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EFCC arrests over 70 OAU students in midnight raid
Over 70 students of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Osun State were reportedly arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a midnight raid on hostels outside the campus. Multiple sources in Ile-Ife confirmed to our correspondent on Wednesday morning that the officials, around 2 a.m., stormed the Fine Touch and Superb hostels
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Police arrest seven suspects in Enugu raid
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested seven notorious criminal suspects, who have been operating for years, within the Holy Ghost axis of the Enugu metropolis. During the raid, police operatives recovered nine female handbags, two wallets, two-wheel spanners, one iron saw, one serviceable Dell laptop, one ATM card bearing “Joy Akiji”, one National Identity
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Police rescue 20 girls in Anambra brothel raid
Officials of the Anambra State Government and men of the state police command have rescued two underaged girls and 18 others being used for prostitution during a raid of a hotel in Oba community, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The raid was done following a tip-off from a whistleblower after continuous suspicious
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PICTORIAL: King Charles visits Kenya, says ‘no excuses’ for colonial abuses
King Charles III began the second day of his trip to Kenya on Wednesday after acknowledging there was “no excuse” for colonial-era abuses during Britain’s rule of the East African country. Charles said he wished to “deepen my understanding of these wrongs” during the four-day state visit with Queen Camilla, but also to bolster “a
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Internet, phones ‘completely’ shut off in Gaza
Internet and phone networks were down across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, in the second such blackout in the besieged territory in less than a week. “To our good people in the beloved country, we are sorry to announce that communications and internet services have been completely cut off in
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Rivers crisis: Ex-presidential aspirant sues for peace
A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Tein Jack-Rich, on Wednesday, called for calm in the wake of Monday’s attack on the Rivers State House of Assembly. Jack-Rich also called on political leaders in the state to sheath their swords and ensure that the crisis did not escalate to a
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Don’t take sides in Israeli-Hamas war, VC tells FG
The Vice-Chancellor of McPherson University, Ajebo, Ogun State, Francis Igbasan, has urged the Federal Government not to take sides in the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine because of the diversity in Nigeria. Igbasan made the call at a conference organised by the National Association for Christian Studies held at the university’s auditorium on Tuesday.
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Fuel tanker rams into vehicle on Niger Bridge, catches fire
There was panic on the River Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Tuesday evening when an explosion occurred as a result of a head-on collision between a petrol-laden tanker and another vehicle. The incident, according to sources near the area, which started around 9 pm., was attributed to alleged reckless driving by the tanker
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Fire guts Ladipo plank market
A popular market in Lagos State, Ladipo Plank Market, was engulfed in a midnight inferno, resulting in the destruction of goods and property. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, however, confirmed that no lives were lost in the incident. Oke-Osanyitolu said, “The agency responded to distress calls and arrived at
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Rivers crisis: Police confirm arrest of 122 protesters
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 122 youths who allegedly invaded the official residence of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, during a protest in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The command said the protesters were led by the State Chairman of the National Youths Council of Nigeria,
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