Ngozi Chiemeke Shot Dead In Delta State

 Rising Nollywood actress, Ngozi Chiemeke has been shot dead at Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Friends and fans of Chiemeke have been thrown into mourning since the news of her sudden death filtered in.

The actress was reportedly shot dead at her Point Of Sale, POS, shop on Tuesday, 7th December, 2021, on Deeper Life Road, in Boji Boji, Owa, Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State.

The details surrounding the tragic incident remained sketchy at the time of filing this report.

However, sources said that the incident had been reported to the Boji-Boji Owa Divisional Police Station in Owa-Oyibu headquarters of Ika North East local government area.

Some residents of Boji-Boji Owa have complained the tragic incident occurred within the same short period, the late Anthony Mkpado, the Chief Executive Officer, of Mkpado Bookshop, Boji-Boji Owa, Opposite First Bank branch, was gruesomely murdered.

Police are yet to react to the sudden demise of the actress at the time of filing this report.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange given permission to marry his partner in prison

The incarcerated founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been granted permission to marry his partner, Stella Moris, at Belmarsh prison in the UK. 

The couple received permission to marry inside the high-security prison where Mr. Assange has been lodged since 2019 after the US took legal action to extradite him.

“Mr. Assange’s application was received, considered, and processed in the usual way by the prison governor, as for any other prisoner,” a Prison Service spokesperson was quoted as saying by the Associated Press on Thursday.

Ms. Moris told the PA news agency: “I am relieved that reason prevailed and I hope there will be no further interference with our marriage.”

Assange, 50, met his future wife in 2011, while he was living in the Ecuadorean embassy in the capital.

Ms. Moris is a South Africa-born lawyer and was on his legal team. She has been in a relationship with him since 2015 and has been fighting for him to be released on bail.

The couple got engaged in 2017 and have two children, Max, two, and four-year-old Gabriel, both of whom are British citizens.

Mr. Assange has continued to fight a long-drawn-out legal battle to avoid extradition to the US, where he could be questioned over the activities of WikiLeaks.

He is facing 17 charges of espionage over his role in obtaining and disclosing national defence information following WikiLeaks’s publication of thousands of documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

The leaked documents included footage from April 2010 that showed US soldiers shooting and killing civilians from a helicopter in Iraq.

 If found guilty he could face up to 175 years in prison. 

Three killed as gunmen attack Cross River communities

 

About three people have reportedly been killed following an attack by gunmen in Utanga and other communities close to the famous Obudu Cattle Ranch Resort in Obalinku LGA of Cross River State.  

Youth leader, Prince Agom Osim said that the gunmen who wore army uniforms and numbering about 20, were heavily armed with sophisticated weapons. 

sim said the incident occurred around 10am on Thursday November 11 and lack of telecommunications signals in those communities hampered efforts to get help to them.  

He said; 

 “They attacked and robbed five communities close to Utanga. We were not aware that there was such an incident going on as there is no mobile phone network in the area.   

“After that, they drove through the road to Utanga, robbing from shops to shops, residential houses and attacking unsuspecting people.  

“At first, shop owners thought they were military men, not until they started shooting indiscriminately.  

“They entered shops, beat up those who attempted to resist them. A young man from Utanga was shot dead in the process. We hear that two others were similarly killed in another community.”  

Another eyewitness identified simply as Agom, told Daily Trust that a fuel station worker who tried to argue with the gang was stabbed  and sustained a deep cut on his head.  

Another youth leader in Utanga, Adie Simon said he saw the gunmen seizing motorcycles from some villagers.  

Dismissed Soldier And Gang Members Arrested For Plotting To Rob A Bank (photo)

FOUR suspected armed robbers in military uniform, heading for Ekiti State to rob a bank, have been arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, by the operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad (IGP – STS), attached to the Ogun State Police Command.

The suspects, Matthew Olagoke, Ahmed Abdulahi, Johnson Ojo and Adebanjo Bamidele were planning to attack a bank in Ekiti State on December 7 when IGP-STS became aware of the plot, trailed them to Ibadan and nabbed them as they were heading for Ekiti State.

Wike Rejects PDP Peace Move, Tells Dickson To Leave Party Immediately

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has rejected the offer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership to intervene in the conflict with outgoing Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson over the Soku Oil Wells/fields returned to Rivers State by the Federal High Court.

Governor Wike, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, said that there was no premise for the intervention by the PDP leadership, since the Federal High Court had already determined the issue in question

Umahi Appoints 513 Additional Aides - Politics

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has approved the appointment of 513 additional aides to serve as his Technical Assistants (TA).

The governor’ Principal Secretary, Chief Clement Nweke, who made this known in a statement in Abakaliki on Wednesday, said the appointees were drawn from the 171 political wards in the state.

Ikpeazu Dissolves Abia Traditional Rulers Council - Politics

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia State Governor, has approved the dissolution of the leadership of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers with immediate effect.

This was contained in a terse statement issued by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sir Gabriel Onyendilefu and made available to IgbereTV on Thursday morning.

Gov Seriake Dickson imported and engaged the services of Indian spiritualists ahead of the poll.

The deputy governor-elect in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi has said that the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP , Senator Douye Diri lost the November 16 governorship election because his principal sponsor and incumbent governor of the state, Gov Seriake Dickson imported and engaged the services of Indian spiritualists ahead of the poll.

Blackout Looms As Gencos Threaten Shutdown Over Charge - Politics

Nigeria may experience widespread blackout soon as power generation companies have unanimously agreed to call the bluff of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company by shutting down power production and supply.

At a briefing in Abuja on Sunday, the Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies, an umbrella body for the power firms, Joy Ogaji, said NBET’s insistence to impose a 0.75 per cent administrative charge on Gencos for payment of gas invoices was the reason for the imminent power shutdown by Gencos.

Bayelsa: David Lyon Commends INEC For Peaceful Conduct Of Election

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State Chief David Lyon, has described the ongoing election in the state as peaceful.

Lyon, who cast his vote at Olugbobiri Ward 4, Unit 1, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state at 1:18 p.m., said he was sure of victory and sue for peace in the state.