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    This suspect was caught by police officers on patrol along Awolowo Way in Ikeja for stealing the phone of a young passerby. He struck his body against the victim intentionally & stole his phone stylishly while his partner kept distracting the victim with words & slaps.More details later.

     . . . Releases Schedule of Water Releases From Oyan River Dam The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, allayed fears of residents on the continuous heavy downpour being experienced in the past few days, assuring that necessary measures are in place to effectively manage the flash floods resulting from the rain. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, gave the assurance at a Press Briefing in Alausa, while outlining measures already put in place for this year’s rainfall pattern, stating that additional heavy rains should be expected in July and September. He urged all residents of low lying areas like Agboyi-Ketu, Ajegunle and several others to relocate from their residences, without further delay, to avoid being trapped by the rainfall at the risk of their lives and property. The Commissioner also advised residents living along the plains of Ogun River to be on the alert and take necessary precautions as the Ogun Osun River Basin Authorit

      On the 22/6/2020 at about 3:pm following a tip off, Police operatives attached to Isiuwulu Division arrested one Ikechukwu Okoli 'm' aged 22years native of Ndilionwu village in Orumba North LGA but reside at Uzoegwu Street Nkpor in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State. Suspect had on the same date allegedly defiled a ten years old girl in his room.Scene was visited by police detectives and victim taken to the hospital for medical examination where laceration of her hymen was confirmed. Meanwhile,the Commissioner of Police *CP John B.Abang,fdc* has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal investigation Department,Awka for discreet investigation after which suspect would be charged to court for prosecution please. *SP Haruna Mohammed,PPRO* Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.    

     President Muhammadu Buhari participated in an Extra-Ordinary Virtual Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the West African Monetary Zone hosted by West African Monetary Institute Accra Ghana.More photos below.

    Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has appointed Alhaja Selimot Olapeju Ottun as the new Head of Service in the state. This was contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin. The former Head of Service, TPL Amope Ajibola Chokor, bowed out of the public service of the state at the weekend. According to the statement, Alhaja Ottun comes into her new position with impeccable pedigree and service record. An accomplished psychologist, community development expert and administrator, she becomes the fifth woman to occupy the office and the 17th Head of Service since the creation of the State. Until her appointment, Ottun was Permanent Secretary in the Bureau of Political Affairs and Administration. She previously served as Permanent Secretary at the State’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism between 2015 and 2019. A 1985 graduate of Psychology from the nation’s premier University – the University of Ibadan - the n

    A man, Osas Onyeokweni, and his wife, Tomisin Onyeokweni, have been arrested by the Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for molesting and indecently assaulting a 20-year-old girl.Mr Onyekweni was said to have called his former girlfriend on phone to meet him at an agreed point at Lusada area, Agbara, Ogun State, for an important discussion.However, the 20 – year – old girl turned up at the Lusada location and met Osas and his wife, Tomisin, and both lured her into an uncompleted apartment where Osas wife (Tomisin), pulled a pair of scissors and used it to slit her dress, rendering her nakedThe couple, it was learnt, stepped up the humiliation and psychological torture with the man wrestling her to the ground, and pinning her down there while his wife forced an empty bottle of Alomo bitters into her private part. They also took her picture in her unclothedness, even as the couple threatened to upload same on the internet if she dares report the molestation and humiliation

      Osinowo Died a Fulfilled Politician, Family Man - Sanwo-Olu •Tributes Rain For Late Federal Legislator, As Lagos Assembly Holds Special Plenary In His Honour It was a solemn moment in the chamber of the Lagos State House of Assembly, as rain of tributes and dirges poured out for the late lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo, at a special plenary session held in his honour on Tuesday. Osinowo, popularly known as Peperrito, died on June 15. The late lawmaker was a member of the Assembly for 16 years, serving four consecutive terms before he was elected into the Senate in 2019. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led the session of tributes to the memory of the late Osinowo, saying the deceased lived a fulfilled life on the home and political front. The Governor recalled that his path and that of the late politician crossed in 2003, noting that Sen. Osinowo’s personality meant different thing to different peopl

