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TENSION IN DELTA AS SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS SHOOT MOPOL DEAD IN FILLING STATION
There was serious tension in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday after suspected armed robbers at about 9pm shot a mobile policeman dead in a filling Station at Etuwewe junction along Deco Road. The hoodlums shot sporadically in the area before they attacked and killed the ...
KIDNAPPED JOURNALIST’S WIFE REGAINS FREEDOM IN CALABAR
Kidnapped Journalist’s wife, Mrs. Uduak Judex Okoro has regained her freedom. Mrs. Okoro is the wife of the Sun Correspondent in Cross River State and Chairman of the Chapel (Correspondents). She was kidnapped on Tuesday by 8.30 pm around Big Qua town in Calabar Municipal local government area ...
POLICE RECOVER ABANDONED NEW BORN BABY IN JIGAWA EID-GROUND
Police in Jigawa State have recovered a newly born baby abandoned at Eid ground in Dutse metropolis. Spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri confirmed the incident to DAILY POST. He said police found the newly born male child wrapped in a cloth. Jinjiri said the child was taken to hospital wher...
COURT REMANDS MAN FOR JUMPING BAIL
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Wasiu Abiodun for jumping bail and failing to face trial. The Police prosecutor, ASP Abiodun Fagboyinbo informed the court that the accused person was charged to court for defrauding one Alhaja Sakirat Abdullazeez of N2,400...
OGUN: THREE BROTHERS IN POLICE NET FOR GANG-RAPING TEENAGER
Three young men are presently cooling off at a police cell in Ogun state for allegedly gangraping a teenager in Pata, Ifo area of the state. The Ogun Police Command said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday after the incident was reported at Ifo Police station by one Alimi Olasunkanmi an adminis...
NEWSEND SARS: TWITTER CRASHES, RETURNS WITH EMOJI FOR ONLINE CAMPAIGN
On Thursday night, Nigerians experience a Twitter outage. It led to speculations the government had clamped down on the social media app amid the #EndSARS online campaign. But it quickly emerged that it was a global issue caused by a system change. According to Twitter Support, “most of you sho...
TONY ADEMILUYI: WHAT NIGERIANS LOVE AND DISLIKE ABOUT MOBILE BANKING APPS
Going to the bank physically for transactions is fast becoming history for most people especially for the young and upwardly mobile millennial generation. Why go through the stress of a bank queue when you can transact the same business from the comfort of your home or anywhere far from the bank wit...
NEWSNIGERIA ONLY AFRICAN COUNTRY BARRED FROM 2022 US VISA LOTTERY
Nigerians have been barred from taking part in the United States’ visa lottery in 2022. This was contained in a 19-page document published on the US website. The document is titled ‘Instructions for the 2022 diversity immigrant visa programme (dv-2022)’. “In Africa, natives of Nigeria ar...
BREAKING: HACKERS HIT NIGERIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, VOWS TO EXPOSE GOVT SECRETS
The Twitter account of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been hacked. The hackers put up a message threatening to reveal secrets of Nigerian authorities. “We #Anonymous are out to expose government’s secret and dirty files”, it read. “Put an #ENDTOPOLICEBRUTALITY #Twitterdown #NB...