Day: November 8, 2024

Teenager Killed In Gun Duel With Kidnappers – Police Explains

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The Benue State Police Command has revealed that the 19-year-old boy, Peter Onminyi, who was allegedly killed by men of the Operation Zenda unit of the command was into kidnapping and died during a confrontation between it and kidnappers in the area. The Police Public Relations of the Benue State command, Catherine Anene, told our correspondent on Thursday that the boy was into kidnapping and that “the police went there for an arrest and in the process, one of the boys started exchanging gunfire with the police” leading to his…

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Fire Destroys Multimillion Naira Furniture Market

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A fire incident that occurred on Thursday at a furniture market in the Ojota area of Lagos State has destroyed goods worth millions of naira. The Permanent Secretary of The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the fire started at about 1 pm on Thursday and was caused by an electrical surge from a transformer situated close to the market. He added that upon the arrival of firefighters, several shops in the market were engulfed in the inferno leading…

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Suspected Rivers Cultists Kill Vigilante, Burn Councillor’s House

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Gunmen suspected to be cultists have shot and killed a member of a vigilante group in Obele community in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victim was a member of a local security outfit called the ONELGA Security Peace and Advisory Committee codenamed OSPAC. It was gathered that the assailants had earlier razed the house of a councillor in the area while four others sustained gunshot wounds as a result of the shooting on Wednesday night. One of the survivors of the shooting who gave his name…

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US Elections: President-Elect Donald Trump Announces First Appointment

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President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign, and was seen as the leading contender for the position. She largely avoided the spotlight, even refusing to take the mic to speak as Trump celebrated his victory early on Wednesday morning. Wiles’s hire is Trump’s first major decision as…

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