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Police officers from Edo State Command early hours of Monday stopped a peaceful rally organised by the Godsent foundation in Benin city.
Participants of the rally tagged ‘our mama must chop rally’ were held up in front of the Oba’s palace while trying to submit a letter to the Benin monarch on the need for women to have food on their table.
Becky Agaga and Barrett Obehi who represented the president of the foundation, Amb. Osarodion Osagie said the peaceful rally was to draw the attention of concerned authorities including the state government on the need to empower the less-privilege in the society.
NDLEA arrests 100 suspected drug traffickers in Edo
The arrests were made in the first quarter of the year, an official says.
The Edo State Command of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested no fewer than 100 suspected drug traffickers with a seizure of 238,168 kilogrammes of illicit drugs.
Buba Wakawa, the state commander of the agency, said this in Benin City on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Mr Wakawa said the arrests were made in the first quarter of the year, adding that the figure comprised 68 males and 32 females.
Giving the breakdown of the seized drugs, he said 295. 08134 kilogrammes of drugs were seized in January.
UNIBEN bursar escapes abduction as gunmen kill NSCDC officer The Punch
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The Bursar of the University of Benin, Mr Victor Imagbe, on Thursday, escaped being kidnapped by gunmen, who invaded his house at Ogheghe along the Sapele Road, Benin.
But an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae, who was on guard duty at the home of the bursar, was killed by the gunmen, who also made away with his service rifle.
A source at the Edo State Police Command confirmed the incident, adding that investigation aimed at nabbing the perpetrators had commenced.
BENIN CITY – A Chief Corp Assistant in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), ACP Alex Ugiagbe has been killed in a gun battle with kidnappers who attempted to abduct the bursar of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) at his private residence in Benin City.
The incident occurred at Ogheghe community, Off Sapele road in the state capital, yesterday morning.
It was learnt that though the gallant officer later died of bullet wounds, his sporadic firing prevented the kidnappers from succeeding as they swiftly retreated with varying degrees of injuries.
A dependable source hinted our crime reported that the gunmen met stiff resistance provided in synergy with other NSCDC personnel and civilian security men in the bursar’s residence.
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