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Police rescue abducted Benue Varsity lecturer

Police rescue abducted Benue Varsity lecturer

The Police Command in Benue on Thursday rescued Dr Godwin Kwanga of Geography Department, Benue State University, who was kidnapped on Tuesday in Makurdi. This is contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene, and made available to newsmen in Makurdi. According to the statement, Kwanga was kidnapped at about […]

Man, 26, docked for allegedly stealing two iPhone

Man, 26, docked for allegedly stealing two iPhone

A 26-year-old man, Saheed Agbaje, who allegedly stole two iPhone 11, valued at N900, 000, was on Thursday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Agbaje, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a count charge of stealing. He pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him by the police. Earlier, […]

Commercial boat crushes canoe, injures fisherman

Commercial boat crushes canoe, injures fisherman

A commercial boat collided with a boat on Topo waterways in Badagry area of Lagos State on Thursday and injured a fisherman. Mr Sunday Ayedogbon, Chairman, Association of Badagry Fishermen, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the fisherman was fishing when the boat capsized his canoe. Ayedogbon said the fisherman, who […]

Construction firm’s excavation destroys 97-yr-old Enugu waterworks

Construction firm’s excavation destroys 97-yr-old Enugu waterworks

By Dennis Agbo The excavation activities of Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, at Akama- Ngwo, from where the company sources sand for construction of roads in Enugu State, has damaged the Iva Waterworks, the oldest water supply source to Enugu metropolis. It was built by the colonial government in 1924. The destruction has subsequently cut off […]

Troops arrest 81 bandits, rescue 33 victims in N/West — DHQ

Troops arrest 81 bandits, rescue 33 victims in N/West — DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested no fewer than 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made the disclosure while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces across […]