Police burst robbery gang, arrest 1 , recover tricycle, weapons in Enugu

Police Operatives serving in Octopus Squad ‘B’ of Enugu State Command, on 27/01/2023 at about 9pm, conducted an intelligence-guided sting operation, intercepted and busted at Diamond Estate axis of Onitsha Road Enugu, an armed robbery gang, known to perpetrate heinous crimes within Enugu metropolis and environ under the name of “Unknown Gunmen”. Statement made available…

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340 boxes, 14  generators, others destroyed in INEC office fire outbreak

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office  in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State ,was on Sunday, set ablaze by hoodlums    Statement signed by the chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye via the body’s verified Twitter page, said the resident INEC commissioner for Ebonyi state, Onyeka Pauline Ugochi reported that the incident occurred…

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Adeleke issues six executive Orders, suspends OSIEC, detrones Three monarchs

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has dethroned three monarchs appointed by his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola. Former Governor Oyetola appointed several monarch few weeks before handing over government to Adeleke. The monarchs included  Akirun of Ikirun, Oba Yinusa Akadiri, Aree of Iree, Oba Ademola Oluponle and Oba Adegboyega Famodun. The former governor also approved the appointment…

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CJN swears in 62 new SAN

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday, sworn in 62 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) in Abuja. Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank were, Mustapha Ibrahim, Ikani Kanu-Agabi and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lawyers Sylvanus Tahir and Rotimi Oyedepo. The CJN urged the new SANs to…

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Court  commits IGP to 3 months imprisonment for refusal to reinstate officer

Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, commited the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to obey a sister-court judgement reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was compulsorily retired, back to work. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a ruling on the contempt proceedings filed by Okoli’s lawyer, Arinze…

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