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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that no fewer than 50 decomposing corpses, including 20 headless ones, as well as countless skeletons were discovered by the state security operatives during a raid of the forest around the Lokpanta Cattle Market in the Umunneochi axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Otti disclosed this on Sunday, October 29, during the second edition of his monthly media chat in Umauahia, Abia state Capital. According to the Governor the cattle market was used by kidnappers as ransom-collection point. He also vowed that no inch of the state land mass would be left to…

The report of alleged forceful sales of the portrait of the Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to secondary school principals and Chief Inspectors of Education (CIEs), by his Commissioner for secondary education, Mrs Rose Ezewu, has not only rattled her but upset the State government. Sources close to the corridor of power, disclosed that the report caused stirs in the cabinet of the governor who was visibly miffed with the ugly development. Mrs. Ezewu, was accused of allegedly forcing secondary school principals in the State to purchase the portrait of the State governor, Rt. Hon. Oborevwori for the…

Delta Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the Chairman of the State Traditional Rulers’ Council and Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, HRM Maj. Gen. Felix Mujakperuo (rtd), Orhue 1, on his installation as the pioneer Chancellor of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State. Governor Oborevwori, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, also congratulated the revered monarch on his conferment with the Honorary Doctor of Law Degree of the university. The Governor, in his congratulatory message to the royal father, pointed out that his “astute leadership qualities and robust experience as a retired…

The police in Delta investigating the remote cause of the death of a secondary school Physic teacher, Mr. Sunday Ufuah, at Alihame Mixed Secondary School in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, has said the deceased was not flogged by the suspect, but that Ufuah collapsed while attempting to mediate when Nweke was flogging the teacher that punished his son, Emmanuel. Ufuah was said to have collapsed during school hours when an aggrieved parent stormed the school to avenge the punishment meted to his errant son for allegedly scaling the fence to steal palm wine. He was…

…Her Reasons Will Shock You One  Oluchukwu Nwosu, a native of Nnewi Town in Anambra state, has sold her three-month old grandson, stating she committed the act as a result of poverty and hardship. Oluchukwu sold the baby boy for a paltry sum of N50, 000. When she was apprehended by officials of the Anambra State Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Children’s Welfare last weekend, and brought before the Commissioner, Hon Mrs. Ify Obinabo, she confessed to selling her grandson. In a video watched by this medium, the woman wept profusely, saying she was pushed to sell the baby because…

By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye It is another sad Sunday for Catholics in Nigeria as one of her priests, Very Rev. Fr. Thaddeus Tarhembe, of the Catholic Diocese of Wukari, in Taraba State was abducted from his parish rectory in the early hours of Sunday, October 29, 2023. According to a release signed by Rev. Fr. John Jerome Laikei, Director of Communications in the Diocese and posted in the Facebook page of Rev. Fr. Moses Idris, reads; ” I am directed by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wukari, Most Rev. Mark Nzukwein to inform the general public of the…

Nigeria Inspector General of Police IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, has directed all medical personnel across the country to treat gunshot victims with or without police report whenever the situation arises.  IGP Egbetokun issued the directive while urging health workers to sensitize Nigerians about the issue. The IGP’s directive, based on the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017, was contained in a Police internal memo dated October 25, 2023, and signed by the Force Principal Staff Officer, Olatunji Disu. The memo was addressed to all Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police and the…

Parishioners from Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza are praying fervently for an end to the war and peace for all. In a video recorded on Saturday, bombs can be heard exploding in the background. The Parish compound has turned into a refuge for many seeking shelter. “Thank God everyone is alright,” says Holy Family parish priest Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, who is currently in Bethlehem and unable to reach Gaza. He has remained constantly updated by his assistant parish priest, Fr. Iusuf Asad. Sound of bombs: In the Strip and confirmed by some managing to get through the communications blackout,…

. By Yusuf Salihu Sansani, Jalingo One person has reportedly been killed by Herders and fourteen others injured in a renewed crisis between farmers and herdsmen in Yelwa Abbare community of Ardo Kola Local Government Area, Taraba State. The crisis was said to have started after a herder took his cattles into a rice farms belonging to the people of the community and was asked to bring them out, but he refused which led to huge damage by the cattles. Narrating his ordeals, one of the victims of the crisis, Haruna Yusuf said, they were harvesting rice when a…

…Send SoS To Relevant Authorities By Godwin-Maria Utuedoye The unlawful and illegal sand dredging activities all over Delta state, no doubt poses a life-threatening situation and envisages man-made environmental disaster in the nearest future if not properly checked and guided by relevant authorities and agencies of governments. It was such situation of unlawful dredging activities that trigger residents of 2nd Amekpa of Ekiugbo-Ughelli community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta state, on Saturday, October 28, to protest against the siting of a dredger just few metres away from residential buildings, calling on both the Federal and State Government to…