One Peter Iheanyi, a driver with a private company has narrated how he faked his own kidnap in connivance with his friend identified as Kelvin and others in order to collect a ransom from his company.Iheanyi, who was paraded alongside some other suspects at the Rivers State Police command headquarters in Port Harcourt narrated how he diverted the company goods to “his sister’s house in Abia state” and abandoned the vehicle along Aba-Port Harcourt expressway.He revealed that he initiated the planned kidnap after his friend “begged” him for money which he was not able to provide.The suspect said while his company did not pay the ransom…
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The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 1465 suspects, recorded 724 cases, between January – December, 2022.Briefing journalists in Bauchi Police Headquarters to show the world achievements recorded in 2022, Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakili noted that the command recorded 81 cases of Culpable Homicide…
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Tinubu breaks silence on reported meeting with G5 governors
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the recent reports on an alleged meeting involving some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There have been reports in recent days that the G5 governors, who are PDP members, recently met with Tinubu in London…
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Arsenal Football Club is now seven points clear at the top of the Premier League table after their empathic 4-2 win over Brighton in the last fixture in the top flight for 2022. The Gunners who have been in spectacular form this season got off to a flying start at the American Express Community Stadium […]
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Editor’s Pick: Our Top Fifteen Features of 2022
Dear readers, We must avow that this year has been quite noteworthy, especially for storytellers, creators and creatives in Nigeria, and Africa entirely. There have been too many beautiful stories, the heartwrenching ones, the ones that made us think deeply and those that make us cackle…
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Lawan reaffirms National Assembly’s commitment to credible elections in 2023
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Saturday the National Assembly would support the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the efforts to conduct credible elections in 2023. Lawan, who stated this in his New Year Message, also encouraged Nigerians to take an active part in the elections…
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Tinubu speaks on reported meeting with G5 Govs
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections in Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has reacted to reports that he met with five aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in London, United Kingdom. The reaction of the National Leader of the APC was contained [……
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has enjoined Nigerians not to lose hope, assuring that the party would ameliorate the pains inflicted on them by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku in a New Year message to the people, congratulated them “for surviving the harrowing experience” imposed on them [……
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”Wike, G5 should have honour and defect to APC” – Adeyanju
Deji Adeyanju, a former youth leader and ex-Director of New Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday criticised the five aggrieved governors of the PDP, popularly known as ‘G5’, for ‘lack of honour and principle’. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Adeyanju’s criticism follows the G5’s widely-reported imminent support for Bola Tinubu…
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BREAKING: Gov. Udom in closed-door meeting with Wike, G5 over Tinubu
Amid reports that he and his allies in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) G5 forum met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, this week in London, and struck a deal to support the former Lagos governor against PDP’s Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election…
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