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  • NHRC cautions against mob actions, dehumanisation

    NHRC cautions against mob actions, dehumanisation

    The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Ebonyi has condemned the dehumanisation of a woman, Mrs. Ifeoma Onovo, for allegedly poisoning her neighbour. Mr. Christopher Okorie, NHRC Coordinator in the state, condemned the act, describing it as “wickedness” to mankind. Okorie encouraged people not to take laws into their own hands in anything but to follow the rule of law.…

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  • Police arrest robbery suspect who allegedly killed a cop in Ogun

    Police arrest robbery suspect who allegedly killed a cop in Ogun

    A 35-year-old suspected armed robber who allegedly killed a policeman at Ifo in Ogun has been arrested in Lagos, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, has confirmed. Fayoade told newsmen on Wednesday, while parading the suspect and 59 others in Lagos, that the suspect also stole another policeman’s rifle in Abeokuta and was declared wanted with…

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  • Okuama killing: Remains of 17 soldiers arrive cemetery

    Okuama killing: Remains of 17 soldiers arrive cemetery

    The remains of 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have arrived at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, for burial. The bodies, which arrived at about 2:26 on Wednesday, were conveyed by the military ambulance emergency vehicles and FCT ambulance emergency services, among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu…

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  • Troops neutralise terrorists, recover arms in Borno, Katsina

    Troops neutralise terrorists, recover arms in Borno, Katsina

    Troops of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with Hybrid Forces have neutralised some terrorists and recovered arms, ammunition and rustled cattle in Borno and Katsina States. The Nigerian army made this known in a post on its official X handle on Wednesday. The post said the operations were carried out on identified Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa…

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  • German teenager allegedly kills parents, brother in knife attack

    German teenager allegedly kills parents, brother in knife attack

    A 19-year-old German boy has been accused of killing his parents and brother with a knife and seriously wounding his sister, the police and public prosecutor announced on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the Waldshut District, close to Germany’s border with Switzerland, on Tuesday evening. The parents, who were 58 and 61 years old, respectively, died at the scene, a…

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  • Man docked for allegedly stealing truck head valued N3m

    Agency hails life sentence for man who defiled 5-year-old girl

    The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has hailed the life sentence passed on a man, Ugochukwu Onuoha, for defiling his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter. The agency, in a post shared on its verified X handle, @LSdsva, on Wednesday, said, Justice had been served after the court found the defendant guilty of the offense and was consequently sentenced. ”The…

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  • Injury toll rises to 360 in Moscow’s concert terror attack

    Injury toll rises to 360 in Moscow’s concert terror attack

    The number of injuries from last week’s terror attack on Crocus City Hall in a suburb of Moscow has risen to 360, local media reported today. The TASS news agency, citing the Federal Disaster Medicine Center, reported this morning that 360 people, including 11 children, were injured as a result of the terrorist attack. According to the centre, 92 people…

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  • NAF destroys several illegal refining sites, berges in Rivers

    NAF destroys several illegal refining sites, berges in Rivers

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of ”Operation Delta Safe” has destroyed several illegal oil refining sites and barges laden with stolen crude oil products across rivers. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information (NAF), AVM Edward Gabkwet, on Wednesday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the sites and barges destroyed were discovered…

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  • NAF at 60: CAS celebrates achievement

    NAF at 60: CAS celebrates achievement

    As the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) prepares for its 60th anniversary in April, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, says one of the achievements so far worthy of being celebrated is having 30 aircraft in its fleet. Abubakar asserted this on Tuesday during a two-day working visit to Sam Ethnan Air Force Base Ikeja and other…

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  • Tinubu makes new appointments in NSA’s office

    Tinubu makes new appointments in NSA’s office

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new coordinators for the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the new coordinator for…

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  • EFCC recovers N7.8m for BIPC-MD

    EFCC recovers N7.8m for BIPC-MD

    The management of Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC) said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N7.8 million belonging to the company. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of BIPC, Dr. Raymond Asemakaha, disclosed this on Tuesday in Makurdi. Asemakaha said the recovery was due to past officers of the company who engaged in…

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  • Ododo applauds security operatives over rescue of 43 abducted travellers in Kogi

    Ododo applauds security operatives over rescue of 43 abducted travellers in Kogi

    Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi on Tuesday commended security operatives for the rescue of 43 travelers in the state who were recently abducted in neighbouring Edo State. The governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, in Lokoja, described the feat as apt and tactical. “This successful rescue of the abducted bus passengers in Okehi Local…

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  • Russia`s security council accuses Ukraine of concert attack

    Russia`s security council accuses Ukraine of concert attack

    Despite the credible claims by Islamist terrorists, the Secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has accused Ukraine of the attack near Moscow last Friday. He was asked by journalists on Tuesday whether the Islamic State terrorist militia or Ukraine was behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall, which left at least 139 dead. Patrushev replied…

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  • Police rescue kidnap victims chained in Katsina Forest

    Police rescue kidnap victims chained in Katsina Forest

    Police in Katsina State have rescued five people suspected of having been kidnapped while traveling from Abuja to Zamfara. Police spokesman ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu confirmed the rescue when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. He said a police patrol team rescued the victims on Monday from Katsina Forest in Kankara Local Government Area,…

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  • Fund: Ojikutu urges FG to prioritise aeronautical services

    Fund: Ojikutu urges FG to prioritise aeronautical services

    Retired Group Capt. John Ojikutu, a former military commandant at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to prioritise aeronautical services over non-aeronautical services. Ojikutu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, against the backdrop of the Renewed Hope Infrastructural Development Fund approved by President Bola Tinubu.   He said that…

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  • Vehicle roadworthiness judgment not binding on FCT – DRTS spokesman

    Vehicle roadworthiness judgment not binding on FCT – DRTS spokesman

    The FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) says the Appeal Court judgment delivered in Delta, which exempted private vehicles from obtaining roadworthiness certificates, will not be binding in the territory. Mr. Kalu Emetu, Head, Public Relations and Enlightenment of DRTS, made the position of the service known in an interview with the news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday…

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  • Police neutralise 3 suspected armed robbers, nab 1 in A’Ibom

    Police neutralise 3 suspected armed robbers, nab 1 in A’Ibom

    The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has neutralised three suspected armed robbers and arrested one while robbing at NDDC Hall/National Museum, Ikot Inyang village in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Odiko Macdon, and made available to newsmen in Uyo…

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