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Tears welled as the remains of Nigerian music legend, Onyeka Onwenu, were laid to rest in Lagos State. The funeral service of the ace musician, who was also known as the “Elegant Stallion”, was held at the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju area of Lagos on Friday. The funeral service was followed by a private burial at a vault in Ikoyi. Onwenu had slumped after an impressive performance at Stella Okoli’s birthday party in Lagos on July 30. The legendary singer was then rushed to the Reddington Hospital in Lagos, where she passed on. Governor Alex Otti of Abia…

The Police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested six suspects over an alleged abduction and murder of marine hunters from the Ministry of Internal Security and Inland Waterways in the state. Timfon John, the police spokesperson in the state, who stated this in a statement on Friday, said the police have exhumed the bodies of the two hunters from shallow graves in Unyenghe community, Mbo Local Government Area of the state. Ms John identified the suspects as Anthony Archibong, 46, Emmanuel Otoyo, 18, Daniel Okon, 26, Eniete Tom, 34 and Joseph Okon, 44. They were arrested along with Okon Eteokpo,…

The corpse of a dreaded kidnap kingpin-sea pirate, Ubong Effiong Archibong, has been deposited in the morgue by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.   This was as the command neutralised the criminal gang led by Ubong that allegedly abducted several individuals including the state High Court Judge, Justice Joy Unwana and killed her orderly, The suspect was shot dead during a gun battle at his hideout in Cross River State on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Timfon John, who stated this in a statement on Thursday, August 29, 2024, said the suspect’s stock in trade…

By Agency Report A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday jailed a 40-year-old man, Cletus Gandu,  nine months for stealing two tubers of yam. The convict admitted that he stole the tubers of yam because he was hungry and pleaded for leniency. In his ruling, Magistrate Michael Bawa sentenced the defendant to three months for criminal trespass and nine months for theft. The sentences are to run concurrently. Mr Bawa, however, gave the defendant a fine option of N50,000. The convict was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with criminal trespass and theft, contrary…

Amid tears and eulogies on his special style of policing while in active service, Waheed Ayilara, the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom Command,  has been laid to rest at Ikoyi Cemetery by his relatives and colleagues. Ayilara was buried in accordance with Islamic rites hours after medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja pronounced him dead. The Commissioner of Police, who died on early Thursday at the medical facility where he had gone for a surgery to aid him in policing Akwa Ibom. Neither the Akwa Ibom Police Command nor Lagos Police Command yet to issue…

Some Nigerians have rejoiced over the resignation of Yusuf Bichi as the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) about his leadership style and the perceived unprofessionalism of the agency’s staff members. The Presidency announced Bichi’s resignation in a statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Monday, August 26, 2024. The Presidency in the same statement announced the appointment of Adeola Ajayi as Bichi’s replacement. “President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the…

By Press Release The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) said it has repatriated a Zimbabwean Bishop, Eben Nhiwatawi over violation of the immigration protocols. A statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, DCI KT Udo in Abuja on Wednesday, said he was repatriated on the 24th August, 2024. The Bishop arrived in Nigeria on 21st August 2024, with a Tourist Visa (F5A) meant solely for tourism purposes. However, he was discovered to be participating in the Methodist Church leadership election process, which is in clear violation of the terms and privileges associated with the Tourist Visa as provided in the Nigeria…

Sixteen persons were on Tuesday night burned to death in an accident that occurred along the busy Ore-Ondo highway in the Ajue area of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accident occurred when an 18-seater Toyota Hiace passenger bus had a head-on collision with a heavy-duty truck, which resulted in fire. With three injured in the fatal crash, the commercial bus, according to an eyewitness account, was travelling at high speed when it attempted to overtake another vehicle, leading to a direct collision with the oncoming truck. “The driver of the bus was over-speeding when he overtook a…

By Agency Report The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested more than 300 people with links to one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks, Black Axe, and other affiliated groups. In a series of covert missions, tagged, “Operation Jackal III” in 21 countries between April and July 2024, Interpol said the highly-coordinated cybercrime group was responsible for some of the world’s cyber-enabled financial fraud and many other serious crimes, BBC reports Wednesday. While the police labelled the operation as a “major blow” to the Nigerian crime network, it equally warned of its worldwide reach and technological sophistication — making…

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War 111 would not be confined to Europe. Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on August 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War 11. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack. Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than 20 years, said that the West was seeking…