   "I Have Accepted Jesus" Reaction as Pastor Ephraim Ononye Converts A Native Doctor to Christianity. It was great and a happy day In the family of Ezenwanyi Ogochukwu a former Native doctor who received the gospel of salvation and have given her life to abandoning, abandoning all her idols and fetish beliefs. It was the popular Ex- Anglican Priest, Evangelist Ephraim Ononye who liberated this woman and her family from the shackles of false idols. Evangelist Ephraim Ononye is the founder of Ephraim Ononye Ministries a popular ministry known for its miracle and liberating of families and broken homes.The woman was full of joy for encountering a greater power in Jesus Christ and will follow Jesus till her lifetime and vows never to go back to idol worshipping. The woman is ever thankful for Evangelist Ephraim Ononye for liberating her and showing her the path of salvation. She admitted she doesn't care what people say and she is now focused on serving Jesus. In her wo

        A young man was stabbed to near death this morning along Owerri - Onitsha road, in Imo state. All the because of an alleged commercial sex worker. According to the passengers they boarded a bus with, argument started inside a bus conveying them and other passengers to Onitsha between two young men over the girl (pictured below) The guy who was stabbed is related to the girl according to the passengers. He met the girl in the bus with the other guy who was taking her to his pl ace in Onitsha and since he knows the girl, he ordered her not to go with the guy. That was when arguments broke out. They started dragging the girl and in the process, the strange guy who was taking the girl home pulled out a penknife from his pocket and stabbed the other guy who is said to be related to the girl. (Below is the guy stabbed) The picture below is also the stabber being held up by male passengers. Right there, the stabber was held up by male passengers and policemen were contacted

      Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed to the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, located at Blantyre Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. The deployment is a proactive move by the Force to maintain peace and ensure there is no breakdown of law and order at the Secretariat. The presence of police personnel at the Secretariat is not to seal-up the Complex as has been reported in some quarters but rather to prevent any untoward situation within and around the APC National Secretariat. Members of the APC as well as staff of the Secretariat are therefore at liberty to conduct their legitimate businesses, in and around the Secretariat as always. ­ DCP FRANK MBA FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FORCE HEADQUARTERS ABUJA.

       President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, and her entire family over the passing of her mom, Mrs. Cecilia Nwayiaka Ujubuonu. The President urges Ezekwesili, her family and all associates of the late mom, to find strength in the good works of Mrs Ujubuonu, whose testimony of reverence for God, and service to humanity continues  to resonate. President Buhari condoles with the grandchildren of the late businesswoman, and members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, knowing they will particularly miss her counsel and guidance, garnered from years of working hard to raise a disciplined and focused family. As the family mourns, the President prays that the almighty God will comfort them, and grant peaceful rest to the soul of the departed. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) June 23, 2020

      President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned that the ambition for Eco regional currency could be in ‘serious jeopardy,’ unless member states complied with agreed processes of reaching the collective goal. President Buhari also expressed concern over the decision of francophone countries that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to replace the CFA Franc with Eco ahead of the rest of Member States. The President delivered Nigeria’s position on the new regional currency at a virtual extraordinary meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The meeting discussed the implementation of the ECOWAS Monetary Cooperation Programme (EMCP) and the ECOWAS Single Currency Agenda. ‘‘Your Excellencies, you all are familiar with the history of the Eco thus far, so I will not bore you with that. We reverted to a single track approach, giving up Eco which is the original idea of the WAMZ so the ECOWAS-wide pro

     Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday, June 22, 2020, jailed four internet fraudsters for criminal impersonation. The convicts: Wariz Akintunde; Moses Olamilekan Dosumu, Richard Adegbite and Smith Enitan Adetayo were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal Office. With all pleading guilty, the judge sentenced Akintunde and Adegbite to four months in prison, with an option of N100,00 each effective from June 22, 2020. Dosumu earned two months jail term with an option of N50,000, while Adetayo was sentenced to five months in prison without an option of fine, effective from June 22, 2020. The judge further ordered Akintunde, Dosumu and Adetayo to restitute the sums of $700, $375 and N39,000 to their respective victims through the Federal Government of Nigeria. Simon Ibekwute and Sanusi Galadanchi, prosecuted the matter for the EFCC.More photos below.

     Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, on Monday, June 22, 2020, convicted and sentenced an assistant director in Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Usman Abaji to six months imprisonment for obstruction of justice. The convict was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one- count charge of willful obstruction of the Commissi on to exercise its powers to investigate and prosecute in a matter involving one Ibrahim Goni Bama, contrary to Section 38 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (establishment) Act. The Commission arrested the said Bama based on investigations that linked him with financial crimes but had to release him on administrative bail to Abaji, who stood as a surety for him.

     *Recover the tricycle in his possesion* On the 20/6/2020 at about 6:30am,following a tip off Police operatives attached to the Command public complaint and Anti piracy unit (APPCAP) arrested one Chibuzor Nwachukwu Emmanuel ‘m' aged 24 years of Okpuno Okochi ime in Awka South LGA of Anambra State. Suspect who was an habitual offender jumped over the fence and allegedly stole a tricycle KEKE belonging to one Okafor Chukwunonso Kelvin 'm' of ikolo house Umudioka inside his compound. Meanwhile,suspect has confessed voluntarily and exhibit was recovered in his possession.Investigation is still ongoing after which suspect would be brought to book. Consequently,the Command enjoined vehicle and tricycle owners to install tracking or other security devices in order to secure their property from the vehicles and tricycle stealing syndicates. *SP Haruna Mohamed PPRO* Anambra State Police Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.

      On the 29/5/2020 at about 10:30am,along Oba-Nnewi old Road,a Mitsubishi L300 bus with REG.NO AFZ 71 XA driven by one Sunday Igwe 'm' of No:24 Ikwo street Ugwuagba Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State loss control and knocked down a middle aged man whose identity is not yet known.As a result,victim became unconscious. Police operatives attached to Oba Division visited the scene and rushed victim to the hospital where he was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor on duty.Corpse deposited at the gateway mortuary for postmortem Examination and preservation. Meanwhile,the driver was arrested and obstruction cleared to enable free flow of traffic in the area. However,efforts to locate the relatives of the victim proved abortive since the date of the accident.In view of the foregoing,the Command urged the public whose relations got missing and matched above description to report at Oba Police Station for possible identification and claim of the victim pleas

       While it rained in the wee hours of 20th June 2020, little did the people of Umuezeagu Uruagu, Nnewi know what was about to befall them as they woke up to the devastating effect of the flood that entered homes, pushed down walls and washed away farm lands. The people of Umuezeagu and Okpunoeze appreciate the effort of Dr. Willie Obiano, The Executive Governor of Anambra state on the construction of Nnewi Hotel road that cuts across the two communities in Uruagu, Nnewi. This project has continued non-stop even during this raining season as the contractor is still at site. However, the design of the drainage and the resultant flood has turned out to be a serious source of worry for Umueze-agu and Akamili-Umudim. There is URGENT need to take another look at the channelling of the drainage on this road to avoid wiping away a community and creating another gully erosion sites that will be worse than what we have in 100-foot Road, where the state Government is currently spending

     Since Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the overall best candidates in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME), many Nigerians have been looking for the opportunity to see the young girl that outscored others in picture. However, the young brilliant student on this photo is Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwu Agnes with her father. The student who hails from Anambra State scored 365 beating other students across the country. The first and second candidates below are from Anambra State and really outscored other students with 365 and 363 scores, respectively Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwu's course of study applied is Industrial and production Engineering, while the institution she offered to study the course is, University of Ibadan. Here are the names of the candidates and their scores: 1) Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwu Agnes -365 2) Nwobi Okwuchukwu David - 363 3) Ojuba Mezisashe Shalom - 359 3) Elikwu Victor Chukwuemeka - 359 5) Adebola

       A Nigerian man simply identified as Femi, stabbed his wife to death, and thereafter committed suicide in their home in Victory Park estate in Lagos state on Sunday, June 21. According to residents of the estate, the couple moved into the estate three weeks ago with their two young children. Not much was known about the couple but just a day before the murder-suicide, they were spotted jogging toget her on Saturday night June 20. However, on Sunday, the man who is said to have always questioned the paternity of their second child, stabbed his wife to death, and then took his own life. A neighbor who spoke on condition of anonymity to newsmen, said. On Sunday afternoon, neighbours close to the couple's apartment heard loud music emanating from their home and this lasted for many hours. The neighbors went to the estate office to complain about the loud music and insisted the estate officials go there and caution the couple. The estate authorities went to the coupl