An eyewitness in the area said the boat was heavily overloaded when its engine reportedly developed a fault midway into the journey.
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Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has threatened to arrest the contractor handling a section of the Benin-Abraka Road for allegedly abandoning the project after receiving payment from the previous administration. The road connects Edo and Delta state from that axis.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed Friday to close a legal loophole that makes it harder to prosecute rape cases if the victims were willingly intoxicated, amid an uproar over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University.
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The Premier League released a statement on Tuesday saying Manchester City committed serious breaches during a nine-season period between 2009/10 and 2017/18.
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North Korea said it tested an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday that involved the use of AI, hours after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched a ballistic missile.
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Emeji said, “I want to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was during the emergency rule this money was released to us.
“When we got the money, our speaker (Martin Amaewhule) asked me to go and put something on the ground so that my people would remember me. That was how I came home to do this.”
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The FCT Police Command said on Saturday that its Anti-Kidnapping Unit, on 2nd October 2026, while on routine patrol around Airport Bridge Taxi Park, observed a fully tinted navy blue Volkswagen vehicle with registration number KMC567LQ parked with its windows wound up.
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The Imo State Police Command has located the hideout where suspected kidnappers are holding abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and other victims, Commissioner of Police Audu Garba Bosso has disclosed.
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