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A 17 year-old female student, Chisom Chukwuneke from Graceland College in Enugu who emerged the best in the 2019 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, WASSCE at her school, has died of leukaemia; a blood cancer disease. Felix Chukwuneke, a Nigerian professor identified as the father of the deceased, took to Facebook to narrate how Chisom’s sickness started as leg pain. He said this had prompted him to fly her to South Africa for medical care. He wrote: “It was just like a dream but the realities are crystal now.…

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Tragedy struck at Ugwu Ogede in Itchi, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday when the bodies of three lifeless children were discovered in a car at a retired police officer’s home. The victims whose names were given as Chibugo Eze, Chinenye Eze, and Ebuka Ene, had gone to fetch water at a commercial borehole owned and located at the home of a former police officer, but did not return home alive. Also, two children, Kingsley Eze, and Mmasichukwu were equally rescued from the same car and…

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Agodi Gate area of Ibadan, Oyo State, was a no-go area yesterday, following a clash between some motorcyclists and warders at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was reportedly damaged. It was gathered that, a motorcyclist was shot by one of the warders, but some eyewitnesses claimed that the teargas canister, which the warder held, exploded and injured the motorcyclist in the face. Sources said that prison warders always…

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Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Center, by the Federal High Court in Abuja following his inability to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, whom he stood surety for. Maina is answering to a 12-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and a firm, Common Input Properties & Investment Limited. EFCC alleged that he used account of the firm and laundered funds to the tune of about N2billion, part…

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DSP Popoola Kayode; a team leader in the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, alongside his members have been arrested and detained for allegedly extorting N100,000 from a traffic offender, Didi Ekanem who is an actress . The actress who was held for traffic offence around Lekki axis of Lagos, accused the state task force of extortion and harassment. She also granted an interview with Punch Newspaper, alleging that the team leader also made sexual advances at her, and demanded money; she said she transferred…

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