Author: SouthernVoiceNews

…Embarks On Discrete Stop And Search Across State In its determination to combat all forms of insecurity and crime in the state during the ember months, particularly the reported incidences of kidnapping in the state, the Delta State Police Commissioner, CP Wale Abass on Monday, September 18, 2023 issued a ban on tinted glasses and covered plate numbers in vehicles as one of the measures and strategies to nip those hiding under such to perpetuate crime. This was contained in a press release signed by the Commands Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe and made available to crime reporters. The…

Online platform X, formerly Twitter, could introduce a monthly fee for all users, its owner Elon Musk said Monday, citing the need to cut down on bots. The tech tycoon has made multiple changes since taking over the site for $44 billion in October last year, when it was known as Twitter. He has fired thousands of employees, introduced a paid premium option, cut content moderation and reinstated formerly banned accounts including that of former US president Donald Trump. He said in July the platform had lost roughly half its advertising revenue. Bots — accounts run by computer programmes rather…

Veteran Nigerian record producer, Solomon Oyeniyi, widely recognised as K-Solo, has disclosed that Mohbad’s remains will be unearthed early tomorrow morning.  According to Naija News medium, K-Solo confirmed that the late artist’s father had granted permission for the police to exhume Mohbad’s body. They have mutually agreed to proceed with the exhumation either tonight or first thing tomorrow morning. “They have agreed that I think they should exhume this midnight or first thing tomorrow morning,” he said. During an appearance on Channels TV’s ‘Rubbin’ Minds,’ K-Solo claimed that Naira Marley, the head of Marlian Records label, was somehow connected to…

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified six Nigerian nationals wanted for cybercrimes, and they are now considered international flight risks. The individuals are Felix Osilama Okpoh, Alex Afolabi Ogunsakin, Micheal Olorunyomi, Richard Izuchukwu Uzhi, Nnamdi Orson Benson, and Abiola Ayorinde Kayode. The FBI has dubbed them “cyber’s most wanted,” stating that these individuals are currently residing in Nigeria. They urgently call on the public to contact the nearest FBI office or the American embassy with any information regarding their whereabouts. The FBI’s interest in these suspects stems from their alleged involvement in a range of criminal…

Three suspects linked to the killing of Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to Senator Solomon Adeola, lawmaker representing Ogun West at the upper chamber of National Assembly, have given reasons why they shot the late aide when the Lagos State Police Command arrested them. The arrested suspects include; Fred Okuno (43) Lagosian;  Lucky Michael (33), from Delta State, and Adedigba Segun (26), from Ibadan, Oyo State. Confirming the arrests of the suspects while parading them before journalists on Monday, at the Command’s headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, said their arrest was made possible through a diligent investigation that…

A Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Marcellinus Obioma Okide of Enugu Diocese has been  abducted on  Sunday, September 17, 2023, at about 5:00 p.m. while traveling along the Eke-Egede-Affa Road in Enugu, Nigeria.  Fr. Okide, who serves at St. Mary Amofia-Agu Affa Parish, was en route to his parish when the unfortunate incident occurred. The diocese has issued a fervent appeal to the faithful and the public at large for prayers, hoping for the swift and safe release of Fr. Okide.  Additionally, they are calling for a change of heart on the part of the kidnappers. This distressing event highlights the…

 The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and Founder of the Kukah Centre, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has been selected for the Madrid-based “Mundo Negro Fraternity Award”. The award comes with a cash prize of 10, 000 euros.Mundo Negro, a Spanish Magazine earmarks the yearly award for individuals and institutions who have contributed remarkably to the progress of their nation and continent. This was disclosed in a statement by the Kukah Centre on Monday. The centre added that the news was conveyed to the cleric through a letter signed by Fr. Enrique Bayo Mata, a priest of the Comboni Missionaries…

The Delta State police command on September 16, 2023 arrested suspected cultists, armed robbers and also recovered locally-made cut-to-size guns, daggers, charms and regalia’s. In a statement made available and signed by the state police public relations officer, Bright Edafe on Monday, September 18, reads partly; “On 16/09/2022 at about 2215hrs, while men of Isselu-Uku Division patrol team were on routine stop and search duty along the boundary between Onicha-Ugbo and Idumuje-Ugboko, they intercepted an unregistered Qlink motorcycle conveying two male passengers. They were subjected to a search during which one {01} locally made pistol, two live cartridges, one {01}…

Executive Chairman, Delta State Board of Internal Revenue Services has said that the service is committed in harmonizing taxes between local governments area and the state for optimum revenue collection. He stated this on Monday, September 18, in his office when he received the Uvwie Council Chairman, Hon. Ransom Onoyake and his team during a congratulatory visit to him. The chairman noted that in no distance time, the revenue services will call for a meeting with all the Local Government Council Chairmen on the need to harmonize the taxes to curb revenue leakages. While thanking the Uvwie Council Chairman and…

The breakdown of relations between Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, took a new turn on Monday, September 18, with the governor’s decision to bar his estranged deputy from the Government House. When Shaibu arrived at his office on Monday morning, he saw that the gate to the deputy governor’s office at Dennis Osadebey Avenue and the main door leading to the storey building were both secured with chains and hefty padlocks. He and his aides waited for about an hour before leaving. Shaibu, during that period reportedly made frantic phone calls to his principal, Governor…