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Jun

04

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Angry HURIWA Blasts ‘Absentee’ Uzodimma Over Herdsmen’s Multiple Killings In Imo,Berates Local Security Chiefs

News

*Demands Comprehensive Overhaul Of Security Measures Or Permission For Residents To Bear Arms In Self-defence *Urges Residents Never To Surrender Lands To Terrorists *Mum's The Word From Govt House Owerri By our reporter Tasking Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State to provide effective leadership and stamp out the incessant attacks and killings of the state's citizens by those it described as armed Fulani terrorists masquerading as herders, prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has absolutely condemned the "intolerable crime" of the brutal killing of an Imo citizen who had just returned from the United…

Jun

04

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Doom For Four Suspected Kidnappers In Warri, Oborevwori Commissions Projects

News

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri Following peaceful protests against incessant kidnappings and killings, police and hunters in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, in the early hours of today gunned down four suspected kidnappers perceived to be killer herdsmen. The development took place in Abraka community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area (LGA) of the State. They recovered one AK47 rifle from the suspects. At the time of this report, the lifeless bodies of the suspects were seen lying at the Abraka Police Division. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent (SP) Bright Edafe, was yet to reply to Short Message Service (SMS) and…

Jun

04

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

BREAKING! In New Bill, Enugu Govt Cracks Down On Illicit Spiritualists, Bandits, Kidnappers

BREAKING

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has transmitted an Executive Bill to the State House of Assembly to checkmate criminal activities among native doctors, herbalists and related persons in the state. The proposed legislation, entitled 'Maintenance of Internal Security, Vigilance and Order', also outlaws money rituals otherwise known as ‘okite’, and criminal bulletproof charms otherwise known as ‘odeshi.' It equally outlaws illegal use or occupation of forests and property for criminal activities. By the provisions of Section 3 (1), “Every person who engages in the practice or rendering of spiritual services within the state, whether…

Jun

04

2025

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UK Visa Scam: Felix Ewulum Dragged To Court

BREAKING

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, arraigned one Felix Chimezie Ewulum on an 11-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents and forgery to the tune of N23,500,280 (Twenty-Three Million, Five Hundred Naira Two Hundred and Eighty kobo) before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Chimeze allegedly promised to help the petitioner obtain a United Kingdom visa, work permit as well as a certificate of sponsorship to travel abroad. He, however, allegedly reneged on his promise…

Jun

04

2025

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EFCC Arrests Fake Journalist, To Arraign Him For Extortion

Entertainment, News

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a fake Journalist, Ernesto Chukwudum Chukwukamma for alleged extortion, impersonation and obtaining N2,000,000.00 ( Two Million Naira) under false pretence to influence the investigation of the sum of $4,500,000,000.00 (Four Billion, Five Hundred Million United States Dollars)alleged Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud. Chukwukamma, 63, was arrested for allegedly threatening the life of a petitioner and receiving financial inducement from him to stop the investigation of $4,500,000,000.00 alleged Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, Fraud. The suspect allegedly presented himself to the petitioner as a journalist attached to the EFCC. He also allegedly informed…

Jun

04

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Video Of Shooting Incident Old, Matter Dealt With Long Ago -Customs

News

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has explained away a viral video of an officer allegedly shooting to death a citizen along Lagos-Benin Expressway. The NSC, in a statement by its National Public Relations Officer (NPRO), Abdullahi Maiwada, on Wednesday, June 4, said the particular incident occurred in 2019 at Shagamu Interchange in Ogun State, adding that the Service took appropriate steps at the time. Maiwada said: "The attention of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been drawn to a video currently circulating on social media, which captures a tragic shooting incident involving some operatives of the Service.…

Jun

03

2025

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Ahead Eid-el-Kabir: Pastors, Christian Youths Clean Muslim Prayer Ground In Kaduna

News

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna The right spirit --that of universality of mankind- was on display in Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria, today when a pastor ledhis colleagues and Christian youths to clean a Muslim prayer ground and its surroundings in preparation for the forthcoming Islamic festival of Eid-el-Kabir. The initiative was part of efforts to promote religious tolerance, peace, and unity among the two major religions --Christianity and Islam -and their adherents. The gesture, which happened in Kasuwar Magani, a volatile area of Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of the mainly Christian Southern part of the State, also counted as part…

Jun

03

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Ballon d’Or 2025: Tight Race For Men’s Football Highest Individual Accolade

Sports

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) George Weah remains the only African to win the prize and the Liverpool forward’s form in the past year has put him in a similar bracket to the Liberian. “The Egyptian King” scored 29 goals and assisted a further 18 to lead the Reds to the Premier League title, but he could not take them further than the last 16 in the Champions League. Arne Slot played Salah in every league match, a sign of his importance and his stupendous fitness. “He’s had very, very, very good seasons at Liverpool but this one probably stands out in…

Jun

03

2025

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Group Urges SEDC To Construct, Rehabilitate SE Roads

News

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The South-East Communities Development Association (SECDA) and South-East Communities Development Association Cooperative Union (SECDACU) have urged the South East Development Commission (SEDC) and Federal Ministry of Regional Development to construct and rehabilitate federal and important roads in the zone. The groups disclosed this during their maiden conference organized at Toscana Hotel, Independence Layout, Enugu, with the theme 'Our Expectations from South East Development Commission and Federal Ministry of Regional Development'. SECDA reiterated that the aim of the association is to synergize with SEDC and penetrate the various communities in the region to ensure that they experience…

Jun

03

2025

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Tinubu’s Mid-term Report And The Distractions Over 2027

Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration approached its second anniversary, the atmosphere was charged with political activity. Officials from his administration made efforts to account for their performance, but these efforts were overshadowed by a loud call for the President's second term. Supporters, high-ranking party officials, even the All Progressives Congress governors and federal government officials were preponderantly focused on capturing more states and diminishing opposition parties than in showcasing their achievements. If Tinubu opposed this distraction, he did not make it known. He prominently welcomed defectors into the APC and, during a recent caucus meeting he…