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Police arrests suspect in C-River food poisoning case

Mar 27, 2017 topnews

The arrest of a 35-year-old man, Paul Nchui, has been confirmed by yhe Police in Cross River for allegedly poisoning food at a restaurant in Ogoja. ASP Irene Ugbo, the State Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the arrest yesterday in Calabar, said that the restaurant’s owner, Mrs Anna Erah, and her husband, Mr. Edward Erah, died shortly after eating the food. Recall that the incident occurred Friday at Oboso community in Ogoja Local Government Area and left two persons dead, while 44 others were hospitalised at the Ogoja General Hospital.…

Ambode lauds Fashola’s achievements as governor

Mar 26, 2017 topnews

Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governor, yesterday, lauded his predecessor and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, for his achievements during the eight years he spent as governor of the state. Ambode, who spoke when he received Fashola and some top officials of the Ministry on a courtesy visit to the Lagos House, Ikeja, described the occasion as historic, adding that it was gratifying to receive the Minister for the first time since he left office on May 29, 2015. He said: “On behalf of the people of…

Four principals die in auto crash

Mar 26, 2017 topnews

An accident which occurred between Oghara and Mosogar in Ethiope-East LGA of Delta State has claimed the lives of four women and six others were injured when a bus allegedly conveying members of the Association of Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) somersaulted along Benin-Warri express road. An eyewitness revealed that the school principals were said to be travelling to Kwale in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the State, for a meeting. “The bus had just left Oghara and was on its way to pick two other…

WACOT Rice Mill receives applause from Governor Bagudu, Ogbeh, Emefiele

Mar 25, 2017 topnews

The food security and youth employment goals of the federal government is receiving major support with the establishment of a rice processing mill with 120,000 metric tonnes capacity in Argungu, Kebbi State by WACOT Rice Limited, a member of the TGI Group. The rice mill is part of WACOT’s expansion plan, which targets a capacity increase with additional rice plants to overall 500,000 metric tonnes in the next years. Located in Argungu Local Government Area, along the Argungu-Sokoto road, the rice processing plant is the first rice mill to be…

Former deputy governor of Ondo’s impeachment reversed by Court of Appeal

Mar 25, 2017 topnews

The impeachment of Alhaji Ali Olanusi, former deputy governor of Ondo State has been reversed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure.Olanusi was impeached by the state House of Assembly on April 27, 2015 when he dumped the Labour Party (LP) on which he was elected for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Danjuma, held that Olanusi’s impeachment was not done in accordance with the provisions of the law. He also held that the former deputy governor was not accorded fair hearing before he was…

Man sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for raping 29 year old virgin

Mar 25, 2017 topnews

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday has sentenced 32-year-old Kenechukwu Okonkwo to 14 years imprisonment for raping a 29-year-old Virgin. In her judgment, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye held that the prosecution proved their case beyond reasonable doubt, after which she convicted the defendant on a one count of rape contrary to Section 258(1)of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011. “In the light of all my findings, the prosecution has proven their case beyond reasonable doubt. “I find you Kenechukwu Okonkwo guilty of rape contrary to Section 258(1) of…

Another suicide attempt: Police rescues woman from jumping into lagoon

Mar 25, 2017 topnews

A woman, Taiwo Momoh, was on Friday rescued by the Police Command in Lagos State from jumping into the Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen in Lagos that Momoh was in a taxi heading toward Oworonshoki on Third Mainland Bridge when she told the taxi driver to stop on the bridge. Owoseni said the woman was about to jump into the lagoon when a police patrol team on a routine patrol sighted her and held her before she could…

‘Malaysian Forest’ where kidnappers dump bodies of victims raided by police in Enugu

Mar 25, 2017 topnews

A shallow grave where the remains of the former Chief Security Officer for Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mr Ejiofor Enechi, were buried after being killed by his kidnappers has been discovered by police in Enugu. Ejiofor’s shallow grave was found on March 15, 2017, at the Aniocha Forest, Nimbo in the local government, following the arrest of two top members of the kidnap gang whose names were given as Chijioke Ozor alias earthquake and one Anselem Ngana. Both members were arrested after a fierce gun battle with…

Police allays fear over bomb scare at the US embassy

Mar 24, 2017 topnews

Nigeria police have allayed fears triggered by an abandoned bag at the American Embassy on Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, displaying content of the bag as medical tools. Members of staff of the embassy, visa applicants and visitors, hurriedly left the premises for fear of being caught in any likely explosion. In a swift response, a combined team of policemen from the Anti-Bomb Unit, Anti-Riot Police and Mobile Police Force cordoned off the area. Bomb experts, thereafter, detected the object of commotion— a bag which was kept in one…

Wife pours hot water on husband’s manhood, claims she still loves him

Mar 24, 2017 topnews

A public school teacher in Ibadan, Adeyinka Adelakun, yesterday, narrated how his wife, Kafayat, poured boiling water on his manhood, causing him serious injuries. He told the court that he has not been able to use his manhood for any sexual act since the incident. Adelakun had approached an Idi-Ogungun customary court at Agodi in Ibadan, seeking dissolution of his three-year-old marriage on grounds of threat to life and constant fighting. He also prayed the court to allow him have custody of their two-year-old child, so that he could effectively…