The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Thursday 25th March 2021
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 25/03/21
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Kidnappers demand N95m for seven abducted in FCT, Kwara
By Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja, and Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Gunmen have abducted seven persons from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kwara State. Four persons were taken from Abuja, three from Kwara. The assailants demanded a collective N95 million for the abductees. The Abuja incident took place in the early hours of yesterday in Kiyi, a
Woman sets newly-married co-wife ablaze
By Justina Asishana, Minna A woman has been arrested by police in Niger State for allegedly killing a newly-married co-wife. Amina Aliyu, 24, was said to have gone to the house of the deceased, beaten her to death with a pestle, set her body on fire before locking up in the house and leaving the scene.
Four suspects remanded on murder charges
By Bisi Olaniyi, Benin City The presiding judge of Edo State High Court, sitting in Auchi, Justice Philip Imoedemhe on Wednesday ordered the remand of four suspects at a correctional centre for the alleged murder of 32-year-old Dickson Emah at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state on January 8 this year.
Lawyer charged with stealing client’s N5m
By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki A 52-year-old lawyer Onu Onwe was on Wednesday arraigned before an Abakaliki Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing N5million belonging to his client Igwe Nwokpata. He was arraigned with one Nshe Monday, said to be his accomplice. Onwe, said to have been the complainant’s for over 13 years, allegedly sold a piece
Wife exposes husband who looted shoes during Katsina market fire
Agency Reporter Police in Katsina have arrested Muhammad Abba, 43, who was exposed by his wife for allegedly looting women’s shoes during the Monday morning inferno at the Katsina Central Market. Police spokesman Gambo Isah told newsmen that 33 others suspected to have looted traders’ wares while they scurried for safety, were also arrested. Speaking
22 arrested in Niger for railway vandalism
By Justina Asishana, Minna Twenty-two persons have been arrested for railway vandalism in Niger State. The suspects were apprehended in the Esheti-Elegi community of Kataeregi in Katcha local government of the state. Read Also: Pipeline vandalism too lucrative to joke with, says suspect Seventeen were reportedly arrested in three truckloads of rail tracks. The drivers were also
Gumi: Bandits won’t surrender until…
By Alao Abiodun Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated bandits will not surrender until they feel safe. He spoke on Wednesday during a virtual meeting hosted by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies. Gumi said: “Nobody can justify criminality, what we are saying is what we saw in the forest is an
Chinese fake-doctors trial stalled
By Adebisi Onanuga The trial of two Chinese nationals, Hunzi Neng and Zhang Chuanhong arraigned for allegedly posing as medical practitioners stalled on Wednesday due to the absence of Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice. The Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police arraigned the defendants. Police counsel Nosa Watson Uhumwango said the incident occurred
Petroleum marketers threaten shutdown in Anambra
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Enugu Depot Community, has threatened to shut down over Anambra State Government’s “intentional renege” on its promise to one of its members. It said the government had promised to off-set a debt worth N13,570,175, being the value of products of one of its members, Siluch
Many faces of ulcer and some remedies
By Femi Kusa When we talk about ulcer in Nigeria, many people think only about peptic ulcer or stomach ulcer. Not many people know about duodenal ulcer, ulcer in the eye, throat, intestine or in the organs. How many, indeed, know that ulcer can occur in the brain and that this ulcer can cause
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