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Asaba couple arrested for selling their twin babies for N200,000 each

April 24, 2013 no comments

A couple in Asaba have been arrested for allegedly selling their new born twins for N200,000 each, Vanguard reports. Delta state police confirmed that the parents, father Augustine Agbona and his wif...

Two police officers arraigned in court for raping woman in custody

March 26, 2013 no comments

Two police officers, Enamuoto Akpevwe, 21, and Ugbede Obruche, 20, have been arraigned over raping a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Ese Isaiah, while she was in custody. The Abraka Magistrate Court heard ho...

Pastors dragged to court for operating illegal micro bank

December 27, 2012 no comments

A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba Delta State of Nigeria has reserved judgment till 7 January, 2013 in the case of the pastor of a Pentecostal Church alleged to have been operating illegal bankin...

Okonjo was kept in Kwale – Police

December 15, 2012 no comments

Asaba – Police in Delta said that kidnapped Prof. Kamene Okonjo, who was freed by her abductors on Friday, was held in a suspected hideout in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area. Delta Commissio...

Kamene Okonjo abduction: army arrests 63 suspects

December 14, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s army on Thursday confirmed that they have arrested 63 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of the finance minister’s 82-year old mother, according to a news agency. “...

Bomb scare rattles residents in Asaba

September 4, 2012 no comments

NAN – A bomb scare on Tuesday morning rattled residents of Asaba, the Delta State capital. An object suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device was found by a cleaner at the gate of the Del...

Uba denies knowledge of Ibori’s $15m bribe, lawyers call for pro...

September 1, 2012 no comments

Lawmaker Andy Uba firmly denied on Friday having any knowledge of the controversial $15m bribe burning a hole through the Federal Government. The amount is believed to be the bribe offered up by form...

Third party joins FG, Delta state govt in battle for Ibori’s $15...

August 30, 2012 no comments

Former Delta State governor and convicted fraudster, James Ibori, may be stowed away behind bars in the UK, but in Nigeria a $15 million tug-of-war is raging between the Federal Government and the De...

James Ibori transferred to UK maximum security prison

August 18, 2012 no comments

NAN – Convicted former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has been transferred to a maximum-security prison, the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. United Kingdom prison...

Kidnapped Delta state NYSC member reappears

July 10, 2012 no comments

Mr. Uchenna Abueme, the Delta state National Youth Service Corps member who was kidnapped two days ago was released on Monday night after spending 28 hours in captivity. Abueme was kidnapped in Asaba...

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