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Container of 440 guns imported from Turkey seized by Customs

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A container laden with 440 arms and ammunition of various sizes and designs has been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Command, on Tuesday. Speaking about the seizure, the zonal commander, Tin Can Island command, Monday Abue, who represented the Comptroller-General, NCS, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), said that the cargo was shipped from Turkey. He said that the consignment was declared as Plaster of Paris by the importer. Abue explained that the container with registration number PONU 210024/1, was picked up based on intelligence report, adding that…

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Pregnant woman beats maid to death

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A pregnant woman identified as Oby, is currently facing interrogation at the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating her maid, Miracle, to death on Lateef Aregbe Street, Ago Palace Way, Okota, in the Isolo area of the state. It was gathered that the mother of two had descended on the eight-year-old on Saturday and beaten her till she collapsed and gave up the ghost. She was allegedly plotting with some persons to dispose of the corpse when some neighbours raised the alarm and reported the case to the police. The…

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Atiku Abubakar’s wife, Titi defrauded of N918m

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Mrs. Titi Atiku Abubakar, wife of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, revealed how her business partner defrauded her of N918 million because she trusted him, since he claimed to be a pastor. Mrs Abubakar made the revelation while testifying before a Lagos State high court sitting in Ikeja on how she was duped by Pastor Nsikakabasi Akpan-Jacobs and two others. In her account, she said: “I thought the first defendant, being a pastor, will not defraud me. I thought that he was being genuine with me during our business…

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75-year-old Baale abducted in Lekki, kidnappers demand N20m ransom

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A 75-year-old Baale has been kidnapped by suspected militants in the Akodo area of Lekki Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos state. The Baale identified as Salino Kareem, was abducted in his palace at Ebute Lekki on Sunday, May 21, around 2:00a.m. The gunmen were said to have invaded the palace through the waterways, shooting sporadically before taking the Baale away through the waterways. It was revealed that the abduction has thrown the entire community into panic as some residents have relocated from the town to neighbouring communities for safety. It…

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One-year-old gang-raped by three men in Katsina

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One-year-old baby became a victim of sexual assault by a three-man gang who abducted her from her mother in Katsina State. The baby was abducted from her mother, Suwaiba Ahmadu, and gang-raped at Danja Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that Suwaiba was returning from Angwan Bawa area in the Danja LGA, when the suspects perpetrated the act. The incident occurred on Sunday, when two members of the gang allegedly met the mother along a lonely road and lured her to take a ride with them on…

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Dubai commences use of Robots as policemen

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World’s first “operational Robocop” has started its tour of duty on Sunday in Dubai, the first in the Emirate’s planned robot police force, according to the Daily Mirror. The Robocop, five feet five inches tall and weighing 99kg, speaks six languages and reads facial expressions. “He can chat and interact, respond to public queries, shake hands and offer a military salute,” Brigadier-General Khalid Nasser Al Razzouqi, Director-General of Smart Services with the Dubai Police, said. Residents can use the Robocop to pay fines or report crimes, and it also can transmit…

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Heritage Bank, Triton Aqua N2bn facility to boost job creation, capacity to 15, 000 tonnes

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The N2billion long-term facility Heritage Bank Plc and Central Bank of Nigeria gave to Triton Aqua Africa Limited (TAAL), under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS), has continued to boost job creation. The Managing Director of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, who disclosed this at the weekend, led a team of the bank’s senior management on fact-finding mission to the company’s facilities. He said that the fund was disbursed to enable TAAL expand its aquaculture businesses- nursery/hatchery for the production of fingerlings and brood stock in Ikeja; and earthen ponds for…

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12-yr-old daughter raped in turns by Father and Son

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Sunday Adimagwu, a 56-year-old man, and his son, Kenneth, 21, have been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s court and charged with defiling a 12-year-old girl. The father is being tried for defiling his own daughter, while the son was arraigned for allegedly defiling the same girl— his step-sister. Both the father, a driver, and the son, a trader, live at Ajangbadi, Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed between September 2016 and April 2017 at…

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Terror blast kills 19 at UK pop concert

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A suspected terrorist attack has killed 19 people during a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in the northwest English city of Manchester, police said Tuesday. There were scenes of panic as Grande’s audience of youthful fans fled the 21,000-capacity venue after what eyewitnesses described as a “huge bomb-like bang” in the foyer area at the end of the concert. A fleet of ambulances was seen rushing to the venue and bomb disposal teams were dispatched soon after, as city residents opened up their doors to stranded concert-goers after…

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Driver looses N4m to herbalist for favour charm

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A herbalist, Abiodun David, has been arrested by the Zone 2 Police Command for allegedly defrauding a cab driver of about N4m. The police said the victim, Adebayo Omoniyi, had been introduced to the suspect by a friend, who claimed that he (David) had made charms for him which were effective. David was alleged to have promised to make a charm that would boost Omoniyi’s transport business and make wealthy people in the society to favour him. However, after paying the money, which was for concoctions and other ingredients, the…

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