Новости за 02.07.2021

The family of 41-year-old Kelechi Ehieze has lamented the alleged killing of their breadwinner by the police in Umuahia, Abia State. The family claimed that the late Kelechi went missing while returning to his residence, only for his corpse to be discovered at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, two days later. The…

The Abia State Police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers and two armed robbers in the state. Parading the suspects in Umuahia, the state Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede, said items recovered from the suspects included one AK-47 rifle with 25 rounds of live ammunition, one pump-action gun with 10 cartridges, one locally-made double-barrelled cut-to-size…

Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to different jail terms. A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said the convicts, Salisu Abubakar, Aliyu Umar, Mohammed Yahaya, Musa Mohammed and Abbas Melle,…

The police team investigating last Sunday alleged attack on Kamorudeen Central Mosque, Oluode Aranyin, Osogbo, Osun State, has detained two more suspects in connection with the incident. The leader of the Kamorudeen Society, Imam Quoseem Yunus, it was gathered, was invited by the Inspection-General of Police Intelligence Response Team around 10pm on Wednesday for questioning…

The Federal Government on Thursday has said that contrary to insinuation that the United Arabs Emirates placed a ban on flights from Nigeria, it actually placed a ban on the UAE first due to the terms and conditions laid down by the Emirate. The United Arab Emirates had June 19 lifted ban on travels between…

Eight years old I was when the Nigeria Civil War broke out in 1967. Championing that crusade on one side was Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu from the Biafra land. Yakubu Gowon who also doubled as the Head of State was commanding for the Nigerian side. I remember the deep trenches built in every neighbourhood in my…