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Court remands two over alleged attempt to kill village head
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A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that the duo of Samuel Odeh and Moses Ijuo, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged attempt to kill one Chief Francis Okogi.
Okogi is the Clan Head of Ogege Idelle Village in Oju Local Government area in Benue.
The defendants, both from Oju Local Government area are being tried for criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit an offence to wit culpable homicide and illegal possession of firearms.
The Prosecutor, Insp James Ewache, told the court that the case was reported by one Abraham Onyeka of Ogege Idelle Village at the Oju Police Station on January 21.
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Urukpota Mobile Court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced 32 persons for violation of face masks rules imposed by the Edo State government in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mobile court is part of the state government’s strategy to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus in the state.
Prosecuting counsel, Mr Orubosa Okubor said the 32 persons were apprehended within Benin metropolis and they pleaded liable to the offence
Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mr. Rusberth Imafidon, directed the convicts to carry out community services in line with the Correctional Centre of Non-custodian regulation.
The punishment includes clearing drains, shrubs, picking of trash, compulsory community sensitisation, grass cutting among others
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The troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole, have overrun Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ enclaves, killing scores in Borno and Yobe States.
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, said the enclaves were located at Chindila town in Yobe and Mayankari in Borno.
Onyeuko said the troops of 233 Battalion on Monday, made contact with the terrorists during an aggressive clearance patrol at Chindila village.
He said the troops engaged the terrorists with a fierce volume of fire and neutralised five of them in the process, while some escaped with gunshots wounds.
Yobe records 10 new cases of COVID-19 as total confirmed cases hit 221
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Ten out of the 76 samples recently collected for COVID-19 testing in Yobe State have returned positive, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 221 in the state.
This was revealed in a COVID-19 Pandemic Situation Report released by the State Ministry of Health and obtained by DAILY POST in Damaturu on Tuesday.
The report says out of the total samples collected in the 3rd week of January 2021 fifty-two (56) returned negative while the results of the remaining 14 samples are pending.
Although Yobe’s death toll remains at 8, the report also said there was no COVID-19 related mortality recorded for 35 consecutive weeks in the state.
Igboho disclosed this during an Instagram Live Chat with media mogul, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday.
According to him, he met Tinubu during the build-up to the Ondo State governorship election, which involved a former Governor of the state, Olusegun Mimiko.
Igboho claimed that another former Oyo State governor, Rasheed Ladoja, told him that Tinubu wanted to see him at his Bourdillon residence in Lagos.
He then travelled to meet with Tinubu, who persuaded him not to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, because the party impeached Ladoja as governor in 2006.
Tinubu then doled out N2 million for him to fuel his vehicle back to his base.