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Death toll in Suleja flood rises to 16

Death tolls in the weekend flood in Suleja and Tafa local government areas of Niger State has risen to 16, Daily Trust learnt on Monday. Eleven people initially lost their lives in the flood occasioned by heavy down pour that started on Saturday until Sunday morning in the affected local government areas. However a witness, […]
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IGP fires four policemen for extortion

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has sacked four policemen attached to Ijebu-Ode area command in Ogun state for extortion. The men were found guilty of extorting N50,000 from a man they arrested on trumped up charge. The affected officers are Mufutau Olaosun, Adebayo Temitope, Bakare Taiwo and Adesoye Ayokunlehin. According to a statement by […]
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Air force jet crashes in Borno

A helicopter belonging to the Nigerian air force (NAF) crashed into a pool of water in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Thursday. Olatokunbo Adesanya, spokesman of the force, who disclosed this in a statement, said no life was lost in the incident. Adesnaya said Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff, had constituted a panel of inquiry […]