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Luck has run out on a kidnapping gang in Otukpo, Benue South Senatorial District, after some members of the gang were identified by one of their victims in a public bus. Trouble began for the accused persons as they boarded a vehicle from Otukpo to Makurdi at Ihotu Park only to meet a girl they had kidnapped and released after collecting ransom. Found with the accused persons was a bag they had collected from the girl when she was kidnapped. The victim wasted no time in raising the alarm after holding one of the kidnappers inside the vehicle while two other members of the gang took to their heels but were caught by sympathisers. It was later discovered that the Ghana-Must-Go bag the gang members kept at the back of the vehicle contained N11 million cash. An angry mob was about to set the kidnap suspects ablaze when the manager of Ihotu Park quickly called in soldiers and policemen to come to their rescue. Investigation revealed that the three suspected kidnappers have been moved to the...

  In 2018, Brazilian pensioner João sought medical help after he found a wart on his penis. “I started visiting medical clinics to find out what it was, but all the doctors told me it was due to excess skin and prescribed medication,” the 63-year-old recalls.   Despite the medication, the wart continued to grow. It started to take a toll on his marriage and João and his wife’s sex life declined. “We were like siblings,” he ad mits. He was determined to find out what was going on.   For five years João, not his real name, went back and forth to specialists who prescribed more medication and ordered new  biopsies . “Nothing solved it,” he says. Then, in 2023, he was given a diagnosis – João had penile  cancer . “For my family, it was a very unpleasant surprise, even more so because I had to have part of the penis amputated. I feel like I was decapitated,” he says. “It’s a type of cancer that you can’t talk about with people because it could turn into a j...

Tension in Rivers as Fubara gives directive to heads of LGAs Reports from various Local Government Areas in Rivers State indicate varying levels of tension, with some areas experiencing sporadic shooting while others remain peaceful. In Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, videos circulating on social media show security operatives attached to the former council chairman, Allwell Ihunda, firing sporadically after being chased by angry youths who claimed they were shot at directly by the police. Similarly, at the Obio-Akpor Council Secretariat, an official vehicle belonging to the council chairman, George Ariorlu, was vandalized and posters torn by individuals chanting both war and victory songs. DAILY POST gathered that the two local government council chairmen were still within the council premises when the governor concluded his statewide broadcast. This led to angry youths invading the areas to chase them away. In Emohua Local Government Council, youths from various communities...

Multichoice Readjusts Subscription Prices For Dstv, Gotv After Court Order      The readjustment has reflected on the company's apps according to checks on Sunday, June 16, 2024.   Recall that the company had vowed to challenge the order of the Competition Consumer Tribunal (CCT) after reporting a decline in its subscriber base in Nigeria, where it lost over a million subscribers.   Old DStv prices vs new ones   Checks show that DStv subscribers are now required to pay N29,500 instead of N37,000 for the Premium package, and Compact+ package subscribers can now pay N19,800 instead of the new price of N25,000.   Compact Bouquet subscribers can now pay the previous rate of N12,500 instead of N15,700, while Confam package subscribers must pay the old price of N7,400 instead of the increased rate of N9,300 per month.   Yanga package subscribers' prices have reverted to the old N4,200 per month instead of the new N5,100.   Padi subscribers will pay...

  A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) for stealing in Isewo, Obada Oko, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the victim had stolen a biscuit worth N200, Milo worth N150, and Mr. Fruit worth N300. Visblog reports that the child was allegedly subjected to severe physical torture by her guardian due to her stealing habit. Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson in Ogun State, Omolola Odutola, said the incident occurred around 11:00 am on Thursday, June 13, 2024, and the suspect was arrested by the Divisional Police Officer in Obada-Oko. Odutola stated, “On June 13, 2024, Temitope Adetanju, a 25-year-old woman, was arrested by the DPO in Obada-Oko, Ogun State, for allegedly inserting a sizable piece of firewood into the private part of a 12-year-old girl, accusing her of stealing a biscuit worth N200, Milo worth N150, and Mr. ...

In a recent interview on The Honest Bunch podcast, Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has come out in support of her colleague Yul Edochie's decision to take a second wife. Edochie, who married his second wife Judy Austin years back, has faced criticism from many quarters.  However, Yvonne Jegede believes that the criticism is hypocritical, pointing out that many of those criticizing Yul Edochie come from polygamous families themselves. She questioned why people are quick to judge Edochie but praise Regina Daniels, who is also in a polygamous marriage.  She said; "You see this Yul Edochie ehnnn, 99% of people abusing him are from second wives, third wives, fourth wives and fifth wives. Sometimes wife that the family doesn’t know about. Let us stop being silly on the internet. I don’t see anything he has done wrong. I no dey go tear me to pieces when this interview gets uploaded. Why are you guys cursing him and making Regina Daniels your prayer point, only she fit advise you for ...

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Sunday visited the family of Cpl Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, one of the soldiers killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Obikabia Junction, Obingwa Local Government Area. Late Cpl Ikpeama hailed from the same village, Nvosi, in Isialangwa South Local Government Area, as Governor Otti. The deceased, one of the five soldiers ambushed and killed by the gunmen, on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at his duty post, left behind a young wife with about four-month-old baby, and an aged mother. Governor Otti commiserated with the family and reiterated his promise that the State Government will take up the responsibility of training the children of the slain soldiers on scholarship up to university level.  The Governor was received on arrival by the uncle of the deceased soldier, who informed him that the family has slated Thursday, June 13, 2024 for the soldier's burial, having applied and consequently granted approval by the army authorities to bury the corp...