GUNMEN KILL IMO MONARCH, DUMP BODY ON ROADSIDE
Tragedy struck in Mgbe, in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State on Sunday after some gunmen killed the traditional ruler of the community, Eze Brendan Ibekwe.

According to PUNCH, the gunmen later dumped the corpse of the monarch on the Orlu -Owerri Expressway, a few kilometres to his palace.

Our correspondent gathered that there was a deep cut on the monarch’s head, while the suspected assailants left with his royal wrist bead and the phone.
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WOMAN DUMPS 12-DAY-OLD BABY IN LATRINE IN OGUN
The Ogun State police command has arrested a woman, Amudalat Taiwo, aged 21, for dumping her 12-day-old baby inside a pit toilet.

According to TheGuardian, the incident occurred on June 20, at 28, Isheri Street Ilaro. Taiwo was said to have thrown the baby into the pit because she could not cater for the newborn.

It was gathered that Taiwo was apprehended following reports from her landlord, Oshunshina Olawale, who went to urinate at the wee hours of the day only to hear cries of a baby inside the latrine.
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GUNMEN KILL TWO BROTHERS, KIDNAP VICTIMS’ SIBLING IN KATSINA
Two brothers who were undergraduates at the Al-Qalam University were yesterday morning shot dead by unknown gunmen in Katsina State.

Rabiu Bature, 22, a 200-level student, and Ibrahim Bature, 23, a 400-level student, were killed at Bagiwa village, in Mani council area.

The gunmen, who stormed the residence of the victims at about 2:00 a.m. also shot the victims’ mother in the thigh, while they bundled and kidnapped their elder brother.A relation to the victims, Lawal Bagiwa, while speaking to newsmen, identified the two students that were killed.
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BREAD SELLER IN TROUBLE FOR SPENDING FAKE NAIRA NOTES
A bread seller, Ifeanyi Osuohae, has been arrested by the police for allegedly being in possession of fake currency notes.

The 27-year-old was arrested while attempting to allegedly spend the counterfeit notes

PUNCH Metro gathered that the Imo State indigene had boarded a cab from Akerele, Agege, Lagos, on June 11, 2018, around 1.30am and paid the driver with a fake N1,000 note.

During the trip, he allegedly requested to alight under the guise of forgetting his phone after he had collected a change of N700.
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TRICYCLE OPERATORS PROTEST ALLEGED LASTMA EXTORTION
Some commercial tricycle riders operating in the Ojodu-Berger and Ogba areas of Lagos State on Monday protested against alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.

The operators moved from Ojodu-Berger to the Government House, Alausa, Ikeja, displaying placards with various inscriptions.

The operators alleged that the officials, who extorted money ranging from N1,000 to N7,500 from them, claimed that Governor Akinwumi Ambode owed them seven months’ salaries.
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