NDLEA allows graduate to drown during raid

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have been accused of drowning a 32-year-old graduate of Law, Dapo Olasore, in the Agboyi, Alapere area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Sunday after the officials, who came in two vans without number plates, raided the area. Our correspondent gathered that Olasore, aka Omopo , was about boarding a canoe to a neighbouring community to see a relative, when the officials......

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Boko Haram kills 37 in five Borno villages

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed no fewer than 37 people in five villages around Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, a military source and a local village defence group said on Friday. The attackers, who arrived on motorcycles and in four-wheel drive vehicles, fired into houses and shot fleeing locals on Wednesday evening and in the early hours of Thursday, the military source added. “Reports indicated a total of 37 people were killed by the insurgents during the separate attacks,” said the source who asked not to be named. A member of a village defence group known locally as......

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Jonathan conceded defeat to cover up political atrocities –Kinsman

Kinsman of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and leader of All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State, Mr. Godwin Sidi, has revealed that Jonathan conceded defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari to cover up his atrocities in office. Sidi, who was the Interim Secretary of the defunct New PDP, berated those commending Jonathan for conceding, saying the former President had no other choice but to do so. Sidi, who spoke at a news conference in Yenagoa on Friday, also called on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to commence the probe of Jonathan over the whereabouts of the Chibok......

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Kashamu will be transfer to US for his drug-trafficking case

A Federal High Court in Lagos has asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to suspend all actions on the move to extradite the Ogun East Senator-elect, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the United States to face trial on alleged drug-trafficking offences. The presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, while adjourning hearing in all pending applications on the subject matter till June 19, said on Thursday that status quo must be maintained till......

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Husband beat wife to death with 4-months pregnant

ENUGU – Tragedy struck at the weekend in Akpawfu village in Nkanu-East Local Government Area of Enugu state when Ndidi Ozoemena Nwankwo was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Ozoemena Nwankwo. Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command has launched an investigation into the heinous crime describing the suspect as an alleged serial wife beater.According to a statement released to newsmen by Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ebere......

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Horror in Ibadan again! Cleric caught slaughtering woman

Barely one week after corpses and virtually dead victims were uncovered in a kidnappers den in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, a man described as a  Muslim cleric, Isa Salaudeen, was, allegedly, caught slaughtering  a woman,  identified as Chiwendu Nkwocha, in his room at Ori Eru, Idikan area of the city.But, before he slaughtered  his victim, the cry of the woman reportedly attracted neighbours who came to her aid.The suspect was......

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Amazing: Woman gives birth after 14 years pregnancy!

 The baby was promptly and aptly christined Miracle. And why not? If the mother had delivered at the expected time the child would have been a teenager by now and possibly in secondary school at the JSS 3 level.Mercy, a single parent, said of her ordeal during the 14 years she was pregnant but could not give birth: “When I first took in, I knew that I was pregnant with signs and test that confirmed that I was. Four months later, I went to......

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FIFA U20: We are going to miss my best players - Coach Manu Garba

 Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has allayed fears that Kelechi Iheanacho, Isaac Success and Moses Simon would be found wanting at the FIFA U20 World Cup after they all failed to make the team’s training camp in Germany.All three players were busy with their respective clubs, hence their failure to make the Germany training camp, but made the final list of 21 and Manu has explained why he included all three players in his team despite his earlier......

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Police arrested two kidnappers troubling Ekiti State

Ekiti State Police Command, yesterday, arrested two people believed to be kidnappers, who have been terrorising the people of the state lately.This disclosure was made in Ado Ekiti in a broadcast by the state governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose.According to Fayose, one Olumide, 31 and one Folorunsho, both from Esure Ekiti, were arrested by the police between Ikere and Iju, while trying to escape.Also arrested was a woman believed to be the wife of one of......

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Boko Haram: It is a Miracle we were alive - Rescued Victims

On Sunday, May 10, 2015, Vanguard Features, VF, visited Malkohi Settlement, about 25km from Yola, Adamawa State capital, to see victims of Boko Haram insurgency freed from the Sambisa forest enclave of the dreaded Boko Haram terror group. They had been freed by the joint military task force currently battling to free all the territories captured by the insurgents in their six-year reign of terror.Happy to have come out of the proverbial Lion’s......

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Female NYSC member was killed on Ilorin street

 ILORIN—Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Sunday night as a member of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in the state, Miss Yetunde Shukurat Idowu, was found on the street, dead.Vanguard reliably gathered that her last visit before she was found dead was to the popular shopping mall, Shoprite, located along Fate Road.Consequently, concerned roommate and neighbours constituted themselves into a search party that found......

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Tribunal Give fair Judgment - Ekwunife

 Onitsha—The senator-elect for Anambra Central senatorial district, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, has called on the election petition tribunal sitting in Awka to ensure a free and fair judgment in the petitions filed by candidates from various political parties’ candidates contesting the April 11 National Assembly poll.Speaking to reporters in Awka shortly after she filed her reply to the petition brought against her victory by Chief Victor Umeh of......

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FIFA WWC: We are ready for any team, says Falcons coach -

With barley 11 days to their FIFA Women World Cup group opener against Australia, Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon has stated that his wards will not have any fear of the big teams in group D tagged the ‘group of death’.Okon, was speaking after the hosts of the tournament Canada held the Super Falcons to a goalless draw Monday in Downsview Park, Toronto Canada. He said that the friendly was good for the team, adding that they have noticed some......

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NLC threatens people to stay at home if fuel scarcity persists

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Monday threatened to direct workers to stay at home if the current fuel scarcity across the country is not addressed. Factional NLC Deputy National President, Isa Aremu, stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna. The NLC statement is coming barely four days before the Peoples Democratic Party-led government will hand over the affairs of the nation to......

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Jonathan signs violence against persons, immigration bills

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday signed two bills, earlier passed by the National Assembly, into law. The bills, which have now become Acts, are the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 and the Immigration Act 2015. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, confirmed the development to State House correspondents. Jonathan signed the bills into laws barely four days to the expiration of his......

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Stakeholders meet Senate, begin fuel lifting today

Stakeholders in the petroleum sector, at a public hearing organised by the Joint Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources(Upstream and Downstream), on Monday resolved to mobilise their members for the immediate distribution of fuel across the country. Senator Magnus Abe,  who read a communique signed by the stakeholders after the session,  explained that the  Finance Minister/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr.......

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Troops kill terrorists, rescue 20 women, children from Sambisa

The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said scores of Boko Haram terrorists had died and 20 women and children had been rescued during a military operation in Sambisa Forest in Borno State, on Friday. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, on Saturday. ”Despite continuous encounter with large number of land mines, which still litter the Sambisa Forest, troops have forged ahead with the ongoing......

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Fuel crisis cripples Nigeria Economy

escalated the already dire situation, forcing motorists and other consumers to the black market. Investigations also showed that the pump price of the product in the few filling stations who had it ranged from N120 to as high as N400 per litre. The high price of the product, according to our correspondents, has caused a hike in transport fare with the increase as high as 300 per cent in some places. Many commuters who were caught unawares by the......

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