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Citing Neglect, IDPs Resort To Begging, Prostitution, Drugs,

By Marlikberry, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in some of the camps in the country have turned to begging and prostitution, while some have resorted to drug abuse as a means of survival, LEADERSHIP investigations revealed. The displaced persons attributed the…

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Money Laundering: 2 Suspects In EFCC Net Over 3.1m Saudi Riyal,

By Marlikberry, Two persons are currently being grilled by operatives of the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following their arrest over the seizure of 3,013,500 Saudi Riyal. The suspects were arrested on Monday…

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Police summon Ogun hotelier over CCTV cameras uncovered in rooms,

By Marlikberry, The Ogun State Police Command said it had commenced investigation into the alleged invasion of privacy of guests at the Pavillion Hotel, Ayepe, in the Odogbolu area of the state. The development followed public outcry against the hotel…

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REVEALED: Repentant Bandits Surrendered 148 Guns, 1,418 Ammunition Within 18 Months In Zamfara,

By Marlikberry, Repentant bandits in Zamfara State have in the last 18 months surrendered 148 guns and 1,418 ammunition to the government, a document seen by SaharaReporters has shown. The 18-month period is between July 2019 and January 2021. The…

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Nigeria drops in TI’s fresh corruption ranking,

By Marlikberry, Nigeria has dropped in the 2020 corruption ranking released by Transparency International (TI) on Thursday. The country dropped three places and scored lower in number of points than in its previous year’s record. This is an indicator that…

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Police in Delta arrest man for killing, burying girlfriend,

By Marlikberry, The Police in Oghara Divisional Headquarters, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a man simply identified as Happy for allegedly killing and burying his girlfriend at the Unoghovo bush in Oghara. The suspect, who took…

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Unknown gunmen kidnap former Bauchi lawmaker, Abdulmumuni Ningi,

By Marlikberry, A former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumuni Ningi, was on Thursday night kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Confirming the incident to journalists on Friday morning, the Police Public Relations Officer in Bauchi, Ahmed Wakil, said…

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Speaker, Abdulrazaq’s aide demand probe of Kwara killing,

By Marlikberry, Kwara Speaker Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has declared he is working with relevant authorities to get to the root causes of the bloody clash between operatives of Joint Border Drill and some members of Kwara community. Violent clash allegedly occurred…

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Top Kwara official found dead ,

By Marlikberry, He said, “He was found dead in his office. For now, it’s a case of a natural death until we complete investigation since there are no suspects.” Mr Okasanmi said that the police had deposited his corpse in…

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