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Two youths from Ogbaku in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State escaped being lynched by angry mob for allegedly stealing a top Star motorcycle at Amuri Road, near Enugu. Enugu State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement Wednesday in Enugu, said the suspects Oluebube Ijeoma and Sunday Agochukwu who attempted to flee from the mob, were rescued by police operatives from Agbani Division of the command. “The two suspects received beating of their lives from the mob that promptly descended heavily on them for allegedly stealing a Top Star Motorcycle from where it was…

A teenager has been arrested by Imo Police Command for killing and burying a 24-year-old man in a forest Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo state. Bobo John, an 18-year-old was said to have killed a 24-year-old man, Stanley Eluwa Ihechika. Speaking to newsmen at the scene, the Police Public Relations officer (PPRO), Mr. Andrew Enwerem, said the police had exhumed the man’s remains from a shallow grave in the forest, recalling that it was the same forest, a body of a 63-year-old woman was discovered. Enwerem said: “It is a story of robbery and murder of a missing man,…

The high number of members of Okada Riders Tricycles’ Association of Nigeria (ORTAN), Ekiti chapter, possessing National Certificate of Education and‎ Bachelor Degrees is attributed to unemployment in the country. The Association’s State Deputy Chairman, Olusola Isola  Isola said, “We have over 10,000 members in all the 42 branches across the state and 5,000 of these population hold at least NCE, with many of them parading Bachelor degrees. This shows that there is high level of unemployment in Nigeria which the government at all levels must address.” Speaking to newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, Isola said the high number…

A 33-year-old woman, who hid mobile phone in a soup to give her suspected robbery boyfriend was Wednesday arrested by eagle-eyed prison officials at Ibara Prisons, Abeokuta in Ogun State. The woman, Fatima Balogun who hid the phone in a cooler of prepared soup to beat security, was reportedly arrested at the prison’s gate lodge by the Special Intelligence Unit of Nigerian Prisons, Abeokuta maximum Prisons. Addressing newsmen Wednesday, the Comptroller of Prisons of Ogun State command, CP Benson Abolade said the action posed a threat to national security. Abolade said the suspect was arrested for trafficking in the prisons…

Akwa Ibom State police command has declared a suspected kidnap kingpin in Ukanafun Local Government Area wanted for his sinister roles in a series of kidnappings and killings in the area. The suspect -Akaninyene Jumbo Uko alias isoakpabafid from Ikot Ibekwe in Ukanafun is said to be terrorizing the local government area for the past one year. A release from the state police command, Ikot Akpan Abia, and signed by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana said the suspect is wanted in connection with cases of kidnapping in Ukanafun. The press release reads in parts,”Akwa Ibom state police…

The Federal Government has sought the technical support of United States of America in its effort to eradicate the menace of child labour and provision of decent employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths. Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said the support could come through collaborative efforts between Nigeria and US Department of Labour. A statement by Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director of Press in the Labour Ministry, said Ngige spoke Wednesday in his office when he received on working visit, the new Labour Attache, United States Embassy in Nigeria, Mirna Torres. “We will continue to ask for…

Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has described the term “media trial” as only a gimmick by corrupt individuals to cover up the truth. Magu, who stated this at the launch of ‘Corruption Busters 2017’ at the EFCC Lagos office, noted that there was no one strategy to fighting corruption, explaining that all strategies could be thrown at the corrupt individuals to recover looted money from them. Pleading with Nigerians to stop celebrating corruption as it would go a long way to hamper the fight against corruption, Magu said, “There is nothing like media…

Federal Executive Council (FEC), Wednesday approved the establishment of Road Trust Fund meant to give tax relief to the private sector. Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance said, “Council approved the memo for the establishment of Road Trust Fund structure. The memo was presented with the input of the minister of power, works and housing. It is the PPP (Public, Private Partnership) initiative that will allow the private sector to get involved in road construction in exchange for tax credit.” On what was unique about the scheme, Mrs. Adeosun said the road trust fund would help build on an existing…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), Wednesday approved the draft of 2018 budget estimate to be submitted to the National Assembly soon. Udoma Udo Udoma, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, briefing State House correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting, said the executive would liaise with the National Assembly on the date President Muhammadu Buhari would present the budget estimate. Though the Minister did not disclose details of the budget proposal, especially the size of the budget, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, submitted to the National Assembly showed that aggregate revenue to fund the 2018 budget was projected at…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has begun crude oil exploration activities in the Benue Trough particularly Nasarawa State. Mr. Maikanti Baru, NNPC Group Managing Director, who stated this during a visit to Nasarawa State Governor, Mr. Umaru Tanko Almakura, in Lafia, said the corporation was complying with the Presidential mandate to resume oil exploration activities in some of the nation’s inland basins, including the Chad Basin and the Benue Trough. Baru said the mandate was driven by the urgent need for the nation to increase its oil and gas reserves, thereby improving revenue streams and creating more business and…