Commuters stranded as floods cut off Agbarho/Ughelli road
THE three days heavy downpour has caused severe flooding of parts of the Agbarho/Ughelli Road in Ughelli North Area Area of Delta State, cutting off parts of the road, particularly around the Agbarho Police Station, making the route difficult and the section nearly impossible to pass.
Ondo herbal drink tragedy: 48 dead, five blinded, 182 critically ill – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed the death of 48 persons following the consumption of locally prepared alcoholic and herbal concoctions in Ondo State, with 182 others critically ill.
Anambra Court jails native doctor ‘Eke Hit’ 12 years
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA — An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has sentenced a native doctor, Ekene Igboekweze, popularly known as “Eke Hit,” to 12 years’ imprisonment for offences arising from alleged kidnapping, protective charms and money rituals. Justice Jude Obiora sentenced Igboekweze to six years’ imprisonment on each of two counts, with […]
Deaths in custody: FG suspends 20 NSCDC officers, sets up probe panel
“Any attempt to destroy or conceal evidence, intimidate witnesses or obstruct the investigation will be treated as a serious offence”
3 Abia policemen arrested over extortion of 200 victims via ‘sting operations’; 4 at large
The officers targeted patent medicine dealers and proprietors of maternity homes, sezing pharmaceutical products, money and other valuables
Are APC governors politically lazy and fraudsters?
“It is all of that; influence, intrigues, rivalry which is normal in politics. Another name for politics is intrigue which we’re used to”
