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Delta Police Foil Robbery Gangs, Recover Stolen Car, Firearms, Others

Delta Police Foil Robbery Gangs, Recover Stolen Car, Firearms, Others

 By our reporter Apparently beating its chest, Delta State Police Command said it has recorded what it described as a major breakthrough in its fight against armed robbery, recovering a stolen Mercedes Benz GLK, firearms, motorcycles, and an array of stolen valuables in a string of coordinated operations across the South-South state. The operations, ordered by State Commissioner of Police (CP) Olufemi Abaniwonda, also resulted in the arrest of notorious robbery suspects and the neutralizing of criminal threats in Asaba,the state capital, and Ogwashi-Ukwu,a major town in the oil-producing state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent…
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The Very Day I Got Divorced, Trump Asked Me On A Date -Actress

The Very Day I Got Divorced, Trump Asked Me On A Date -Actress

Emma Thompson has accepted Academy Awards, Baftas and even a damehood over a glittering career, but there was one offer she had to turn down. The actor says she once got asked out on a date by Donald Trump on the same day her divorced was confirmed. Thompson said she was in her trailer filming Primary Colors in 1998, a political satire based on Bill Clinton’s presidential rise, when the phone rang. “It was Donald Trump,” Thompson told an audience on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where she received the Leopard Club award for…
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NDLEA Nabs Church GO For Alleged Cross-border Drug Trafficking

NDLEA Nabs Church GO For Alleged Cross-border Drug Trafficking

By our reporter National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a General Overseer (GO), Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye), of a Lagos-based church for alleged trafficking in prohibited hard drugs. According to the agency, the GO had fled the country for months and abandoned his church, allegedly to escape arrest, when he knew of NDLEA's sniffing around into his illegal involvements. The agency said Olasele, who is GO of The Turn of Mercy Church, Ajah, was nabbed for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. A statement by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, today, disclosed…
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Kaduna Partners German Body GIZ For Peace Through Sports

Kaduna Partners German Body GIZ For Peace Through Sports

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with organizations that use sports as a tool to promote peace, unity, and socio-economic development across the state and the nation. State Commissioner for Sports Development, Professor Benjamin Kumai Gugong, disclosed this during a peace-building event held to mark this year’s International Youth Week, organized by the German Cooperation agency, GIZ, themed 'Sport for Development', in Kaduna. Professor Gugong commended the initiative, describing it as a practical step toward fostering peaceful coexistence -a value the state has consistently advocated. “What GIZ is doing is helping us to…
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KWAM 1, Eccentricity And Cult Of The Big Man

KWAM 1, Eccentricity And Cult Of The Big Man

FESTUS ADEDAYO At the risk of being labeled thanatophobic - a preoccupation with death or its anxiety - the grim reality is that, last Tuesday, Nigeria’s music world would have lost veteran Yoruba Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde. Being Muslim, it is in order to say the man popularly known as KWAM 1 would have been buried same Tuesday or early Wednesday. He would have been killed over a mere tiff with an airline official over allegation of carrying liquour on board an aircraft. There is no grimmer way of putting the potential calamity than this. It is a signpost of…
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UK Plans Immediate Deportation Of Convicted Foreign Criminals

UK Plans Immediate Deportation Of Convicted Foreign Criminals

*Ekweremadu Case In View Most foreign criminals convicted by a UK court will be deported immediately, instead of 30% of the way through their prison sentences, under plans announced by the government. Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has proposed a change in legislation that will give the government the power to deport most foreign prisoners as soon as they are convicted and incarcerated. However, foreign terrorists, murderers and other serious offenders who have been given indeterminate sentences will continue to serve their time in the UK before being considered for deportation. It is not clear if this proposal will in any…
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Ogun Govermor Tackles Gbenga Daniel, Denies Allegation Of Witch-hunt

Ogun Govermor Tackles Gbenga Daniel, Denies Allegation Of Witch-hunt

The Ogun State Government has described as a barefaced lie, the allegation of witch-hunt levelled against Govermor Dapo Abiodun by a former governor of the state, Senator Gbenga Daniel. In a statement issued recently, Senator Daniel disclosed that some of his properties were marked for demolition and alleged that he was deliberately being targeted by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Responding in the statement on Saturday, Governor Abiodun's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, said the allegation by Senator Daniel was in bad taste. According to him, it has become a familiar pattern for the Senator to ascribe political…
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Salah Queries UEFA Over Death Of ‘Palestinian Pelé’

Salah Queries UEFA Over Death Of ‘Palestinian Pelé’

Mohamed Salah has criticised UEFA for failing to state how a footballer known as the 'Palestinian Pelé' died in a tribute it posted. Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said. ‘‘Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the ‘Palestinian Pelé’, UEFA posted on X on Friday, August 8. ‘‘A talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times.’’ Salah replied to UEFA’s post today, August 9, saying: “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?” The Liverpool player and…
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Orji Kalu, Ben Murray-Bruce, Mourn Audu Ogbe

Orji Kalu, Ben Murray-Bruce, Mourn Audu Ogbe

Senator Orji Kalu and Senator Ben Murray-Bruce have sent messages of condolences to the family of late former agriculture minister Audu Ogbeh. In separate messages on Saturday, they said the former PDP national Chairman was a man of integrity, a gentleman and an exceptional leader. In his message, Senator Orji Kalu mourned the elder statesman, and described Ogbe as a man of “uncommon wisdom, humility, and integrity.” by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, In a heartfelt condolence message issued on Saturday, Senator Kalu, who represents Abia North Senatorial District, expressed deep sorrow over the loss of Ogbeh, whom he hailed as…
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Gaza: Microsoft Scrambles To Investigate Israeli Military’s Use Of Its Tech

Gaza: Microsoft Scrambles To Investigate Israeli Military’s Use Of Its Tech

*Following Newspaper Report Microsoft is investigating how Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns the company’s staff in Israel may have concealed key details about its work on sensitive military projects. Senior executives are scrambling to assess what data Unit 8200 holds in Azure after a UK Guardian investigation revealed how the spy agency has used the cloud platform to store a vast collection of intercepted Palestinian mobile phone calls. The joint investigation with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call found Unit 8200 has used a customised and…
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