Police operatives from Ebrumede Division, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested six suspected kidnappers. They also recovered from them a ransom of N2,344,000 (Two million, three hundred and forty-four thousand naira), with some stolen mobile phones. Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda disclosed this while briefing journalists in Asaba. CP Abaniwonda said, “Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of Ebrumede division while on patrol duty intercepted a tricycle conveying six-passengers. “The suspects on sighting the Police attempted to escape but the operatives chased and arrested them. “Upon search of the suspects, two million, three hundred and…
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The Police Undercover Surveillance Team attached to “B” Division, Asaba, have recovered three locally-made cut-to-size guns, one pump action gun, and three live cartridges in a vehicle abandoned by some fleeing suspects. Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda disclosed this while reeling out his achievements. He said the incident occurred on 4/9/2024. CP Abaniwonda said, “On 4/9/2024, Police undercover surveillance team attached to ‘B’ division Asaba while on undercover patrol duties along Okwe road, Oko Market Asaba, sighted a Toyota Avalon with Reg. number JJT 253 AJ. “On sighting the police, the suspects abandoned the vehicle and took…
Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has warned the general public to be aware of fraudulent activities of scammers claiming to represent the NDDC Youth Internship Scheme. The commission also added that the registration for the scheme closed on August 31, 2024. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Seledi Thompson-Wakama, and made available to DAILY POST. The statement reads in part, “We received reports that several persons have been getting unsolicited messages stating that they have been selected for the NDDC Internship Scheme, accompanied by requests for personal information and an acceptance…
Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong says the team is fired up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Benin Republic. The three-time African champions will entertain the Cheetahs in a matchday one encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday. Troost-Ekong said all the players are in a positive mood and are ready for action. “The mood in camp is very good, we’re excited about his game and we want to be in Morocco (for the AFCON),” the centre-back said at Friday’s media briefing in Uyo. “We will do that by winning games to qualify.…
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Jamie O’Hara, has identified Chelsea’s Noni Madueke to challenge Bukayo Saka for the starting spot in the England team. O’Hara spoke ahead of England’s Nations League clash with the Republic of Ireland on Saturday. Madueke has been impressive so far this new season. He has already scored four goals in all competitions for Chelsea, including a hat-trick against Wolves in the Premier League. As a result of his form, interim England manager, Lee Carsley gave the 22-year-old a call-up to the Three Lions’ squad. “I’m really looking forward to England’s next few games, especially to see…
Barely a month to the upcoming local government elections in Plateau State, Governor Caleb Mutfwang, has dissolved the 17 Local Government Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen, effective from September 6, 2024. DAILY POST recalls that the Transition Implementation Committee chairmen were constituted on June 9, 2023. The governor has directed Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) to take charge of the councils until local government polls are held. The announcement was made in a press statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, Mr Gyang Bere in Jos, the State capital, Friday night. It reads: “Following the…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has announced the receipt of two million Naira, through a bank draft from a former beneficiary of student loan, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN. This is contained in a statement by Monalisa Dike, from the Corporate Communications Department of the fund on Friday in Abuja. Dike said that Awomolo benefitted from the loan during his undergraduate studies at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) between 1975 and 1977. According to her, the senior lawyer demonstrated his unwavering commitment to the nation by repaying the loan in full. “The loan, which at the time amounted…
Enugu-born Kevin Abonyi got the shock of his life when a medical laboratory test he underwent in preparation to take a wife turned out positive. Mr. Abonyi had walked into a medical laboratory centre in Obollo Afor, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State to find out his blood group, genotype and HIV status, having resolved to settle down as a married man. A Mass communication graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Mr. Abonyi could not understand what the lab attendant was talking about. He literally and technically became deaf. He saw his world caving in but as a…
The Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has tasked African countries on investment in agriculture, saying it is a sure way of tackling hunger and insecurity in Africa. Obi gave this advice while speaking as a panelist at an international conference on food security in Kigali, the Rwandan capital on Friday. Writing on his X handle, the former Anambra State governor said that the prevailing hunger crisis in Africa could only be tackled effectively by giving adequate attention to agriculture. According to him, reducing reliance on food imports would help ease the strain on…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said there is no plan by his administration to sack civil servants in the State. Otti, who said this on Friday at the Government House, Umuahia, while speaking to journalists during his monthly media chat, said that workers are rather receiving their salaries regularly. He, however, warned that no form of truancy would be tolerated among the workers. The Governor, who reacted to renewed appeals from some non-indigenes who were sacked in the State by one of the previous administrations, said that their appeals for recall to office would be looked into, even as…