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Apr

2021

Deficit: COPEN Group plans to deliver 1500 housing units in 3 years *Read the magic!

METRO, NEWS#Reality Show, COPEN Group, poverty alleviation, Real Estate

A beautiful mansion valued at#35,000,000.00 Samuel Amah, Abakaliki A real estate development firm, the COPEN Group, is set to deliver over 1500 housing units across different cities between 2021 and 2023, to ameliorate the housing crisis in the country. The housing development firm, which observed that the country had made modest achievements in housing delivery, however, reiterated that Nigeria's housing deficit currently stood at over 20 million units, adding, "In the face of this collosal statistics, the burden and sense of mission that God has called us to, has remained and is intensified". The Managing Director of the company, Pastor…

Mar

2021

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Ariam/usaka Professionals decries Criminal Neglect Of Ariam- Usaka By Abia Government…As Nkari-Ariam crisis subsists

METROariam usaka ring road, Ariam Usama professionals, Ariam-Nkari crisis, crisis

deplorable state of Ariam-Usaka road Famous Reporters, Abia Following the subsistent Nkari-Ariam inter- communal war and other protracted abnormalities suffered by the people of Ariam-Usaka, in Ikwuano LGA of Abia state, the Ariam Usaka Professionals, (AUP) has unanimously condemned in totality what it described as "the criminal neglect of the people of Ariam-Usaka, in Ikwuano LGA of Abia state by the government of the day. The Association, in a press statement signed by her National President, Prince Innocent Iroabuchi Eleogu and made available to Famous Reporters, weekend, bemoaned the downright neglect by Abia state government towards the yearnings of the…

Mar

2021

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DPR seals off 3 petrol stations in Owerri Imo State, cautions against infractions

METROImo state, Owerri, petrol station, pump price

Famous Reporters, Owerri The Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR), has sealed off three filling stations in Owerri, Imo State for selling petroleum products above government approved pump price. DPR sealing up cocean petrol station, in Owerri. The sealing was carried out on Wednesday by the DPR Zonal Operations Controller in Owerri , Mrs Roseline Wilkie and her monitoring team. Our correspondent reports that the filling stations sealed are Bonimas, Penoil and Check Nassa all along Owerri - Okigwe Road. Wilkie said that the team would continue its frequent monitoring of the filling stations in the state to enforce complaince with government…

Mar

2021

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Imo Ghost Workers: You Called Us Ghosts, Here We Are- Imo workers tell Gov. Uzodinma … As they protest one-year’s salary arrears at Government House

METROdeath, gov. hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Pensioners, pensions, protest, Protesters, salary arrears, starvation, unpaid salaries

Aggrieved Imolites protesting at Douglas House, Imo State. Photo by: Famous Reporters Famous Reporters, Owerri "Governor Hope Uzodinma called us Ghost workers and has refused to pay us our salaries since last year and that is why we have come here to protest at Imo State Government House gate, today, to prove that we are human beings and not just Ghosts." Those were the words of unpaid Imo State Civil Servants, comprising both staff of various Ministries and local governments, intergovernmental organisations otherwise known as parastatals, pensioners and teachers who bemoaned none payment of their one year's salaries and pensions.…

Mar

2021

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IMO:Odinma Ikeduru to empower Youths in Ikeduru.

METROempowerment, Ikeduru local government area, Skill acquisition

Famous Reporters, Owerri A non-political organisation, the Odinma Ikeduru Forum (OIF) says it is empowering some youths in Ikeduru community, in Imo state, with skills, soft loans and grants to the tune of over N3 million. Stakeholders at the event. The President of the forum, Mr Davis Ihentuge stated this at the opening ceremony of the Acquisition Training and Empowerment programme held at Atta in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo on Wednesday in Owerri. He said the programme was to actualise the forums blueprint on "Household Quick-Yield Farming and Empowerment as a Sustainable Alternative to COVID-19 Palliatives" seminar held…

Mar

2021

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HAPPENING: Pandemonium, As Gunmen abduct, students, teachers in Edo

METROGunmen, kidnappers, National Institute of Construction Technology, students, teachers, Uromi

There was pandemonium on Wednesday's night at the National Institute of Construction Technology, Uromi, Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State as gunmen invaded the institute and abducted yet-to-be-ascertained number of teachers and students. Kidnappers According to the Nation, the kidnappers invaded the institute on Wednesday night, while shooting sporadically. The development, it was gathered heightened tension in the area, with parents and guardians storming the institute to ascertain the whereabouts of their children and wards. Edo state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident, but said he was awaiting the…

Mar

2021

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BREAKING: Security Warning System: How Students Alerted Security Forces, As Gunmen Attack Another School in Kaduna

METRO"Amotekun, #Homeland security, #lekki tollgate massacre, #miyeti, agony, attack, Babatunde Raji Fashola, banditry, Bandits, Nigerian government

Gunmen The Kaduna State Government has said that bandits stormed Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area, in an attempt to kidnap students, but the students utilized the security warning system in place, and were thus able to alert security forces. The State Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, while briefing newsmen on Sunday on the security update of the state explained that, “Between the late hours of Saturday night and the early hours of today, suspected bandits stormed the Government Science Secondary School, Ikara, Ikara Local Government Area, in an attempt to kidnap the students.…

Mar

2021

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Breaking: Gunmen kidnap 18-year-old girl in Kebbi … How I managed to escape… Father

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Kidnappers The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of an 18-year-old girl (name withheld) at Gangaren NEPA, Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, in the early hours of Friday. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Birnin Kebbi. He said the police were on top of the situation, as all efforts have been put in place to rescue the victim. Abubakar advised the public to furnish the police with useful information on the matter. He also urged the public to report to the security agencies…

Mar

2021

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Two Fear Dead, As Fulani, Amoketun Engage In Bloody Fight In Oyo Market

METRO, NATIONAL NEWSAmoketun, Fulani herdsmen, Oyo State Security Network Agency, Yoruba

Oyo State Security Network Agency According to Punch, two members of the Oyo State Security Network Agency otherwise known as Amotekun and a vigilante were injured following the fight which took place on Monday. Although the cause of the fight is yet to be ascertained, sources said that the Amotekun men were trying to break the fight when a Fulani man drew out his cutlass and attacked the three security agents, inflicting varying degrees of injuries on them. The injured Amotekun operatives identified as Michael Oguntade and Yekini Tijani, and the vigilante who was also reportedly injured, were said to…

Mar

2021

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Tension, As “Familiar Spirit” Visits Popular School, Possesses Girls

METRO#familiar spirit, Junior Secondary School, Nyiman layout, universal basic education

Tension, As "Familiar Spirit" Visits Popular School, Possesses Girls old woman crying for help Female students sent home as "familiar spirit" possesses seven in Benue secondary school The authority of Universal Basic Education (UBE), Junior Secondary School, Nyiman layout, in Makurdi, Benue State has sent home all female students after a 'familiar my spirit' possessed seven of the girls. The headteacher of the school, Catherine Ahom, who disclosed this on Monday, said the Familiar Spirit called “Iyor genen” by the Tiv people attacked four students last Friday and three others on Sunday, which prompted the school authority to send all…