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Police rescue Nigerian woman sold for N770,000 in Mali

Police rescue Nigerian woman sold for N770,000 in Mali

By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force has rescued a 21-year-old Nigerian woman trafficked to Mali and forced into prostitution, arresting three suspected members of an international human trafficking syndicate. The operation was carried out by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad, Force Intelligence Department (STS-FID), following an intelligence-led investigation into the trafficking network. The […]
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LAND WAR: Panic as ex-LG chair, councillor, leaders trade blows in Delta

LAND WAR: Panic as ex-LG chair, councillor, leaders trade blows in Delta

LEADERS and youths of Otonyasere and Abigborodo communities in Sapele and Warri North local government areas, Delta State, freely used guns, cutlasses, axes and knives, while community leaders, including former local government chairman and serving councillor, exchanged blows in an orgy of violence that rocked both communities, last week, over land.

Timothy Adegoke: Disregard CCTV rumour — Adedoyin’s lawyer urges public

Timothy Adegoke: Disregard CCTV rumour — Adedoyin’s lawyer urges public

One of the lawyers representing the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, has urged members of the public to disregard the latest false alarm by an Ibadan-based blogger, Oriyomi Hamzat that he had gained access to a CCTV footage showing how Timothy Adegoke, the OAU Masters degree student, was allegedly murdered at Hilton Hotel.

Zamfara Killings: Buhari working to crush banditry, insurgency ― APC

Zamfara Killings: Buhari working to crush banditry, insurgency ― APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is working to crush banditry and insurgency in the country. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), gave the assurance in a statement while reacting to the recent killings in Zamfara […]

INSECURITY: Assist us in policing, DPO begs Nigerians

INSECURITY: Assist us in policing, DPO begs Nigerians

By Festus Ahon – Asaba The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ogwashi-Uku division, CSP Na- Allah Mohammed has urged Nigerians to assist the police in the task of policing the country.  Mohammed stated this during the house warming ceremony of the Chairman MIO construction company limited, Mr Meshack Ikechukwu Odide. The Police boss in a statement […]

Traders protest alleged imposition of chairman by Ondo monarch

Traders protest alleged imposition of chairman by Ondo monarch

By Dayo Johnson – Akure  Spare parts traders in Akure, the Ondo state capital have protested against the alleged imposition of a chairman, Kayode Olorunfemi, by the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi. The traders in Mojere market who kicked against the imposition said Olorunfemi had spent eleven years in the position and should vacate the […]