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Family battles to save son allegedly shot during Army raid

Family battles to save son allegedly shot during Army raid

…Claims officers involved promised to process the bills *No evidence to support such – Army By Efe Onodjae For over two months, 26-year-old Franklin Ivara has remained on a hospital bed, battling excruciating pain from an alleged gunshot wound that shattered his left leg during a military operation in Itigidi Community, Abi Local Government Area […]
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Kid robbers: ‘Oyenusi’, ‘Anini’, ‘Osunbo’ resurrect in Ondo

Kid robbers: ‘Oyenusi’, ‘Anini’, ‘Osunbo’ resurrect in Ondo

*How my mother’s charms to make me disappear failed *We’ve robbed more than 46 times, paying our parents’ house rent for years *Where we got our nickname By Dayo Johnson Akure Three kid robbery suspects, Timileyi Femi, aka Anini, 13 years, Ojo Sunday- aka oyenusi, 15 years and Matti Lowe, aka Osunbo, 16 years said they had operated […]

$3.27bn crude lost to thieves in 14 months, FG cries out

$3.27bn crude lost to thieves in 14 months, FG cries out

The Federal Government yesterday raised alarm over the rising rate of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, disclosing that about $3.27 billion worth of oil had been lost to vandalism and theft in the past 14 months.

Glass tumbler found in woman’s bladder 4 years after she used it as s3x toy

Glass tumbler found in woman’s bladder 4 years after she used it as s3x toy

A glass tumbler has been found inside a woman’s bladder who doctors thought had a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). According to New York Post, the 45-year-old woman had come to the hospital complaining of typical lower UTI symptoms, such as leaking. But doctors were left stunned when scans revealed there was a glass inside her […]

Man charged with murder after ‘sawing chunk of friend’s leg’

Man charged with murder after ‘sawing chunk of friend’s leg’

By Richard Okotie A suspect has been charged with murder after he allegedly sawed off a chunk of his friend’s leg as part of an ‘arrangement’. John Yalu, 36, is said to have used a circular saw to amputate the limb of a 66-year-old man at Fitzgerald Park in Innisfail, northern Queensland, Australia. Passers-by found […]

BAD FUEL: Queues’ll end next week — FG

BAD FUEL: Queues’ll end next week — FG

THE Federal Government, yesterday, raised hope that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant queues at filling stations will ultimately disappear next week.

I was scolded for returning N100,000 forgotten by passenger – Kaduna tricyclist

I was scolded for returning N100,000 forgotten by passenger – Kaduna tricyclist

A tricycle operator in Kaduna, Ayuba Yusuf, who returned N100,000 forgotten by a passenger, said on Monday that the reaction of some members of the public, took him by surprise. Yusuf, a Diploma certificate holder in Public Administration, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although few people commended him, a lot more scolded […]

Motorists, communities flee as gunmen take over Benue road

Motorists, communities flee as gunmen take over Benue road

By Peter Duru ONE of the direct link roads to Makurdi the Benue State capital from the South East, the 55 kilometre Makurdi- Aliade road has been abandoned largely due to the harrowing experience of commuters and motorists who daily ply the road. It is in bad shape and nothing has been done to salvage […]

Security agencies uncover new suspected militant group in S’East

Security agencies uncover new suspected militant group in S’East

**How group assassinated over 20 Policemen, Soldiers, Civilians. By Kingsley Omonobi Fresh revelations have emerged about the operations of suspected militant group whose modus operandi in the South East, particularly in Imo and Enugu States is the coordinated attacks on Policemen, military personnel especially soldiers and civilians perceived to be supportive of government measures at […]

CHIDINMA: 65% of patients at Yaba Psychiatric Hospital are drug users

CHIDINMA: 65% of patients at Yaba Psychiatric Hospital are drug users

Substance abuse is a growing public health problem across the world. But the disturbing trend is not only that Nigeria has surpassed the prevalence of drug abuse in the world with 14.4 per cent of Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years presently engaged in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

18-year-old girl arrested during ENDSARS protest in Ondo gives birth in prison

18-year-old girl arrested during ENDSARS protest in Ondo gives birth in prison

By Dayo Johnson A pregnant 18-year old girl, Kemisola Oguniyi, who was arrested during the ENDSARS protest in Akure, the Ondo state capital has given birth in prison custody. Kemisola reportedly gave birth to a baby boy on June 16. She has been in prison custody since October 24 last year. They were accused by […]