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Two Malaysian police officers were arrested on Friday (April 5) for allegedly extorting money from a man in Johor Bahru, The Star reported. The pair detained a 29-year-old man at the Sultan Iskandar Building on Tuesday, claiming that he had a criminal record. After confiscating his passport and mobile phone, they told the man that he had to pay…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has pledged to work to stop the current spate of violence in the South East once he regains freedom. Kanu, who was denied bail on Tuesday by a…
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Good morning from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Bola Tinubu yesterday alleged that smugglers and beneficiaries of the old petrol subsidy were beginning to fight back, but vowed that his administration would not abuse the trust Nigerians reposed in him. Tinubu, during a meeting with the Forum of State Chairmen of…
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The Adamawa State Police Command on Monday said its operatives arrested two suspected kidnappers who were already on command’s wanted list. This was captured in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje. The statement said the suspects were arrested in an operation jointly carried out by the command’s…
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Unexploded bombs still pose a risk nearly 90 years on Today’s event shows unexploded Second World War bombs still pose a risk, a bomb expert has said. An estimated 10% of bombs dropped on the UK by the Germans failed to detonate properly, said Lucie Tiverrier, director of unexploded ordnance at infrastructure company Igne. “When…
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The Cross River State Police Command has paraded a 30-year-old man, Amber Ubung, who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on the last Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Ubung carried out the act when his lover, Blessing Onawu, 25, failed her promise to spend the Valentine night with…
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Police in Turkey have arrested seven people on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency is reporting. The suspects are accused of passing details to Mossad via private detectives. They were detained following raids in Istanbul and the west coast city of Izmir as part of a…
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Unknown Gunmen Behead Nigerian Police Inspector In Akwa Ibom State Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly beheaded a police officer known only as Inspector Osang in Akwa Ibom State. Osang was beheaded on Wednesday night when the gunmen entered his home on a lane connecting Enen Afaha and Afaha Ube, a suburb of Uyo City. It…
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Rev. Gideon Haanongon, the Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Benue State, who was kidnapped alongside his personal aides has been freed after spending about two weeks in captivity. Haanongon, along with his Personal Assistant, driver, and police orderly, was abducted on Saturday, January 13, 2024, by unknown armed men at Anyagba, Tongov, along the…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday tackled President Bola Tinubu over the economic hardship in the country, which it said was worsening. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, who faulted Tinubu’s economic reforms at the 21st Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, warned…
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A bride was arrested for alleged extortion on her wedding day in Mexico and photographed handcuffed in her big white gown surrounded by police. The woman, identified only as Nancy N by state prosecutors, didn’t even make it into the church as officers ambushed the ceremony. She was detained as she got out of her…
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An Akwa Ibom State High Court has ordered a Policewoman in the State Police Command, Inspector Iniobong Umoren to pay a tricyclist, Jeremiah Sunday Udo N5m for his unlawful arrest and impoundment of his tricycle, which he bought on hire purchase for the sum of N1.9m. The Court presided by Justice Ntong Ntong gave the…
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The Nigeria Police Force has explained why it kicked against the use of the viral 2024 slogan, ‘no gree for anybody’. Although the origin of the slogan cannot be traced, Nigerians particularly youths have adopted it as motivation to succeed in the new year. The Force spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, had during a press conference…
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A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take the pleas of the defendants, ordered their remand at the Abolongo correctional facility, Oyo town.…
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Famous Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage, has filed a petition against Davido over the alleged threat of assault and grievous bodily harm. In the petition addressed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, and dated January 9 2024, Tiwa stated that Davido threatened to “f-ck me up.” She noted that Davido made a direct threat to…
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A 19-year-old Nigerian international student in Canada identified as Stephen Afolabi Opaso, fondly called Zigi by peers, was shot dead by Canadian police in Manitoba on December 31, 2023, sparking reactions from Nigerians and the diaspora community. The incident involved the killing of Opaso, a student of the University of Manitoba by the Winnipeg Police…
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