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Kano flood: 29 killed, 14,244 houses destroyed

Oct 16, 2021 topnews

Kano State has recorded no fewer than 29 deaths by flood while 14,244 houses were destroyed across the 44 local councils of the State this year. The Executive Secretary of Kano State Emergency Management Agency, Sale Jilli, said 14,244 houses were destroyed across the state this year, noting that the state recorded a drop in the level of destruction when compared to last year when 57,362 houses were washed away by flood. Jili explained that Doguwa local council had the highest number of deaths with 19 victims. He said: “In…

N20b loan: EFCC withdraws case against Kogi

Oct 16, 2021 topnews

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed an application seeking to discontinue the matter involving the N20billion Kogi State salary bail-out loan. The application was granted by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday. The application, according to the commission’s counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), is the sequel to the decision of the management of Sterling Bank Plc to return N19, 333,333,333.36 standing in the credit of the frozen account to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). On August 31, 2021, Justice Tijani…

Blind woman arrested with fresh human skull in Akwa Ibom

Oct 16, 2021 topnews

A blind aged woman was yesterday paraded by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, for allegedly possessing a fresh human skull. The suspect was paraded alongside 138 others who were arrested across the state for various offences including murder, militancy, abduction, cultism, armed robbery, stealing, unlawful possession of firearms and vandalism, among others. A breakdown of the number showed that 11 suspects were arrested for alleged murder, 47 for armed robbery and stealing, 10 for defilement and rape, 21 for alleged cultism, 16 for vandalism, seven for kidnapping…

Two Cameroonians, Nigerian arrested with explosives in Akwa Ibom

Oct 16, 2021 topnews

Two Cameroonians and one Nigerian have been arrested in connection with militancy in Akwa Ibom State. The suspects were arrested on September 13, 2021 during a stop and search conducted by operatives of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Border Monitoring Unit along Okobo/Oron highway. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Friday, said two bags of dynamites, a container of incense powder and a bag containing items suspected to be talisman and others were recovered from the suspects. He said, “On September 12, 2021,…

IPOB denies attack on Obiano, decries killings in South East

Oct 15, 2021 topnews

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned attacks on innocent people in the South East region, just as it denied having a hand in the attack on Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano. In a statement, yesterday, the secessionist group said South East governors whom Obiano had accused of sponsoring attacks in the state should be made to answer for the killings. The statement, signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, reads: “We the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, ably led by Mazi Nnamdi…

Man arrested for turning 11-yr-old girl to sex slave

Oct 15, 2021 topnews

Jacob Joel, a 42-year-old man, has been remanded in a Jos Correctional Centre for the repeated rape of an 11-year-old girl. The Police told the court that the victim, who is a friend to the defendant’s daughter, was said to have been defiled allegedly by the defendant when she went to visit her friend. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the crime. The judge, Justice S.P Gang, in his ruling, ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison until Dec. 7, for hearing. Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs L. P.…

NCDC registers 251 new cases of COVID-19, five deaths

Oct 14, 2021 topnews

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has registered 251 infections and five COVID-19 related death on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total number of infections toll to 208,404. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday morning. The 251 fresh cases reported on Wednesday indicate an increase from the 175 cases posted on Tuesday in the country. The agency said that the additional number of confirmed cases had increased the country’s infection toll to 208,404 while 196,123 people have been treated and discharged across the country. The public…

4.6 billion fraud: Court fines Fani-Kayode N200,000

Oct 14, 2021 topnews

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been fined N200,000 by Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, for failing to appear in court to take his plea on alleged N4.6 billion fraud charge. Fani-Kayode is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alongside a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Nenadi Esther Usman; a former Chairman of Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON), Danjuma Yusuf and a limited liability company, Jointrust Dimentions Nigeria Limited. The defendants’ prosecution had commenced since 2016 before Justice…

Two lawmakers suspected of aiding kidnap of Zamfara assembly Speaker’s father suspended

Oct 13, 2021 topnews

Two members of Zamfara state House of Assembly have been suspended for their alleged involvement in aiding and abetting banditry in the state. The two lawmakers are alleged to have aided the kidnap of the Speaker’s father, and the murder of another colleague of theirs. The suspended members, according to a Press release signed by the Director-General Press Affairs of the House, Mustafa Kaura, are Yusuf Muhammad Anka representing Anka constituency; and Ibrahim T. Tukur Bakura representing Bakura constituency. The statement said, “They have been suspended from the state House…

Kenyan athlete found dead with stab wounds

Oct 13, 2021 topnews

In a suspected homicide, record-breaking Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop was found dead on Wednesday with stab wounds to stomach, athletics officials said. Tirop, 25, was a fast-rising athlete — a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion who also finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Only last month, she smashed the women-only 10 km world record at the Road to Records Event in Germany, with a time of 30:01, slicing 28 seconds off the previous record, Athletics Kenya said. Tirop also…