Day: September 12, 2022

Three female students found dead in Ojukwu varsity hostel

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  Three female students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, Anambra State, were at the weekend found dead in their hostel at the Igbariam campus of the institution. The three female students were identified as Obidiaso Chidera (200 level Political Science); Mercy (200 level Pharmacy); and Emmanuella, (200 level Business Administration). The cause of their deaths has not been ascertained, although some people on the university campus suspected foul play as they were locked in their rooms from outside. “The students were locked up in the apartment. When we gained…

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Pregnant lady, others arrested by NDLEA for drug possession

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A 25-year-old pregnant woman, Favour Haruna, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, with 82 pinches of methamphetamine as well as various quantities of Loud, Arizona, Colorado variants of cannabis and codeine-based cough syrup in Auchi, Edo State. The NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who highlighted other arrests made by the agency last week in a statement on Sunday, said a Brazilian returnee, Okolie Nwabueze, was also nabbed for importing 92 wraps of cocaine into the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Nwabueze, a father of…

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Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy attacked by gunmen, policemen killed

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Suspected assailants opened fire on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah on Sunday at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State leaving unspecified number of police operatives killed. Sources in the community, who do not want their names in print for security purposes, said when the gunmen opened fire on the convoy, police operatives in the convoy responded and some of the policemen were gunned down in the shoot-out. A source said, “Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was attacked today by some hoodlums in Enugwu-Ukwu. It was a calculated…

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Nigeria is in it’s darkest hour -Catholic Bishop

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President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji, stated this, weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State. He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population. Ugorji said: “The level of insecurity in the country is very worrisome. We are passing through what might be deemed as the darkest chapter…

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