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The Rivers State Police Command has explained the circumstances surrounding the death of Prof. Emmanuel Amadi, who was murdered on Tuesday by some unidentified gunmen. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the don recognised one of the hoodlums and was …

A lecturer at the Rivers State University, Professor Emmanuel Amadi, was on Tuesday murdered by a group of gunmen suspected to be armed robbers. The Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident, which happened about 8pm in Rumuolumeni in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Details later… Source :The …

Ondo state police command has arrested two members of an armed robbery syndicate in the state. The suspects are Kingsley Ngbi (30) and Jibril Alazigha (37) of Kayama Local Government of Bayelsa state. Parading the suspects on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Femi Joseph said they …

A 300-Level Medical Laboratory student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Christabel was yesterday evening discovered dead in her hostel room at Newton Street, Ekosodin area of Benin City, after allegedly taking some deadly substance to end her life. The details of the incident were still sketchy as at press …

West African finance ministers and central bank governors agreed on technical issues surrounding the creation of a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States next year. “At a ministerial level, we’ve established a roadmap” for the establishment of a new currency, Ivory Coast Finance Minister Adama Kone …

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyin Ekiti has sentenced a 36-year-old man, Ige Omotosho, to six months imprisonment for stealing a bag of kolanut. Omotosho was convicted on two counts of forcible entry into a farmland and stealing a bag of kolanut worth N10,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adefumike …

The Global Peace Index has ranked Nigeria 148th among 163 independent states and territories, according to their level of peacefulness. Nigeria retained the 148th spot from last year. The 2019 edition of the GPI, which is described as the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness, placed Nigeria among the five …

A 54-year-old labourer, Shakibu Ajagbe, has lost his life after the wall of a warehouse in Matori Industrial Layout, Lagos, collapsed on him and another labourer, Sherif Balogun, who sustained injuries. It was learnt that the victims were doing some renovation work on the warehouse last Friday when the wall …

A gas explosion at a Port Harcourt shopping mall on Wednesday ignited a fire which left at least five persons critically injured. The incident which happened around 4:00 p.m. forced the early closure of the mall. It was gathered that the fire started at the continental cuisines’ kitchen, a section …

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two children in the Umuogoakpu-Ngbo community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state by yet-to-be-identified persons. It was gathered that the assailants attacked the family of Benjamin Oke and butchered his seven-year-old son, Chinonso, and his four-year-old brother, Chukwudi, in …