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Abia drug dealer arrested, 1.217 kilos of drugs seized

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Over five suspected drug dealers were on Wednesday arrested by a joint taskforce team of the Abia State Homeland Security and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, recovering different drugs worth over 1.217 kilograms. Disclosing this in Umuahia, on Thursday, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Homeland Security, Chukwunenye Alajemba, said, “On February 14, 2023, the joint team conducted a raid at no. 23 Arochukwu/Calabar Road in Umuahia where one Adaobi Nweke, the daughter of the late “Joekin Jagwa” was arrested and large amount of drugs were recovered.” According…

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Military busts gun factory in Plateau, recovers arms

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A gun factory in a building in Pakachi Village of Mangu local government area of Plateau State has been discovered by troops of operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) operating under HAKORIN DAMISA IV. The spokesperson for the operation, Captain Oya James, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The operation said one suspect was apprehended in the building, while a large number of firearms and ammunition were found. This development comes amidst efforts by the security agencies to restore law and order in Mangu general area, where communal crises have resulted…

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Man arraigned for allegedly stealing cash, mobile phone from commercial sex worker

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Sikiru Morufu, 28, was on Thursday arraigned before a Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo State for allegedly stealing N3,000 from a commercial sex worker. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji had admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum after Morufu had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge offence. Latunji added that the two sureties must be blood relations to Morufu. The Chief Magistrate adjourned the suit until February 26 for trial. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector…

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Northern monarchs to FG: We can no longer pacify our subjects

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Monarchs from the North, under the umbrella of Northern Traditional Council, NTC, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, told the Federal Government that the hardship, insecurity, poverty and unemployment in Nigeria and the North, in particular, was getting to a level they could no longer pacify the people from revolting. Addressing members, yesterday, at the Arewa House, Kaduna, during the 6th executive Northern Traditional Council Committee meeting, the Sultan informed the government that the traditional rulers, religious leaders, as well as state governors, had…

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UK economy enters recession

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Official data has showed that the economy of UK has entered recession after recording two successive quarters of negative economic growth in the second half of last year. Gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023 after contracting 0.1 per cent in the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement, meeting the technical definition of a recession. Britain slid into recession last year on elevated inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, official data showed Thursday, dealing a blow to Prime…

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University lecturer proposes to student in classroom on Valentine’s Day

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An Abia State Univerisity lecturer identified as Anucha Wisdom proposed to his fiancee in her classroom on Wednesday. Pictures and videos now circulating on Facebook showed the moment Wisdom went down on a knee with a ring in his hands to propose to his lover who is said to be a student in the Optometry Deparment of the university in the presence of her colleagues. The screaming from her colleagues became louder as she nodded to his proposal. One Possible Nwaohamuo on Facebook who posted pictures from the event and…

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Alex Iwobi deletes all pictures on Instagram account amid criticisms

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Alex Iwobi, Super Eagles midfielder, has removed all photos on his official Instagram page. A check confirmed that only one video remains on the account. The video was shared ten weeks ago, and the comment section remains locked. Iwobi is one of the players that faced criticisms after Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. The Fulham midfielder featured for 79 minutes as the Eagles failed to add to their three AFCON championships. Iwobi was replaced by Alhassan Yusuf for the…

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Access Holdings appoints Bolaji Agbede as Wigwe’s successor

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The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. This announcement came following the death of the firm’s former Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, who died on Friday in a helicopter crash. Wigwe died alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, in a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border, United States of America. Wigwe was appointed Access Holdings GCEO on March 28, 2022. Prior to…

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Table, sachet water producers close shop in Enugu over unbearable production cost

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In a statement issued by the Chairman of the Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP), Enugu chapter, the association says its members will shut down and suspend production in all water producing factories in Enugu State due to unbearable high cost of production. The statement was signed the Chairman of ATWAP, Enugu State Chapter, Mr Tony Edike, and its State Secretary, Sir Clems Nwamadi, on Sunday in Enugu. The statement was issued after members of ATWAP Enugu State Chapter held an emergency meeting in Enugu on Feb. 8, 2024, on…

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Four herders killed in Ogun

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Four persons have allegedly been killed while one other was said to have escaped death as unknown persons reportedly abducted five men in Oke Irinja, Owode Yewa, Ogun State. It was gathered on Sunday that the quartet of Adamu Saliu, 21; Aliu Babuga, 24; Dairu Salihu, 32; and Mohammed Abdulai, 35, were the victims of Saturday’s incident. A police source revealed that the four herders were abducted in a bush in the community. The police source said the dead bodies of the victims were found with ropes tied around each…

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