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     ZAMFARA STATE GOVT HOUSE Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai has said that the efforts of Governor Bello Mohammed for the attainment of peace is remarkable and very commendable. Buratai who was in Zamfara state for an Army official function was taken to one of three modern Rugga settlements being constructed by the Matawalle Administration for repentant bandits and other grazers in the state. The first Rugga now rearing completion at Maradun occupies nearly 2,500 hecters of land and will consist of grazing areas, houses, a school, hospital veterinary clinic, earth dams, water canals, a police post, network of roads, sporting facilities and worshipping sites. Lt. General Buratai, who went round the site which was about 70% completed said Governor Matawalle is a champion of peace and should be supported by all well meaning citizens in the state to end the ravaging menace of banditry and other crimes in the state. He promised that the...

      e same Act. While Balogun was sentenced to seven months jail term by Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Olatona had his date with Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, who sentenced him to six months imprisonment. Apart from his jail term, Balogun was ordered to restitute $4,000 (Four Thousand United States Dollars) to his victim, one Mantonia Duncan, and also forfeit his laptop, Samsung Galaxy S8 phone and iPhone 11 Pro Max to the federal government, while Olatona will restitute $500 (Five Hundred United State Dollars) to his victim and forfeit his iPhone 7 to the Federal government. In a similar development, Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, convicted one Timilehin Awojoodu of criminal impersonation, but reserved his sentence till July 21, 2020. Besides the conviction, the judge ordered Awojoodu to restitute the sum of $2,500 (Two Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars) to his victim and...

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Monday, July 13,2020, arraigned one Kingsley Chukwudi Nkwoka before Justice L. J. Abai of Abia State High Court, Aba, on nine-count charges, bordering on obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of Nine Million, Eighty-Five Thousand (N9,085,000.00). Count One of the charges reads: “That you, Chukwudi Kingsley Nkwoka, trading under the nam e and style of Chudis N. Kingster Enterprises on or about the 30th day of November, 2016 in Aba within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Abia State, did issue to Mr. Chukwuka Opara and Jackson Integrated Services, a UBA Plc cheque No. 63163867, dated 30/11/2016 for the sum of Four Million, One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand (N4,125,000.00), which when presented for payment within three months of issuance was dishonoured on the ground that there was insufficient funds in the account on which the cheque was drawn and you there...

      Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned a 48-Chamber morgue facility at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba in Lagos. Speaking at the commissioning of the state-of-the-art morgue facility, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the new morgue, donated by IHS Towers to the Lagos State Government will be available to serve the entire Lagos State and not just the Infectious Diseases Hospital. He said: “Death is not something we pray for, but we also fully accept its inevitability. And we know that when it happens, it is absolutely necessary for the departed to be treated with care and dignity, until it is time to commit them to mother earth. This is why we have morgues, and why we will never shy away from expanding our morgue capacity. Not because death is palatable but because it is inevitable. “I recall that in April, we experienced a congestion in mortuary capacity in Lagos State. The fact that the COVID-19 lockdown coincided with the end of ...

      Information at the disposal of Anambra State Police Command revealed that fraudsters and one chance syndicates have devised new methods of dispossesing innocent citizens of their hard earned money and other belongings These syndicates migrate from one place to another with same method of stealing or defrauding their unsuspecting victims.Just recently in Awka,a lady whose video went viral on the social media was allegedly lured by some hoodlums inside "jeep" under false pretense that they were looking for a place and lost bearing.As soon as the lady entered the car she allegedly loss her senses only to realise later when she regained consciousness that all her money and other valuables were carted away by the syndicate. Further credible information also revealed that another syndicate have devised a method of assesing their victim's bank accounts through stolen phones or lost ATM Cards,they do this in connivance with some unscrupulous bank officials. It woul...

      The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a viral video credited to “@NigeriaDream”, showing a security officer meting out inhuman treatment to a man in clear violation of his rights, dignity and freedom. In the video, the security officer was seen stamping his feet on the neck and head of a man lying helplessly on the floor. The Force condemns the act. It has   however painstakingly fact-checked and examined the video and hereby states that the incident did not take place anywhere or at any time in Nigeria. A critical look at the video indicates that - the vehicles on the scene are neither common vehicles used in Nigeria nor are the number plates of Nigerian pattern; Although the man in uniform looks like a private security guard that can be found anywhere, he is certainly not a personnel of the Nigeria Police Force. Also, the background language in the video is not any of the known Nigerian languages. Meanwhile, the Inspector General o...

