A suspected kidnapper only identified as Akatakpo has been shot at Ewu-Urhobo community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State and number of other suspects arrested by police operatives from the Ughelli Area Command and Otu-Jeremi Division. The victim popularly known as ‘Akatakpo, who also owned a hotel in the community and was shot while trying to resist arrest with the support of some youths present during the arrest. They were said to have engaged the police operatives in a physical fight trying to pave way for the suspect to escape, but the police also stood their ground and…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a trained professional journalist. A graduate of Mass Communication from Delta State University, Abraka. He is a registered practising Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists with over 20 years experience of reporting. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focuses more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration by government and multinational iol companies has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas. He is married with children.
A resident pastor at St Peter’s Combined Christian School in Mohlaletsi village in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa, Diketso Matibidi, has been suspended for allegedly assaulting a female student. Matibidi, a resident pastor and educator, allegedly flogged the Grade 12 learner for being late to the Sunday church service on the 12th of November, 2023. According to reports, Diketso called out the student in front of the entire congregation and then allegedly proceeded to beat her with a sjambok, a type of whip commonly used in South Africa. The student’s parents have expressed outrage over the incident, stating…
Photos of a Nigerian man and his wife he allegedly murdered shortly after they relocated to the United Kingdom has emerged. Though the name of the man was not disclosed, but It was gathered that the woman had obtained a restraining order against her husband, yet he got access to her and allegedly killed her. It was reported that the three young children of the couple have been made motherless after their father allegedly killed their mother just months after they relocated to the UK. The brother of the deceased revealed on a Facebook post that the Suffolk police said…
A yet-to-be identified wheelbarrow pusher has allegedly stabbed a tax collector to death in Benin City, Edo State before killing himself. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday on Mission road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The incident caused pandemonium among residents and shop owners who hurriedly closed shops. An argument had reportedly ensued between the barrow pusher and the tax collector over alleged refusal by the former to pay N50 daily ticket. Angered by the argument, the revenue collector reportedly kicked the wheelbarrow containing bags of items. In retaliation, the wheelbarrow…
Mr. Chimaobi Agah, a father of four children, has cried out over the whereabout of his four children that went missing since Monday morning and calling on the Abia State Government and the Abia state police command to help him locate his children. Agah, (43) from Amasiri in Ebonyi State, but lives in Umuagua Ibeku in Umuahia North LGA, Abia State, said his four children, Chinweotiti Chimaobi, ‘f’ 7, Nmesomachi Chimaobi ‘f’ 7, Testimony Chimaobi ‘m’ 4, and Godswill Chimaobi ‘m’ 2, left home for their school, Great Ambassadors College, Nkwoegwu, also in Umuahia North on Monday, November 27 but…
The Federal Government has disbursed a total of N135,479,884,677.02 as reimbursement to states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This disbursement follows the second independent assessment of results achieved under the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG CARES), a World Bank Assisted Performance For Results Programme. Dr. Abdulkarim Obaje, the national coordinator of the NG-CARES programme, announced the disbursement of funds in Abuja on Friday. He clarified that the allocation was based on the results achieved by states and the FCT in their initiatives to assist poor and vulnerable Nigerians under the NG-CARES Programme.…
The Delta State Police Command on Sunday arrested two suspects for stealing Church musical instruments. The Police in a statement made available to journalists said its officers caught the men after one of the suspects, Patrick Emete posted one of the stolen amplifiers for sale on his Facebook page. According to the image maker, DSP Edafe Bright, “the Orerokpe Divisional Police Headquarters of the Delta State Police Command arrested two suspects for their infamous strings of church breaking in Delta State. “Police received information on 17/11/2023, about a break-in at Redeem Christian Church of God, a.k.a “Dominion Mega”, where several…
An unidentified suspected killer of a Police Constabulary and a complainant at Evwreni community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State has been apprehended and set ablaze by angry mob in the area. It was reported that, the deceased Constabulary Policeman, Late Solomon Ughere allegedly attached to the JWC section of the Nigeria Police at the Ughelli Area Command was detailed among other officers to recover a suspected stolen vehicle parked at the premises of Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, located at Evwreni community. According to a security source from the Delta State Police Command disclosed that; “the deceased…
Suspected gunmen on Thursday night kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Kingsley Ichie of St. Michael Catholic Parish Umuekebi community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The priest and the driver of his car, Uchenna Newman were kidnapped at Orie Am a junction at about 8pm . The priest and the driver of the Volvo Jeep alighted to buy something at the junction before they were kidnapped. Report had it that the suspects also robbed business owners at the junction . The Imo State Police Public Relation Officer is yet to react to the…
…APC Chieftain Questions Why Such Generosity Is Not Extended To Doctors, Teachers, Others Minister for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, has been accused of bias and ulterior motive for perceived “exclusive generosity” toward judges in his housing schemes for public servants. Canada based political management consultant and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Korka-Waadah, who raised the concern, noted that Wike, through his time as Rivers state governor and now FCT minister has made a habit of showering judges in the nation’s judiciary with exclusive welfare packages in isolation of other public servants. In a telephone chat with…