Fire consumes apartment in Ooni’s palace

<p>The Nigeria Police have reacted to the murder of an officer, identified as Sergeant Ifeanyi, by gunmen in Delta state.</p>, <p>Okoye said the arrests followed the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Barde’s directive to commence a detailed investigation and manhunt to unravel the perpetrators of the Ngor Okpala dastardly act.</p>, <p>Confirming the incident on Saturday, Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr Bright Edafe, said: “The killed police officer was returning home after closing of work.</p>, <p>Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Akwa Ibom State, have arrested 19 students of the Akwa Ibom State University, Mkpat-Enin, for suspected internet-related offences.</p>, <p>The suspects, Chinwe Precious Nwabara ‘m’, Bright Godswill ‘m’, and Chinedu Divine Nweke ‘m’ who came from Portharcourt in connivance with an Airtel staff, Tochi, now at large disguised as engineers working on the mast so as to carry out the crime.</p>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest came barely two weeks after gunmen attacked and killed four policemen in a restaurant at the Ngor Okpala area of the state.</p>, <p>Two months ago, gunmen killed three Police officers attached to the security team of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta.</p>, <p>The Imo State Police Command has arrested nine suspected criminals terrorising parts of the state.</p>, <p>He explained that the family out of desperation gathered some money and paid the suspects but police operatives were able to trace the kidnapper’s hideout, rescued the victim and arrested some suspects while others were at large and one (1) locally made pistol, three (3) wooden guns were recovered.</p>, <p>“They volunteered crucial information that assisted the determined operatives on April 27 at about 1240hrs in raiding their second hideout/shrine in Itu, Ezinitte Mbaise local government area of Imo, which led to the arrest of four other notorious IPOB/ESN suspects famous on the command’s wanted list due to their