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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has appointed Mr John Odey, a Deputy Director, as its new spokesperson and Head, Media and Public Communications Unit. The ICPC’s Secretary, Clifford Oparaodu, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, Odey succeeds Mr Demola Bakare, and will also lead...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of the terrorism offences. Justice James Omotosho, who earlier convicted Kanu in all the seven counts preferred against him, held that the Federal Government had been able...

Security

Patrol: Amotekun arrests 19-year-old suspected serial motorcycle thief in Ondo

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, says it has arrested a 19-year-old suspected serial motorcycle thief during the ongoing Ember border security patrol. Superintendent Jimoh Adeniken, the Corps Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Akure. Adeniken said Ayomide, who hailed from Ola in Kwara, was apprehended...