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SOUTH- EAST - Angry youths of Ihitte/Uboma in Imo State, on Tuesday burnt down the police station in the community following the killing of two siblings by a policeman in thecommunity. According to eyewitnesses, the brother and sister were killed at Isiweke by a yet-to-be-identified policeman. The angry youths have also dumped the bodies of the victims at the police station, seeking justice. As at the time of filing this report, all efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer in Imo state, Mr. Orlando proved abortive.

Many residents of polytechnic community Ozoro in Isoko North council area of Delta state have been left in a state of panic after the corpse of a woman beheaded inside an uncompleted building and used for money ritual was discovered. It was gathered that the corpse was found Sunday afternoon. The case is suspected to be a ritual case, as blood was reportedly drained from the corpse. Whether the deceased is a native of the community, could not be ascertained, as details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. When contacted, spokesperson for…

Bandits struck yet again in Niger State, taking with them 19 villagers. Two of the female abductees were billed to wed this weekend, The Nation was told. The abduction took place om Monday in Kutunku, a village in Wushishi council area of the state. The gunmen stormed the village on motorcycles shooting as they came. They roughened up some of the villagers, ransacked their homes for cash and foodstuff, and whisked away 19 residents, a source said. The source said the community and the families of the abducted persons were yet to be contacted by the gunmen at press time.…

The Oodua Peoples Congress has alleged discrimination against its members while the arrested Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, is being pampered. The OPC sector coordinator, Adedeji Oluwole, in an exclusive interview with Punch on Monday, said he was being threatened and haunted by policemen for committing no crime. IGP Mohammed Adamu According to him, the OPC has nothing to do with an arson attack on the house of the Fulani warlord, Wakili, after he was arrested on Sunday at his residence between the Kajola and Ayete areas of Ibarapaland in Oyo State. The OPC also said no one was killed when…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City the Edo state capital has set aside the jugdement of the High Court which nullified the candidacy of the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2020 Edo governorship election, Audu Ganiyu and governorship candidate in that poll, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The high court had in the judgement delivered on 6th January 2021 held that Ganiyu had submitted false information to the independent national electoral commission, INEC, in his form ec9. In delivering judgement on three separate appeals filed against the judgement by Osagie Ize—Iyamu, Audu Ganiyu and the APC,…

Dare devil gunmen whose identity can not be verified have attacked and kidnapped a Police officer with the Edo State Police Command, IgbereTV reports. Eyewitnesses said the unknown gunmen broke into the Benin residence of the victim, identified as ASP Clement Amoko, in the early hours of Sunday and whisked him away. He was reportedly taken away in the presence of his wife and children. More details to follow.  

Dr. Sani Abdullah Shinkafi, leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Zamfara State has accused APC leaders in the State of offering 56 million naira to bandits to refuse the release of Jangebe abducted girls. He said that their aim was to sabotage the peace effort of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. Shinkafi, who was the 2019 governorship candidate of APGA in Zamfara State, made the allegation during a press briefing. “I, therefore, challenge politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties to subject their telephone numbers to security checks since I am confident that the story that will…

The Global President of One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor, has felicitated with women all over the world in this year's International Women's Day. Eholor, in a statement on behalf of One Love Foundation, urged women to promote family values and patriotism to end the scourge of insecurity affection Nigeria. The vocal social crusader also advised those in position of authority to be gender sensitive by promoting equality in leadership positions. "On behalf of One Love Foundation, I congratulate women all over the world especially those in Nigeria on the occasion of this year's Women's Day. "This important occasion…

The Presidency on Sunday said cleared air on viral reports of fire outbreak which was recorded inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja as being reported in some quarters. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the clarification in a statement titled "Bush fire incident recorded outside villa perimeter." An online medium had reported on Saturday evening that a fire outbreak was reported at the Presidential Villa, causing confusion among workers in the seat of power. But Shehu said the fire that broke out happened "between the outer wire fence and walls surrounding the Villa."…

Around midnight on Sunday, Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, where internally displaced persons from Abadam local government area of northern Borno were being camped. Zulum immediately sealed entrance and supervise a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in order to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced, who spend day times at IDP camps to share food meant for IDPs, and towards the night, they return to their homes to sleep, with some of benefiting from other means through which the state…