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ANAMBRA GOVT RESCUES 13 CHILDREN FROM TRAFFICKERS, ARREST SUSPECTS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Anambra State Govt. Rescues 13 Children From Traffickers, Arrests Suspects By OCHA Brigade Media  13 children have been rescued from suspected child traffickers in Otolo Nnewi by a joint taskforce of Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade and Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs. The joint taskforce also confiscated fake documents that aided the trafficking.  The children were found malnourished and have been denied education.  Report say that the trafficker adopts and sold children to people from different parts of the country. The suspected trafficker, Angela Okechukwu and her collaborators were also arrested.  Speaking, the Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere who frowned at the poor health condition the children who are aged between two and twelve years are subjected to, assured that the state government will continue to crack down on all sorts of illegality and warning all criminal minded individuals to relocate from the...
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12 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD TODAY,AS A GHASTLY ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND AGBOR SAPELE ROAD.

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                    Today wednesday,a tragic motor accident that occurred along the Agbor-Sapele road,byy the bye-pass in Benin,has reportedly claimed 12 lives.The accident involved an articulated truck,a car and a 14 seater Toyota Hiace bus marked BEN 621 YY,all said to be coming from the Delta state axis of the road.Eye witnesses who blamed the accident on break failure said the truck rammed into the bus and the car.Bodies of the victims were said to have littered the road as motorists and sympathizers made effort to rescue other victims still trapped in the wreckages of the vehicles.Many of the victims were said to have died few minutes after they were brought out of the bus.The survivors were rushed to the Benin Centra Hospital.Edo sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps ,/Mr Oluwasusi Familoni,confirmed the accident.
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IN A NEW MOVIE,HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS PENELOPE CRUz GOES TOPLESS.

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                According to sources,Penelope Cruz plays a woman fighting breast cancer in a movie titled ''MaMa''.The actress foegoes her usual glamorous appearance and looks unrecognisable as she bares her body and sport a shaven head for the heartbreaking role.The film was released in Spain last year but is now set for worldwide release.Talking to a radio show last year,the 41 year old star said that taking on the role was incredibly important to her.She said ''This is one of the most wonderful character that i will ever be offered to play.I fell in love with the story of this woman,who is like a goddess,a sage''.The Spanish actress plays Magda in the movie,a gutsy unemployed teacher with a young son who faces her cancer diagnosis with optimism and courage.She said further ''It was very important to me to take risks and at no time did i worry if i looked beautiful,was ugly or very ugly.it is a tribute to all women who face this disease'...
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UNDER THE NEW VISA RULES,LOW INCOME WORKERS WILL BE KICKED OUT OF BRITAIN.

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                 According to sources,Australians working in Britain may not be able to stay there indefinitely if they are on a lower income,under new rules due to kick in this year.The changes,which take effect from April will mean non-European workers will have to earn at least £35,000 {$72,000} a year to be allowed to settle in the UK for longer than six years.The visa move,which was first flagged in 2012,will apply to those outside the European Economic zone in a bid to break the link between working and staying permanently in Britain.It follows David Cameron government push to reduce migration numbers,with estimates the numbers of non-European skilled workers settling in Britain each year would drop from 60,000 to 20,000 under the change.Along with Indians and Americans,Australians make up the top nationalities given work visas in Britain.About 17,250 of the visas were given to Australians in 2014,but more than 12,300 of these went Aust...
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AT LEAST 8 DIED TODAY,AS MILITANTS ATTACKED A PAKISTAN UNIVERSITY.

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            Today wednesday according to some officials,a group of militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan and killed at least eight people.The firing inside the campus is still going on and two explosions were heard.Deputy Inspector General Saeed Wazir said at least three students had been killed in the attack and a spokesman for the rescue workers said eight bodies had been recovered so far.A spokesman for the army said on twitter that ''Four of the gunmen have been killed by security forces and the army has contained the militants to two blocks inside the university''.Police said earlier that other attackers were believed to be at large on the second and third floors of the campus buildings.The militants using the cover of thick,wintry fog,scaled the walls of the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda,northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,before entering buildings and opening fire on students and teachers in classrooms and hostels...
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A MOTORCYCLIST ''MOHAMMED'' WAS SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS FOR STEALING A CELL PHONE IN LAGOS.

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                    According to sources,one 18 years old commercial motorcyclist,Mohammed Hassan has been sentenced to six months in prison for stealing a mobile phone valued at N1,500 and escaping from police custody.During his arraignment on January 6 by the police at a Lagos State Magistrate's Court in  Igbosere,Hassan pleaded guilty to committing both offences contrary to Sections 285 and 106 of the Criminal Law of Law State,2011.Prosecuting police officer,Ester Adesulu,had told th court that on January 2 at about 5:10pm,Hassan stole one Slok Phone valued at N1,500 property of one Halima Sanni,at shop 6,POWA Market,Obalende Police Barracks,Lagos.She said that two days later at about 5:30pm at Onikan Police Station,South West Ikoyi,Hassan escaped from the custody of Inspector Theresa Obasi.Hassan who hails from Jimata local government area of Adamastate,came to Lagos in October 2015 and works as commercial motor cyclist.He went ...
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GOVERNOR AMBODE RENDERS ACCOUNT AT THE SECOND QUARTERLY TOWN HALL MEETING,YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

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               Yesterday tuesday,Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode reaffirmed his commitment to remain resolute to serve and justify the trust reposed in him,assuring that he would continue to work tirelessly to deliver good governance for the collective good of all Lagosians.The Governor who spoke while rendering his account of stewardship at the Second Quarterly Town Hall Meeting held at the City Hall,Lagos said his administration will continue to stay true to its overall policy built on a tripod of security,infrastructural development and job creation.Addressing a large gathering of party chieftains,market men and women,captains of industry,members of the diplomatic corps as well as top government functionaries,Governor Ambode said his administration is fully aware that a safer Lagos will attract more investments from local and foreign investors,hence he kept to his promise in the first quarter to improve on the security in the state wit...
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