Man arrested for defiling maid, 2-year-old biological daughter

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Kingsley Achugbu, a 35 year-old man has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his housemaid and his 2-year-old biological daughter. The case was said to have been reported by the housemaid at the FESTAC Division of the command in company with a child rights activist, Justina Nelson of Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Peoples Network. The minor, who was molested by her father, has been taken to the hospital for medical examination to aid further investigation, police said. It was further stated that…

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Farouk Lawan jailed seven years for taking $500,000 bribe

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as the chairman of the defunct House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy regime in 2012. The trial judge, Angela Otaluka, handed down the verdict in a hours-long verdict on Tuesday. Lawan was the chairman of the house of representatives ad hoc committee probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy fraud in 2012. He was accused of demanding $3 million…

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National Assembly Complex flooded after downpour

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The heavy rainfall in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday morning, left some parts of the National Assembly Complex flooded. Part of the areas affected by the flood was the central lobby of the building, which links the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Other areas include the third and last gate to the premises as well as the road linking the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the National Assembly were heavily flooded. At the lobby, workers of the private firms engaged for…

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Medical doctor arrested for selling drugged cookies online

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A 26 year-old medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, who is a graduate of medicine from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and recently completed her housemanship at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has been arrested in Auchi, Edo State. Chioma was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for allegedly operating an online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen, through which she sells drugged cookies and biscuits. Following intelligence and surveillance, narcotic officers of the Edo State Command of the Agency on Saturday, June 19, 2021, stormed her…

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Heritage Bank staff protest at Sen. Andy Uba’s Abuja residence over unpaid loan

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A video surfaced online on Monday, showing how some staff of Heritage Bank Plc besieged the residence of Andy Uba, a former senator from Anambra State, who once served as an aide to former President Obasanjo. The staff of the bank, displayed placards, as they gathered in front of his residence in Abuja, asking the politician to repay the loan he collected to save their job. One of the bankers at the scene said in the video that, they are appealing to the former senator to “kindly pay this money…

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Suspected bandit in possession of military kits arrested by the Nigerian Army

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The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said in a statement that, the Nigerian Army troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. Nwachukwu said the vigilant troops spotted an occupant of the vehicle, who claimed to be Sgt. Aminu Sule. He said the suspect was found to be in possession of a pair of camouflage, military boots, knife and substance suspected to be charms. He said on further interrogation,…

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15 victims escape bandits’ den after drunken guard sleeps off

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About 15 persons abducted by bandits in Tegina town of Niger State, fortunately escaped from their abductors on Sunday, when the stationed guard mounting the house they were kept, slept off. The 15 were among the adults abducted together with 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamic School more than two weeks ago but were said to be separated from the children before been taken to a forest in Zamfara State. According to reports, the 15 victims managed to open the door of the house in which they were locked in…

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NDLEA arrests officer, wife for selling illicit drugs

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A serving officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been arrested for his involvement in the selling of assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drug dealer who served in the Lagos state Command of the security agency was arrested on Wednesday, June 15. This, he said, was after days of…

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Kebbi State NUT shuts 7 schools indefinitely

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State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Alhaji Isah Arzika said about seven schools in Kebbi State has been shutdown indefinitely in the aftermath of the attack on Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, by suspected bandits. He said that those affected were schools located on the frontlines of the areas prone to attacks by suspected bandits. He said that the government had directed all school principals to close any school which they believed were not safe, adding that police and vigilantes had also been deployed to the…

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16-year-old girl fakes own kidnap, collects N500,000 ransom

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Ekiti State Police command has arrested a 16-year-old girl, Abimbola Suluka alongside her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Olajide for allegedly kidnapping herself to raise the sum of N500,000. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu in a statement issued on Saturday, June 19th, said they were arrested on Thursday in a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital where they lodged. Abimbola is alleged to have conspired with her 25-year-old boyfriend and two of his friends to stage the abduction so as to raise money and relocate from the state following…

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