, including two police officers. Two police officers are said to have been killed in Isu, while others were killed in Onicha Igboeze. During the incident, two lawyers were also alleged to have been killed by the shooters. The two lawyers were in a vehicle when they were approached by shooters in a Lexus SUV, according to reports. The intruders were reported to have slain the lawyers, set fire to the SUV they were driving, and then fled with the lawyers’ vehicle. Gunmen and alleged security officers are said to have killed people in Onicha in the last three months. Last month, a woman and daughter of a monarch in the area, Elizabeth Agwu,…
During a shootout with agents of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, a suspected kidnapper was slain by a member of his gang. According to reports, the deceased, named as Funmi Adenuoye, was accidentally shot dead by his colleague, Kunle, while attempting to flee from Amotekun Corps troops pursuing them during a kidnapping operation. The deceased and two of his gang members, Kunle and Tayo Ibrahim, were also said to have abducted a 58-year-old cement merchant, Alhaji Shakirudeen, in Ogun State on Wednesday. According to a source, the three kidnappers drove their victim to Okitipupa, Ondo State, with the purpose of negotiating a ransom there. The Amotekun Corps, on the other hand, struck and arrested Ibrahim, while Kunle fled.The Amotekun Corps was believed to be on the lookout for the kidnappers. “Our trustworthy intelligence network picked that certain criminals are driving carelessly,” said Amotekun Commander Chief Adetunji Adeleye. We didn’t know what was in the truck at the time, but their driving suggested concerns. So we set up an ambush for them in Ondo State’s Okitipupa area and apprehended them. “They engaged our men in a shootout and we were able to…
The Police in Zamfara State have rescued 187 people abducted and held captive by bandits in Tsibiri Forest in Maradun…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared Wednesday’s Nasarawa State local government council poll. Mr Ayuba Wandai, Chairman of the…
The last may not have been heard about the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State and the legal battles that…
The Federal Government has applauded the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for suspending its nationwide strike, adding it has…
President Buhari has presented a budget of N16.39 trillion for the 2022 fiscal year titled budget of economic growth and…
The Imo State Government has commenced “Exercise Golden Dawn,” an initiative of the Nigerian Armed Forces, in order to curb…
The Federal Government has declared its readiness to borrow from both local and foreign sources to finance the N6.258 trillion…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has reacted to the threat by the federal government to declare a state of…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has come hard on the Federal Government over its threat to impose a…
A US federal judge has declared it unlawful for the State Department to use travel bans issued to prevent the…
As the political atmosphere in Nigeria is beginning to heat up ahead of the 2023 presidential election, with who succeeds…
Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, and others are expected to be arraigned next week Tuesday in connection with the alleged murder of Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV. The Lagos State Government will arraign Chidinma before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island. She, alongside her sister, Egbuchu Chioma, from whom the late Ataga’s iPhone 7 was alleged to have been found, and another person, Adedapo Quadri, will be prosecuted on a nine-count accusation. Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), filed the 9-count complaint on August 31st. In count one, Chidinma and Adedapo were charged with conspiring to…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has called on Nigerians…
Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco reached a $2 trillion valuation as it hit near record levels Wednesday during trading hours.…
The Zamfara State Urban and Regional Planning Board (ZURPB) has marked the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and…
The Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not allow the Southeast to…
Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, on Tuesday accused Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq…