      · 11 Others Receiving Medical Attention · IGP Dispatches Medical Team to Kaduna, Orders Immediate Payment of Burial Expenses and Benefits The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has condoled the families of the seven (7) Police officers attached to the Special Forces Unit of the Nigeria Police Force who died in a ghastly motor accident on 12th July, 2020 on their way to Katsina State. The unfortunate incident, which involved an 18-seater Toyota Hummer Bus conveying eighteen personnel of the Unit, occurred at Jaji town along Kaduna-Zaria Road. The deceased were part of an additional deployment made recently by the Force to boost the ongoing fight against bandits in Birnin-Gwari, Katsina State. The IGP, who described the incident as a huge loss to the Force, notes that the incident is one of the unfortunate sacrifices, officers often encounter in the line of duty. He described the deceased as “Heroes of Peace”. A team of Police Medical Person...

    PublishedJuly 14, 2020 Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that virtual court sittings are not unconstitutional. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour held that virtual court sittings are presumed to be valid and not been declared unconstitutional by the apex court. Members of the panel dismissed the fear said to be entertained by many judges as to the constitutionality of remote hearings in the country. They maintained that the Chief Judges of the states that had issued practice direction to provide for virtual sitting when convenient had the duty to enforce the directive. They made the comments during the hearing of separate suits filed by the Attorneys-General of Lagos and Ekiti states on the adoption of remote hearings by judges in their states. The panel described the suits of both the Lagos and Ekiti states’ AGs as speculative as the suits did not disclose how virtual proceedings had injured the in...

       A Nigerian couple welcomed a set of twins three weeks apart. According to the father, David Bankole, he and his wife got married in 2003 and had to wait sixteen years before welcoming their first child, a girl, in February of 2019. He revealed his wife quickly conceived afterward and on June 19, 2020, she gave birth to their second baby. They had a naming ceremony for the new baby. He revealed it was after the naming ceremony that his wife started to complain she was having some movement in her stomach. They went to the hospital and it was discovered she had another baby in her. The father narrated, To the glory of God, this union is almost 18 years now. After we got wedded in 2003, we waited for sixteen good years before God answered us and gave us our first daughter in February 2019. We were overjoyed. Before we knew it, she conceived and gave birth to another baby on the 19th of June 2020. We were so grateful to God. We had the naming ceremony. Some...

      14 year old Anita Haledu Ibrahim, a resident of Angwan Dorowa, Gbuja village, Andaha, Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa state had committed suicide. The deceased, an SS1 student of Government Science School Andaha, is said to have drank herbicide on Saturday 11th July, 2020 which resulted to her death. A source close to the family disclosed that the deceased got pregnant for her boyfriend, who is also a resident of Andaha, during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to the source, the father who later found out about the pregnancy, out of anger beat her up severely. She died in the early hours of today Tuesday, 14th July, 2020 due to effect of the herbicide she took. Burial preparations have been made and Anita is being buried in her family residence in Angwan Dorowa, Gbuja village, Andaha.

          Naya Rivera, best known for her groundbreaking role as Santana Lopez on the hit Fox musical series “Glee,” has died. She was 33. Her body was identified at Lake Piru in Ventura County, Calif., the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed at a press conference on Monday. Sheriff Bill Ayub said there was no indication of suicide or foul play. Rivera was first identified as the missing person involved in a possible drowning at Lake Piru on July 8 after her 4-year-old son was found alone in their rented boat. The search and rescue operation continued for five more days amid low water visibility and numerous obstacles on the lake bottom. “He and Naya swam in the lake together,” Ayub said about Rivera and her son. “It was during that time that her son described being helped onto the boat by Naya. … He told investigators he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water.” Later, he added, “We believe that she mustered...

      Kelly Preston, an actress best known for her role as a hardhearted fiancée of the Tom Cruise character in the 1996 film “Jerry Maguire,” died on Sunday in Florida. She was 57.   Her husband, the actor John Travolta, said in an Instagram post on Monday that the cause was breast cancer. She had been treated for the cancer for two years, he said, something she had kept largely to herself. “She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many,” Mr. Travolta said. The post did not say specifically where she died. Ms. Preston broke into film and television in the early 1980s, often playing a young and sexy character, as she did in the 1985 comedy “Mischief,” where she was “the shallow charmer the nerd dreams about,” Jay Carr wrote in The Boston Globe. She met Mr. Travolta in 1988, when they worked on the comedy “The Experts,” released the next year. They married in 1991. She had a cameo with Mr. Travolta in the 2000 sci-fi flop “Battlefield E...

