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  Of recent the adamawa state police command has paraded 1,184 suspects arrested for various offences. Among the suspects were 21 who were arrested at Dason watiye village of Fufore local government area of Adamawa state for killing 7 people whom they believed were practicing    witchcraft. All that were killed were above 50 years, surprisingly two of the victims suffered more in hands of their biological sons.   The suspected witches were beaten to dead by angry youth of the community after series of timely deaths falling on their youth and well to do in the community. As a result prevent prayers and fasting were observed and a pointer shows that act witchcraft is genesis of mysterious deaths suffered by the community. Confessing before the press the leader of the suspects arrested said they lost over 80 promising members of community within few months, thereby forcing them to look for a solution. The suspected witches were beaten to death with big sticks. 21 ...

Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 16 suspected internet fraudsters in three separate sting operations in the Monarch area, New Haven Extension and Castle Majestic Hotel, Ogui Road, Enugu. The suspects were arrested following verified intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud activities. Part of the intelligence indicated that suspected internet fraudsters were operating from Castle Majestic Hotel, Enugu. Based on the intelligence, and weeks of surveillance, a search warrant was executed on the facility on Thursday September 16, 2021. In the course of the operation, the operatives encountered a group that identified themselves as members of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS and Ohaneze Ndi Igbo Youth wing. The leaders of the group duly identified their members and carried on with their activities. But the target of the sting operation were arrested and brought to the Enugu Zonal...

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continued their nationwide offensive action against drug traffickers in the past week, seizing hundreds of kilograms of illicit substances at the airports, courier firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests. Attempts by a female passenger, Isesele Obehi and one Emmanuel Chibuzor Omebere to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja were thwarted by narcotic officers who arrested them shortly before they boarded their flights. While Isesele was nabbed on Saturday 11th September, 2021 during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight at Gate B departure hall of the Lagos airport on her way to Milan, Italy with three hundred and twelve (312) sachets of Tramadol, weighing 1.5kg, concealed in crayfish and dried vegetables, Chibuzor was equally caught with 137.45 grams of the same drug...

Followers of the popular Hausa series LABARINA showing on the famous Arewa 24 have recently been bombarded with what some described as degrading   journalism profession where one of the producers of the series Who also featured as Sarkin Waka directed his aid to give a journalist a fare after an interview. His action was condemned by many. After the show of the episode 11 of season 3 of the series attacks and counter attacks dominated the air all over the Hausa speaking areas and some journalists even threaten to sue the producers of the series for deformation of character. The question is are journalists not receiving gratitude to either kill a story or turn black to white?   The   answer is, some do accept that. That is why journalists called it brown envelope or Roger or choppe. As there are bad journalists so also bad actors. Bag eggs are every where. The producers should have portraits the good side of the job rather than the bad. After all the journalist fea...

A child is about to be circumcise during Nyonepah festival 2021   Male Circumcision  is an old tradition being practice  for centuries  all over  the  world.   Africans  honor   circumcision to the level that he who that is not  circumcise is considered as an out cast.  He can’t be free within his pares, some  can even den y him  marriage  privileges  or  even deny  him position on spiritual  or political  matters.  This is to tell you how important the age long  practice is to Africans    In Adamawa state many tribes  practice male circumcision because of it’s importance  it took years for parents to  prepare their  sons  for it. One tribe  that practice it in the state is  Chamba   Leko  community  of Mayo  Belwa  Local government area.   They called their male  circumcision festival  Nyonepah . It...