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Police repatriate Chinese fugitive wanted over rosewood smuggling
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Police repatriate Chinese fugitive wanted over rosewood smuggling

By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has repatriated a Chinese national, Zhang Shijie, to Guangzhou, China, following his arrest in Nigeria over alleged large-scale smuggling of endangered African Rosewood. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Iniedu, […]

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1,106 terrorists killed, 758 collaborators arrested — Abubakar
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1,106 terrorists killed, 758 collaborators arrested — Abubakar

By Ndahi Marama, MAIDUGURI The immediate past Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has said troops killed more than 1,106 JAS/ISWAP terrorists and arrested 758 suspected logistics collaborators during his 17-month tenure. Abubakar disclosed this on Tuesday during the handing and taking-over ceremony at Maimalari […]

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347 displaced as mudslide, flood ravage Cross River
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347 displaced as mudslide, flood ravage Cross River

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR Torrential rainfall has displaced no fewer than 347 people in Cross River State after mudslides and flash floods ravaged communities in the state in August, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said. The Director-General of CR-SEMA, Mr Efa Nyong, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Calabar on Tuesday. Nyong […]

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Plateau bus attack: How I survived as gunmen kill 13, including 8 passengers, driver—Lone survivor
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Plateau bus attack: How I survived as gunmen kill 13, including 8 passengers, driver—Lone survivor

The  lone survivour of the Dungus Junction attack, Nasiru Garba, Plateau State, during which nine persons were killed, yesterday, narrated that he hid in the vehicle, as the attackers approached the bus and opened the front door.

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Anambra: Husband recounts discovery of alleged child abuse
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Anambra: Husband recounts discovery of alleged child abuse

ONITSHA — The husband of 36-year-old Anulika Onyeanusia, who was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over an alleged sexual abuse of her underage daughter, has recounted how he discovered the incident. Ikechukwu Onyeanyusi said he learnt of the alleged abuse after a friend showed him a video purportedly involving his wife and their […]

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Ondo govt links naming ceremonies to 29 deaths from ‘Monkey Tail’ consumption
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Ondo govt links naming ceremonies to 29 deaths from ‘Monkey Tail’ consumption

By Dayo Johnson Akure The Ondo State Government has confirmed that 29 people died from the consumption of local herbal alcoholic mixtures, commonly called “monkey tail” in Odigbo council area of the state. Health Commissioner, Dr Banji Ajaka, said weekend that there were 60 suspected cases linked to two naming ceremonies. He said the fatality […]

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