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Tension heightens in Imo as gunmen abduct Monarch
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Jude Aguguo Owuamanam
There is concern in Owerri over the kidnapping of Eze Jewel Ndenkwo, a prominent traditional ruler in Imo state.
He was kidnapped in front of one of his businesses in Owerri, the state capital, around 7 p.m. on…
Akwa Ibom principal’s abductors demand N50m ransom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has made progress in their search for the kidnappers of Mr. Monday Ekoriko, the Principal-General of Madonna Community Secondary School in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state.
This is because the…
Lagos woman set ablaze for kidnapping baby dies
The suspected female ritualist, simply known as Toyin, who was rescued from being lynched by an angry mob after being apprehended during an alleged attempt to abduct an eight-month-old baby in Lagos State's Ebute-Metta area, has died in…
Truck crushes pregnant woman, minor to death in Ogun
A pregnant woman and her baby boy were killed when a long truck carrying cement bags ploughed into their home in Adewusi village in Odeda, Ogun State, via the Kila, Abeokuta-Ibadan highway.
In Ogun, a truck crushes a pregnant woman and a…
Asari Dokubo sponsoring killings in South-East – IPOB alleges
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Asari Dokubo, an ex-militant leader, of mobilising his alleged gangs to kill innocent indigenes of Imo State and other parts of the South-East.
Emma Powerful, the secessionist group's…
Anambra Govt shuts down hotel over sex party
The Anambra State Government has halted operations in a section of Wintess Garden Annex in Awka, the state capital, where a sex party is said to have taken place last weekend.
Viral videos of a party held in Wintess Garden Annex, Ifite…
Gunmen kill three policemen in Enugu
Three police officers were reportedly killed by gunmen in the Enugu State capital's New Haven area.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night around 10:30 p.m. in front of Francis Supermarket at the block bus stop.
According to sources,…
Ekiti NSCDC officer’s killers collect N5m, release abductees
The gunmen who killed a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, Segun Ayebulu, along Oke Ako Road in Ekiti State's Ajoni Local Council Development Area, have released the three kidnapped relatives after receiving a N5 million…
Doctor kills Edo cabman, steals car, abandons corpse
The Edo State Police Command paraded a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, on Wednesday for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death in the state's Benin City area.
After committing the crime, Adebowale allegedly…
How fake UN doctor was nabbed by police
According to the National Hospital in Abuja, contrary to popular belief, it was the police who apprehended the phoney UN doctor posing as a humanitarian aid worker in the country.
Remember that one Obiako Chukwuemeka, who was impersonating…