      The Lagos State Government has asked residents in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State to give their maximum support to the successful execution of the Otto-Wharf/ Mba-Cardoso road reconstruction project. The Honourable Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who made the call at a stakeholders' meeting in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Secretariat, stated that the provision of adequate infrastructure will provide the necessary leap for development to take firm root in any society. The Commissioner, speaking through the Director, Physical Planning in the Ministry, Tpl. Bola Aliu, added that with many road construction projects ongoing across the State, the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to infrastructure development in every part of Lagos State. According to him, "The reconstruction project of the Otto-Wharf/Mba-Cardoso road represents another...

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 13, 2020 continued trial in the fraud charge bought against an alleged internet fraud kingpin, Onwuzuruike Ikenna Kingsley. The matter is before Justice A. T Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and the prosecution presented its first witness, Abbas Suleiman, an Assistant Detective Superint endent(ADS) of the EFCC, before the court. While being led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, M. T Iko, Suleiman told the court how the Commission, on receiving an intelligence on the alleged fraudulent activities of the defendant, commenced investigation which later led to his arrest in Umuahia, Abia State. He stated that, the defendant was arrested with the following items: One Samsung Galaxy Phone, One iphoy 11, One black Dell laptop,Three Nigeria international Passports and One Accura car. He also said the defendant was taken to “our Port Harcourt office, where he volun...

    13 July, 2020       A team of seasoned Medical Professionals gloriously attained another wonderful feat by clinically separating a set of conjoined twins (females) at the Centre's Main Theatre on Friday July 10th, 2020 having spent 9 hours performing this acclaimed task. The surgery was undertaken by 55 clinicians from diversified specialties under the able leadership of Dr. Charles Soo, a reputable Consultant (Paediatrics Surgeo n). Meanwhile, as at the time of our (Centre's Media Crew) visit to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) this morning (July 13th, 2020) the babies were health and hearty and can be seen playing with their toys from their respective beds. Alhaji Mohammed Adamu. More photos below.

     IMO STATE POLICE COMMAND BULLETIN FOUND CHILD The young boy whose Photograph appears below is IKECHUKWU OGBA,13 yrs old,male,a native of NIMO, in ANAMBRA STATE, was found by a good samaritan wandering around ATTA MARKET SQUARE, he is presently at IKEDURU DIVISIONAL POLICE HQRS Anyone who knows, or recognises him,or knows anyone looking for such person should contact the POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER IMO STATE @ 07034714499 All to kindly disseminate this information to enable his family members or relatives locate him please . SP IKEOKWU GODSON ORLANDO POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FOR :THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IMO STATE.

     On the 12/7/2020 at about 8:pm Police operatives attached to Uli Division arrested one Chinonso Ugochukwu 'm' aged 28 years (aka NEPA) of Ndikokwu Umuaku Uli in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. Suspect lured a 5 years of girl into his room and allegedly defiled her.Scene was visited by police detectives and victim taken to the hospital for medical examination. 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.

     Nollywood veteran actress Rita Edochie shared photos from her daughters wedding today.She captioned the mix photos ''  My GREAT people in the WORLD, i thank you so much for your prayers. The WEDDING MY SECOND DAUGHTER AMANDA MARIA EDOCHIE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND AWESOME  ''.More photos below.

     ZAMFARA STATE GOVT HOUSE Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has pledged to support the Jamaatu Izalatil Bidah Wa Ikamatussunnah (JBWIS) to build an Islamic University in the state.  He made the pledge when the leadership of the group under Sheikh Bala Lau paid him a courtesy call at the Government House today.  Governor Matawalle, who announced an initial cash donation of N100 million for the kick off of the University said nothing is too much for the development of education.  He called on Governors and wealthy individuals to support this initiative as, according to him, JIBWIS is a trustworthy group genuinely out to help the development of mankind.  Governor Matawalle expressed his worry that the bane of Northern Nigeria today is linked to lack of education  coupled with poor parental training.  "today, we have become a fragmented society, hating one another. We have become vulnerable to bad people who...