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Detectives from Bariga Police Station have arrested one Emmanuel Olatunde (aka “Pastor”), a notorious cultist. He was arrested in connection with some robbery and murder cases within Bariga Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, on Sunday. Elkana said that Olatunde, 31, of No 27 Oremenunu Ibafo Street, Bariga is an ex-convict and a member of the ‘Eiye Confraternity’, responsible for terrorizing people in Bariga. “He is responsible for the murder of one Ahmed Karowi, an Aiye Confraternity Kingpin on Sept. 11, 2019. “Investigation is ongoing and…

The Police Command in Enugu State is investigating a complaint of alleged weakness of male genital organ by Mr Sunday Ebubechukwu, after a handshake with a suspect identified as Anayo. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement made available to NAN in Enugu on Sunday. Amaraizu said that the incident happened on Sept. 13 within the Obiagu axis of Ogui area of Enugu metropolis. The police spokesman said that the suspect, simply identified as Anayo, is also a physically challenged person. “The Command through its operatives of Ogui Division is unraveling the mystery surrounding…

Former Women Affairs minister Aisha Alhassan popularly known as “Mama Taraba” who suffered massive defeat in the 2019 Governorship election in Taraba, says she has completed arrangements to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhassan was the gubernatorial flag bearer of United Democratic Party (UDP) in the 2019 elections in which she scored only 14, 651 votes. She joined the UDP on the eve of the polls after she failed to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, a party she contested under in 2015 and was able to secure 275,966 votes to come second in the governorship polls.…

A suspected robber arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command says he broke into a night club in Igbobi, Lagos state to raise money for a member of his gang in order to perfect his bail condition from Kirikiri prison. The suspect, Sadiq Yinusa, 25, of 24, Oluwalogbon Street, Shomolu, Lagos, was arrested at the night club (name withheld) in Igbobi while attempting to rob the club supervisor, at around 2.45 a.m. on Wednesday. Yinusa, from whom a locally made shot gun, 4 live cartridges, a socket wrench, a chisel and…

Senator Gabriel Suswam has denied media reports that he is planning to leave the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress. In a press statement signed by Michael T. Zendesha, Personal Assistant to the Senator, Suswam, a former Benue governor warned media houses to be wary of such fake news. “Our attention has been drawn to a news item published online by Daily Post on the 15th September 2019, stating that Senator Gabriel Suswam has opened up talks with some highly powerful northern politicians and oligarchs preparatory to 2023 general election, saying he would…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole Let me start by congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and their party, APC, for their victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) on Wednesday, 11th of September, 2019. Irrespective of the misgivings that might have followed the rulings from many citizens, that is already now in the past now. The petitioner, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party PDP, have rejected the outcome of the tribunal and will appeal the judgement at the Supreme Court. We all look forward to that. That tribunal outcome seems to be “expected” by many and therefore, did…

In order to meet the huge demands of passport applicants in the country, the passport office, Ikoyi, Lagos, has included Saturday in its work days. Investigations by NAN correspondent on Saturday revealed that more Nigerians troop to Ikoyi office to apply for passports. This put enormous pressure on the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) staffs members. In order to meet demands, the office therefore included Saturdays in its work days for collection of processed passports, NAN reports. An applicant, who spoke to NAN under anonymity, commended the centre for striving hard to meet the demands. She affirmed that the collection process…

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has vacated a forfeiture order secured by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on some properties belonging to former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and some members of his family. The anti-graft agency had early this month obtained the court’s orders for the interim forfeiture of assets traced to the former governor, his wife, Nneoma Nkechi and their daughter. The properties are: “a 16 – block 96 – flat structure and an eight – bungalow multimillion naira estate, hotel, two schools, shopping plaza, supermarket, hospital and four vehicles. “The…

The University of Lagos has announced the death of one of its workers, Mr Sunday Meshioye, aged 36. In a statement issued on Friday night in Lagos, the university said the late Meshioye took his life, by ingesting a pesticide suspected to be sniper. It noted that until his death, Meshioye was a transport supervisor attached to the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences. “It is indeed with a heavy heart that the management of the university announces the news of the untimely death of Sunday Meshioye. “He was received as an emergency case at the Medical Centre of…

An 18-carat solid gold toilet has been stolen in a burglary overnight at Blenheim Palace. A gang broke into the Oxfordshire palace at about 04:50 BST and stole the artwork, Thames Valley Police said. The working toilet – entitled America, which visitors had been invited to use – has not been found but a 66-year-old man has been arrested. The burglary caused “significant damage and flooding” because the toilet was plumbed into the building, police said. It was part of an exhibition by Italian conceptual artistMaurizio Cattelan that opened on Thursday. The 18th Century stately home is a World Heritage Site…