Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 17th July 2023
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 17th July 2023 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Foundation hosts ‘small and medium enterprise day with disabilities’
Hope Builders For The Physically Challenged Foundation has again brought to fore the plight of persons with disabilities (PWDs), stressing that they need empathy not pity. The non-governmental organisation at the programme tagged ‘small and medium enterprise day with disabilities,’ attended by albinos, PWDs, representatives from the National Productivity Center, Lagos State Office for Disability…
New Telegraph.
Customs, NDLEA intercept 233 parcels of hard drugs
A joint examination by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tin-Can Port Command, and Directorate of State Security (DSS) has led to the seizure of 233 parcels of illicit substance hidden in a container at Tin Can Island Port. Part of the consignments were the 116.5 kilogrammes of Colorado…
New Telegraph.
Police arrest 7 suspected kidnappers, motorcycle snatchers
The Bauchi State Po- lice Command has arrested seven noto- rious kidnappers at Babar- ko village via Pali district and Yalo Karekare Digare villages, Gwana villages in Alkaleri LGA of the state. The development was sequel to the directive of new Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammad to the unend- ing and relentless commit-…
New Telegraph.
Police arrest 3-man robbery gang, rescue old woman maltreated by daughter
The Police in Anambra State said they have intercepted an armed robbery gang, recovered two pistols and one stolen tricycle at Neni in Anaocha Local Govern- ment Area of the state. The Command also stated that its operatives, attached to the Abagana Division, rescued an aged woman who was cruelly treated by her biological daughter….
New Telegraph.
11-year-old girl kidnapped in Mpape
An 11-year-old girl was kidnapped in Nukwunchi Village in Mpape, early yesterday morning, a source has disclosed. The girl’s name was given as Agnes Kwachi, according to the source, Speaking, the source disclosed to New Telegraph that the kidnapping took place around 1:30am and the police could not be contacted until 2:30am. The source who…
New Telegraph.
Navy recovers arms, destroys boat laden with stolen crude in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy yesterday said it has deactivated a boat laden with suspected stolen crude in Bayelsa State. It also said that troops of the Navy Ship SOROH (NNS SOROH) recovered two AK- 47 rifles, six AK-47 maga- zines, 133 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. The Commander of the NNS SOROH, Commodore Olushina Ojebode, stated this…
New Telegraph.
Suspected car smuggler kill customs officer in Kebbi
The Nigerian Cus- toms Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, yesterday confirmed the killing of one of its person- nel, Aminu Abdullahi, by a suspected car smuggler in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The Spokesperson of the Service, ASC Mubarak Mustapha, confirmed the incident in a statement in Birnin Kebbi. He said: “The NSC,…
New Telegraph.
Guber Poll: Frank Nweke withdraws petition against Mbah
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Enugu State, Mr. Frank Nweke Jr., has withdrawn his petition against the winner of the election and governor of the state, Dr. Peter Mbah, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This came on a day the Inde- pendent…
New Telegraph.
Our administration, product of God’s grace, mercy –Oborevwori
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has said his administration is a product of the grace and mercy of God. Oborevwori, accompanied by his wife, Tobore, said this at the thanksgiving service in honour of his deputy, Monday Onyeme at St. John’s Anglican Church Ibabu in the Ndokwa West Local Government Area yesterday. He stressed the…
New Telegraph.
AU: Tinubu dismisses new scramble for Africa
President Bola Tinubu yes- terday reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength, reject- ing the notion of a new scramble for Africa. He made this declaration at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the Af- rican Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States in Nairobi, Kenya….
New Telegraph.
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