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Kukah to Nigerian leaders: “You are heartless”

Jun 3, 2021 topnews

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says Nigerian leaders are heartless for allegedly watching bandits and terrorists turn the country into a killing field. Kukah said this, during the burial of Fr. Alphosus Bello at Our Lady of Apostles Catholic Church, Kaduna, yesterday (Wednesday). He accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to address the country’s security challenges. He said: “Those who govern us are allowing this killing of citizens because they have no blood in their hearts.” Bello was kidnapped, alongside Fr. Joseph Keke, and murdered in…

Public Announcement: FirstBank’s Southeast branches are fully operational

Jun 2, 2021Jun 2, 2021 topnews

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Missing NSCDC officer’s body found in shallow grave after 18months, fiance arrested

Jun 2, 2021Jun 2, 2021 topnews

The remains of Josephine Onche, a female officer of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, who went missing in December 2019, few days to her wedding ceremony, has been found in a shallow grave in Obi Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. It would be recalled that the family of the lady who hailed from Otukpo LGA, had at the time reported that she had gone to the market to purchase things for the ceremony, only for her to get missing. The victim, a daughter of the former…

Airforce officer allegedly kills German-based Nigerian two months after baby dedication

Jun 2, 2021 topnews

A Germany-bound Nigerian, Oguchi Unachukwu, was allegedly shot dead by the personnel of the 211 Regiment, Nigerian Air Force, in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday, 1st of June. Oguchi, sources said, had been in Owerri for about three months and dedicated his second daughter in church two months ago, was killed at the tollgate of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport. He was on his way to catch a flight to Lagos, from where he was to board a flight to Germany. His elder brother, Onyekachi, who spoke to journalists…

IPOB: Southeast shuts down as residents obey ‘sit-at-home’ order

Jun 1, 2021 topnews

There was total compliance to IPOB’s sit-at-home order in yesterday’s Remembrance Day observed in the five Southeastern states – Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo – and in the United States of America. While U.S. President Joe Biden saluted the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in memory of its fallen service members at the National Cemetery, streets in Southeast Nigeria were deserted as the former separatist region commemorated the death of over one million people who died in the Biafra war half a century ago. Markets and roads were empty…

Tyson slept with prison counselor to reduce prison sentence

Jun 1, 2021 topnews

Mike Tyson, former heavyweight boxing champion, earned over $300 million during his career and lived a lavish lifestyle that included $7 million necklaces, $2 million gold bathtubs, and exotic pets, but he also had numerous run-ins with the law. When he was in the prime of his career, Tyson was arrested for raping an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant. Although he maintains his innocence, Tyson was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison. Tyson ended up serving only three years of the sentence. However, few people know that…

Rivers Governor, ex-commissioner exchange hot words on TV programme

Jun 1, 2021 topnews

Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, and his former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, John Bazia, traded words on Monday over the recent defections between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in the state. Both Wike and Bazia featured on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television, on Monday. The ex-commissioner had not only left Wike’s cabinet, but also dumped the PDP for the APC. The programme ended on a dramatic note when Bazia described the governor as a thug. The ex-commissioner said,…

Robbers raid 25 households in Oyo estate

Jun 1, 2021 topnews

About 20 armed robbers were said to have invaded Alaafia Estate at the Orogun area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, dispossessing residents of their money and other valuables. It was gathered that the hoodlums used Point of Sale machines to transfer money from the accounts of some residents, who did not have cash. They were said to have collected the Personal Identification Numbers and went away with the ATM cards of some when they could not transfer money from their victims’ accounts due to network failure. The robbers, it…

Uzodimma cannot secure Imo State, says Reps minority caucus

Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021 topnews

Minority caucus of the Federal House of Representatives led by Ndudi Elumelu has declared that Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, lacks capacity to secure life and property in the state. The group justified its claim based on the worsening insecurity, violence and killings in Imo State, particularly since the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration took over governance of the state. In a statement issued yesterday it said: “As representatives of the people, our caucus believes that the situation has gone beyond the capacity of the Imo State government, especially given…

Nigerian Immigration’s Chief Provost assassinated in Imo State

Jun 1, 2021 topnews

A Chief Provost of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Okiemute Mrere has been killed by unidentified gunmen on Saturday night at Owerri-Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, Imo State, while his remains were discovered in a bush path on Sunday morning. Report says, the immigration officer was in an Immigration Hilux van when he was attacked by the gunmen who shot him at close range. It was further revealed that the assailants did not take any valuable from the van and his service pistol was found on him when his…