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A woman identified as Theresa Awuhe has been killed by unidentified armed men in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The deceased was assasinated at the weekend while returning home from her provisions shop located around the popular Gyado Villa near Benue State University Teaching Hospital ,BSUTH, Makurdi. DAILY POST gathered that late Theresa was returning home from her shop in company of her relatives who visited her before she was accosted and shot dead. According to an eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity, Theresa who is popularly known as “Tessy”, was going home at about 10:00 pm with her…

The Osun State Amotekun corps has arrested one Muritala Ibrahim, 35, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. The state Amotekun Public Relations Officer, Yusuf Idowu, revealed this in a statement on Monday, saying that the suspect committed the act in Aagba, Boripe local government area of the state. According to him, the suspect was arrested following a reported incident by the victim’s mother at the Amotekun command in Boripe. “The suspect confessed to having lured the girl into his residence, where he forcefully had canal knowledge of her. Ibrahim thereafter also shaved part of the girl’s hair and gave her…

Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested a 37-year-old Islamic teacher for allegedly abducting two Almajiri boys from Katsina, after luring them with false promises of financial support. The suspect, identified as Abubakar Talba, an indigene of Hausari Dandal in Borno State, was arrested by detectives from the Gamawa Divisional Police Headquarters following a community complaint about Talba’s mistreatment of the boys under the guise of running a Quranic school. Talba was said to have confessed during interrogation to luring one of the victims, 12-year-old Masaud Barau from Niger Republic, from a Quranic school in Kano with the false…

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 was named the new Director-General of the NIA while Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS. This was disclosed in a statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement reads: “Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995. He had served in various roles, culminating in his promotion to the rank of Director and his subsequent appointment as the head of the…

The price of food items such as beans, garri and eggs rose on a month-on-month and year-on-year basis amid economic hardship. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its latest selected food price watch for July 2024. A specific breakdown of the report showed that 1 kilogram of brown beans rose by 262.98 percent to N2,444.81 on a year-on-year basis in July 2024 from N673.53 last year. This is as beans also recorded 6.63 percent rise in price on a month-on-month basis from N2,292.76 in June 2024. Also, agric eggs medium size (12 pieces) experienced significant price increases…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Monday affirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo as the lawful candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. A three-member panel of the appellate court affirmed Ighodalo’s nomination after dismissing the appeal filed by a governorship aspirant, Anselm Ojezua, for being incompetent and lacking in merit. Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, had on June 26 dismissed Ojezua’s suit challenging the return of Ighodalo as winner of the February 22 primary election of the PDP. The aspirant had prayed the court…

The Nigeria Police Force said it has detained 97 members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, for prosecution, following a clash in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clash resulted in the death of two policemen, while three others sustained serious injuries. NAN also reports that three patrol vehicles were set ablaze by the Shiites during the clash. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said credible intelligence reports helped the police operatives to apprehend the detained suspects. He said…

The family of the late singer Mohbad has urged anyone with relevant information that will assist in the ongoing investigation into his death to come forward. The family’s legal team made the while expressing concern over some sensitive information on the death of the deceased being shared with the public by individuals on the internet. Monisola Esther, a member of the family’s legal team, in a statement on Monday, explained that such information should be made available to the Police instead of the public. “Given the nature of the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba and the information being released to…

Full and part-time farmers are facing difficult times in parts of Adamawa State where thieves are entering farms and harvesting crops. Crop stealing began to thrive in Adamawa State in the wake of the current food inflation which motivated more residents into farming and which in turn appears to have given crime-minded people the idea to help themselves to the many cropped lands around them. A lady, Mrs Margret Hosea, who took to farming to get something to eat and to raise money to augment her meagre pay as a private school teacher, told DAILY POST on Monday that she…

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed concern over the recent violent clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, known as Shi’ites, and the Nigeria Police Force in the Wuse district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). HURIWA criticized the confrontation, which occurred on Sunday, as it reportedly resulted in the deaths of two police officers, left several others injured, and led to the destruction of police vehicles. While condemning the killing of the police officers, HURIWA emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law and ensuring that those responsible for the crime…