Day: August 16, 2021

5 killed as hoodlums torched homes, vehicle in Kaduna

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A fresh attack in Madamai village, Kaura council area of Kaduna State by unidentified hoodlums has claimed five lives, while nine houses and a vehicle were torched during the attack. Kaduna State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on behalf of the government, condemned the violence and appealed for calm. “The deceased have been identified as follows: Janet Yakubu, Gambo Yakubu, Jonathan Adamu, Mrs. Monday and Humphrey Barnabas,” he added. Share on: WhatsApp

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Man arrested for trafficking girlfriend to Mali

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A middle age man, Emmanuel Stephen, has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), for allegedly trafficking his 21-year -old girlfriend, (names withheld), to Mali for prostitution and sexual exploitation.   The suspect, Stephen, an indigene of Akoko, Ondo State, who resides in Karimajiji, Airport road, Abuja, was said to have been in a relationship with the victim for two years, with the promise of marriage.   NAPTIP in a statement, indicated that the suspect, in connivance with his elder sister residing in…

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Haiti earthquake death toll rises to over 1,200

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Death toll in Haiti’s powerful earthquake has jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president’s assassination. In Les Cayes, as in other hard-hit cities on the southwestern peninsula, most of the population spent the night sleeping outdoors in front of their houses — or what remained of them — amid fears of new aftershocks. The streets there were filled with the grinding sounds of heavy equipment lifting debris from collapsed buildings, as well as…

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Italy-bound woman arrested with 100 wraps of heroin concealed in hair relaxer

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Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an Italy-bound woman, Mrs. Nnadi Nora Chinyere with 100 wraps of heroin in Lagos. She was allegedly caught with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Nnadi was arrested on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, during an outward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight to Florentine, Italy. The drugs found on her were concealed in five containers of hair relaxer cream. Further investigation…

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