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Stories by Yekeen Akinwale, Ihuoma Ilo

  • Yekeen Akinwale, Ihuoma Ilo

    One Death, Many Controversies: Intrigues Trailing Passing Of Premier Academy Student

    The death of Keren-Happuch Akpegher, 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has thrown up more controversies and a few lessons. The Police are not forthcoming with their findings into the cause of her death despite initiating and concluding an autopsy examination. Her aggrieved mother cries for justice while the school pleads innocence. The …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Armed Gang In Military Camouflage Kills Police Inspector In Southeast Nigeria

    A police inspector identified as Friday Adama was killed in the early hours of Monday, Dec. 13 by an armed gang disguised in military camouflage, following an attack on the Abia State Police Command Headquarters. According to a report by The Punch, Geoffrey Obonna, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, who confirmed the …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Armed Gang Kill Two In Fresh Southeast Nigeria Attack

    An Armed gang operating in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, has killed at least two people and destroyed property worth millions of naira in Etekwuru autonomous community in the Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The incident was reported to have occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 7 2021, leaving several …

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  • Aishat Babatunde, Ihuoma Ilo

    #EndSARS: Despite Evidence, Nigerian Govt Says No Massacre, Faults Panel’s Report

    Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, has dismissed the leaked report of a judicial panel that investigated the Oct. 2020 military shooting of anti-police brutality protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, as false. Mohammed said the report was riddled with discrepancies to “embarrass the Federal Government and its agencies without foolproof evidence,” …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Professor Arrested For Defiling Minor In Southeast Nigeria

    Felix Anyaegbulam, a Professor of Geophysics at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old. Loveth Odah, the Police spokesperson, during a press briefing said the professor admitted to the crime. She also said Aliyu Garba, the Commissioner of Police, has ordered a discreet …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    #EndSARS: CDD Warns Against Attempts To Discredit Lagos Judicial Panel Report

    The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has warned against attempts to discredit the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry report on restitution for the victims of #EndSARS protest. In a statement signed by Idayat Hassan, the organisation’s Director on Thursday Nov. 18, CDD is satisfied with the process, outcome, and recommendations of the panel …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Nigeria’s Failure To Tackle Rape Crisis Has Emboldened Perpetrators And Silenced Survivors – Amnesty

    International human rights organisation, Amnesty International, in a new report has expressed concerns over under-reported rape cases in the country due to stigma, victim blaming, and how police failure to investigate sexual violence deprives survivors of justice. The report released on Wednesday, Nov. 17, titled “A Harrowing Journey; Access To Justice for Women and Girls …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    FG Demands Investigation Into Death Of Nigerian Woman In Cote D’ivoire Prison

    The Nigerian Government has demanded for full autopsy on the sudden death of Ìtùnú Babalola, a Nigerian sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Côte Divoire, for alleged human trafficking. In a statement signed by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), and released by the Commission’s Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Itunnu’s case …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    11 University Students Injured During Cameroon Bomb Explosion

    Eleven students were injured when a homemade bomb was thrown through the roof of a university lecture hall in Cameroon. The incident happened on Wednesday Nov. 10, 2021 in the english-speaking region of the country, gripped with ongoing separatist conflicts. Horace Ngomo Manga, University of Buea Vice-chancellor, told the state radio CRTV that “the device …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Armed Gang Rapes Two Minors, Injure 2 Others In North-central Nigeria Community

    Armed yet to be identified shooters, on Thursday, attacked Nuku Village in Kaiama Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State North-central Nigeria, raping two underage girls. According to multiple media reports, the armed gang invaded the community with hopes to find money but were disappointed and furious after discovering that there was “nothing on the …

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  • Ihuoma Ilo

    Nigerian Military Destroys Terrorist Camps In Kaduna

    An unspecified number of terrorists locally known as bandits were on Wednesday 3, Nov. reported to be eliminated during an aerial assault on identified bandit enclaves around the boundary area in Chikun local government area, Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria. A statement by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner of the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs on …

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