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Sep
16
2020
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Imo based Journalist buries grandmother Friday September 18

Imo based Journalist buries grandmother Friday September 18

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Friday September 18,2020, the body of Mrs. Ekeocha Rose Okpo will be committed to mother earth. She was the grandmother of Ikemba Don Uba, KSP , the Publisher of ECHO NEWS newspaper Owerri, even as she died last Saturday April 11,2020 at the age of 105. Until her death, Mrs Okpo was a devoted Christian, who practised Catholic faith. According to a press release signed by her grandson, Ikemba Uba and made available to newsmen in Owerri Monday, the deceased was a woman of substance and virtue, whose legacy of uprightness, charity and piety would ever remain unmatched. Furthermore, her…
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Sep
13
2020
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Lagos Family In Melancholy As Flood Sweeps Children Away

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The entire inhabitants of Alapere area of Lagos were on Saturday, thrown into a downright devastation as two children were swept away by to flood.‎Reportedly, the entire area of Oyebanjo Street, Ketu was overflooded after the evening rains, making movement very difficult, resulting in the ugly incident at about 8:00pm. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) combed the area with search parties in a bid to rescue the kids but their efforts were not successful. ‎ LASEMA Director-General, Dr. Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the development, explained that following a distress call, a joint team of responders comprising…
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Sep
13
2020
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Lagos Family in Melancholy As Flood Sweeps Children Away

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The entire inhabitants of Alapere area of Lagos were on Saturday, thrown into a downright devastation as two children were swept away by to flood.‎Reportedly, the entire area of Oyebanjo Street, Ketu was overflooded after the evening rains, making movement very difficult, resulting in the ugly incident at about 8:00pm. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) combed the area with search parties in a bid to rescue the kids but their efforts were not successful. ‎ LASEMA Director-General, Dr. Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the development, explained that following a distress call, a joint team of responders comprising…
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Sep
12
2020
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Inside Abia: Man Gets Shot by Civil Defense Officer in his Compound Gov. Ikpeazu assures Justice

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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu this evening, visited Umuokpo Village, Obingwa LGA to commiserate with the family of Late Onyedikachi Nwogu who was allegedly shot dead at close range by an Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps right in front of his compound three days ago, 8th September 2020. The Governor who arrived the village along the Aba Ikot Ekpene Highway around 5.30pm, straight from the Owerri airport walked into the compound of the deceased to see his wife, aged mother and children. There was also a mammoth crowd of the people of the Community. It was a very…
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Sep
11
2020
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Killing of Mobile Officer In Abia: Four Killers Caught *Abia Police command Intensifies Investigations, CP Agbede Reveals

Killing of Mobile Officer In Abia: Four Killers Caught *Abia Police command Intensifies Investigations, CP Agbede Reveals

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The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Janet E. Agbede has revealed that four of the criminals in connection with the the recent attack on five Police Mobile Force personnel deployed to a nipping point at Okagwe, Ohafia LGA of Abia state, have been arrested.Famous Reporters recalls thatfive Police Mobile Force personnel attached to 28 and 55 Squadrons in the command deployed to a nipping point at Okagwe Junction Ohafia came under attack by about 30 yet to be identified gun men, leading to the instant death of one of the Policemen, Inspector Princewill Divine.CP stated this during a…
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Sep
10
2020
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COW DISEASE HITS ABIA STATE: Avoid cow Lungs, Abia Commissioner warns.

COW DISEASE HITS ABIA STATE: Avoid cow Lungs, Abia Commissioner warns.

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Abia Agriculture Commissioner Prof. Ikechi Mgboji has warned residents against eating cow lungs so as to avoid contracting Bovine Tuberculosis which has been found in the state. The commissioner, on Tuesday said that the warning became necessary following the discovery of some cows infected with the ailment. Bovine Tuberculosis is a chronic disease of animals caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis, which is closely related to the bacteria that cause human and avian Tuberculosis. Mgboji said that the disease, which affects cow lungs, was discovered two weeks ago in Aba. According to him, the said disease causes a general…
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Sep
07
2020
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Police Officer killed at Ohafia *Abia Govt, Security Embark On In-depth Investigation *Report patients with gunshots to Police, Medical Facilities Told

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Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu of Abia state, in conjunction with the various security agencies in the state, has embarked on a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the security breach at Ohafia Local Government Area of the State, which regrettably had resulted the death of one police officer and left four others injured Famous Reporters recalls that five police officers were in the early hours of today, Monday, September 7, attacked by some unidentified hoodlums in Ohafia LGA. A release issued to newsmen by the Information Commissioner stated the gory incident occurred at a checkpoint situated around Okagwe Junction,…
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Sep
06
2020
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Gunmen invade home, Rape, Kill 14-year-old Girl at her bathroom

Gunmen invade home, Rape, Kill 14-year-old Girl at her bathroom

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Unidentified gunmen have invaded the home of one Babangida Idris in Shimfida, a rural area in Batsari Local Government Area, the focal point of banditry and criminality in Katsina State. An eyewitness claimed that the bandits whose initial mission to rob the household incidentallymet 14-years-old Aisha, who was taking her bath, raped her and eventually killed her while her parents were away from home. According to the eyewitness, when they saw her in the bathroom, the miscreants “raped the young girl. Perhaps in an attempt to hide their crime, the assailants clamped down on her with machete and ended the…
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Sep
05
2020
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OSU AND OHU CASTE PALAVA: Lovers End their Lives With Snipper Over Patents’ Rejection of Marriage in Anambra

OSU AND OHU CASTE PALAVA: Lovers End their Lives With Snipper Over Patents’ Rejection of Marriage in Anambra

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In a bid to prove to friends and families that they could not exist without each other, two lovers from Okija, Anambra State have resorted to taking their lives. Reportedly, the lovers, (names withheld) had been in a relationship for not fewer than 6months and had opted to spend their lives together but luck ran out of them, as both parents denied them their consent. According to our source, "two lovers from Okija, Anambra State drank poison (Snipper)  because their parents refused to give their consent to get married to each other all because of Osu And Ohu Caste palava." …
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Aug
30
2020
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Governor Matawalle of Zamfara Declares Death Sentence For Reckless Drivers *Insists On Drug Test On Drivers

Governor Matawalle of Zamfara Declares Death Sentence For Reckless Drivers *Insists On Drug Test On Drivers

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Following the accident that claimed 16 lives on Wednesday evening, Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has vowed to reintroduce death punishment for reckless drivers in the state. The governor made this known during a condolence visit, alongside his cabinet members and the management of BUA Group to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, on Saturday. It would be recalled that the ghastly accident occurred when a truck lost control resulting in the collision of four vehicles conveying supporters of Matawalle along Gusau/Funtua Road. The governor further declared that he will put the next of kins of each of the…
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