Month: January 2021
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Lagos Kicks off Community Policing With 1,250 Specially Trained Constabularies
Lagos State government on Tuesday kicked off the much-anticipated community policing with the graduation of 1,250 specially trained Constabularies from the Police College, Ikeja. The graduates, pooled from parts of the state were made to go through a series of training which would equip them to be able to assist the police in combating crime.…
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Man Arrested for Defiling 13-year-old Daughter in Ogun
A 45-year-old Man, Akanji Oluwaseyi, has been arrested by officers of Nigeria Police Force for forcefully having carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter. The command let this out in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who said the arrest was effected followed a complaint by the victim who reported at Obantoko divisional headquarters…
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Man Who Used Proceeds From Sales Of Human Parts To Drink Beer Arrested in Iwo
A murder suspect, Tajudeen Monsuru, 30, involved in Iwo ritual killings has confessed that proceeds from sales of human parts are used to drink beer during his leisure hours. Fielding questions from journalists while he was paraded along with other suspected criminals at the State Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday, he…
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731 Batch ‘B’ NYSC Members Test Positive for COVID-19
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja. According…
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Woman Bags ‘Man Of The Year’ Award in Imo
A former Oxfam Country Director in Nigeria, Lesley Agams, has been given “Man of The Year” award in Umuaka, a community in Imo state. Umuaka Times declared Lesley Agams the Man of the Year for Umuaka community in recognition of her “intervention programs in building the capacity of Umuaka women.” A woman has never held…
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NERC Approves Review of Electricity Tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved a minor review of electricity tariff for Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), increasing electricity cost for consumers under the franchise area. IBEDC franchise area includes Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara and parts of Niger, Ekiti and Kogi states. NERC in an order (NERC/225/2020) signed by its Chairman, Sanusi…
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Polytechnic Staff Begins 14-Day Warning Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP, has embarked on a 14-day warning strike starting from Jan. 4 to press home their demands. The directives to embark on the strike is contained in a release signed by the Acting National Secretary of the association, Comrade Emmanuel Enyiegor on Monday in Calabar. The association said…
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How Man Gruesomely Murdered 17-year-old Boy For Ritual in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old suspect Musa Hamza for the gruesome ritual murder of a 17-year-old boy, Adamu Ibrahim. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, January 4, 2021, said that detectives of Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters, arrested Musa Hamza, of…
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Pastor Detained Over Disappearance of Female Varsity Student in Port Harcourt
Miss Beauty Sorbari Nwigbaranee, a 20- year- old student of the Department of Education, Rivers State University 📸 The News
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Amotekun Commandant Clears Air On What Happened Between Personnel, Police Officer
The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network, codenamed, Amotekun, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), has cleared the air on the circumstances surrounding how one of his officers, Ibrahim Ogundele, shot and injured a Police officer in Oyo town during the new year carnival. Olayanju made the clarification in a statement released by the media officer of…