Two members of a three-man gang that specialise in snatching motorcycles have been apprehended in Abavo, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta state. The suspects were arrested by men of the Anti-cult volunteer corps under the leadership of Mr Miracle Okoh on Saturday, December 4. According to the commandant, they got a tipped off from a community source that the three boys were about to sell a motorcycle. “We immediately mobilized to the scene and the three …
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Two suspected POS-armed robbers were beaten to stupor after they allegedly tried robbing a female operator while they were armed with a gun in Ughelli, Delta state. According to sources, the POS robbers were arrested at Onoharigho street after the female operator held one of the suspect’s trousers despite a threat to shoot her. Her shout for help attracted youths in the area who pursued the suspected thieves, apprehended them, and beat them up. When contacted, Delta police spokesperson Edafe Bright …
A mother of four children identified as Mrs. Glory Ogbewi, and her two-year-old child have allegedly been murdered by yet to be Identified assailants at Ime-obi in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. According to a report published by Ika Weekly Newspaper, the deceased was filtering cassava in the kitchen between 2 to 3 pm on November 4, when the assailants invaded her house. Sources claimed that she was carrying her last child who was about two years …
A soldier and one assailant have been killed in a gun duel when suspected sea pirates attacked a military Joint Task Force, JTF, checkpoint at Tuomo community in Burutu local government area of Delta state. A former CDC chairman of Tuomo community, Mr Akpoebiede Defence, who confirmed the incident to Vanguard, said the gunmen came in a speedboat at around 11 pm on Sunday, July 18. “We believe they are sea pirates who came in a speedboat at …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. A statement released by NCDC’S head of Communications, Dr. Yahya Disu, says the variant was detected in a traveler to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja. Disu said the Delta variant is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a …
A member of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Kenneth Ogba is dead. Ogba, who was the member representing Isoko South Constituency 1, in the State Assembly, reportedly died on Sunday evening, June 27. It was gathered that the lawmaker slumped after attending a function at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. He was said to have been rushed to a hospital in the town where doctors pronounced him dead. His …