Category: Metro
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Niger Boat Mishap: 31 Bodies Recovered, 65 Rescued, 7 Still Missing
Divers late Saturday night recovered the bodies of 31 people killed in a boat accident in Niger state. They also rescued another 65 people from the accident scene In Tijana, Munya council area of Niger, but seven people remain missing. Recall that a boat conveying about 100 people including women and children capsized midway at…
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Panic In Onitsha As Truckload Of Live Bullet Falls
Panic gripped residents of commercial city of Onitsha Anambra Statea following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area. The Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in the early hours of Sunday, had the cartons of the bullets spill into the drainage when it skidded…
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NDLEA Nabs Drug Trafficking Network In Abuja, Arrests Five
The Abuja Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) nabbed an online drug trafficking hideout in Abuja, arresting five members of the criminal group in the process. This was contained in an official statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, revealed that the raid by the NDLEA Abuja Command between…
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Insecurity : Umahi Says Southeast Fighting Two Wars Simultaneously
The Chairman of South East Governor’s Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has said that the people of the zone are fighting two separate wars. Umahi made this known on Saturday in Abakiliki on the 7th day which marked the last day of the fasting and praying declared by the Christians Association Of…
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Soldiers Raid Mosque In Kano, Arrest 10 Suspected Boko Haram Insurgents
About 10 suspected Boko Haram militants were reportedly arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army in Kano Saturday. It was gathered that the troops arrested the persons when they stormed Filin Lazio in Hotoro area of Kano metropolis on Saturday evening and raided a mosque and some houses. Sources in the area to Newsfocusng that…
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Police Rescue 22 Under Age Girls From Prostitution Home In Ogun
Men of Ogun State Police Command, on Friday rescued 22 teenage girls who were lured into prostitution all the away from Akwa ibom state to Ogun state. In an operation, coordinated by the Area commander Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, the police team, upon credible intelligence received, that minors were being recruited from other states and…
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Six Police Officers killed in fresh attack on police facility in Akwa Ibom
No fewer than six police officers have been killed in a gun attack on a divisional police station in Ini area council of Akwa Ibom State. Cars and parts of the building were set ablaze in the attack early Saturday, Newsfocusng gathered. The Six officers were said to have been killed in the attack which…
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Reasons Why Youths Turn To Drugs To ‘Suppress’ Hunger During Ramadan Fast
Some Muslim youths in Kano are engaging in illicit drugs to suppress the impact of fasting during the Ramadan period, Newsfocusng gathered. Some of these youths continue to take hard drugs like codeine, heroin and tramadol during Sahoor (pre-dawn meal) to be able to ignore the pangs of hunger during the daytime. One of them,…
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Gunmen Attack Rivers Police Stations, Kills Seven Corps, Burnt Station
Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, kill seven security operatives and razed station. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state. Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched, two policemen feared killed, while…
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Breaking news :Kano Residents Foil Kidnap Attempt, Arrests Two Gunmen
. Resident of Ungwar Yamadawa, Dorayi Baba in Kano metropolis on Wednesday night arrested two unknown gunmen after a failed kidnap attempt in the neighbourhood. An eyewitness told our correspondent that, the unknown gunmen who infiltrated the densly populated slum made a bold attempt to kidnap a resident who was accessing his garage late evening.…