How 80-year-old University Don, Ogiehor Was Murdered in His Home

By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – Residents of Anenne Street, Edo state were in shock as 80-year-old university don, Prof Christopher Ogiehor, was Thursday murdered in cold blood in his house by unknown gunmen. Prof Christopher was a father-in-law of an Edo State aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Matthew Iduoriyekenmwen. Ogiehor was said to have been found dead in his house located at 13, Egbor Anenne Street, off Benoni, by the Government Reservation Area in Benin City. A family member, who does not want his name mentioned, explained that the octogenarian was lying in a pool of blood inside his bedroom in the early hours of Thursday. “He was found inside his bedroom dead with a broken head and his hands tied behind him, an indication that he may have been hit on his head and probably strangled. “Men from the Forensic Department of the Nigeria Police were in the house this morning to commence an investigation. We cannot ascertain where the killing is coming from,” the family source stated. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, …

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 18,480 as NCDC Confirms 745 New Infections

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rose to 18,480 as the country’s health agency – Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported that 745 new cases of infections were recorded on Thursday. The NCDC said 6,307 has been treated and discharged while 475 deaths have been recorded since the index case was reported in February. According to the Centre, the report of Thursday’s cases are as shown below: Lagos-280Oyo-103Ebonyi-72FCT-60Imo-46Edo-34Delta-33Rivers-25Kaduna-23Ondo-16Katsina-12Kano-10Bauchi-8Borno-7Kwara-5Gombe-4Sokoto-2Enugu-2Yobe-1Osun-1Nasarawa-1

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Killings, Banditry: PDP Slams APC Govt Over Arrest of Protesters

….Charges APC to Come Clean on Their Alleged Links with Insurgents and Marauders By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party has slammed the All Progressives Congress led federal government over arrest of organizers of a peaceful protests against the unchecked mass killing by bandits and insurgents in Katsina and other parts of the country, particularly in the north. The PDP which described the action as absurd, charged the APC to come clean on their alleged links with insurgents and marauders. It made the call in a statement released through its official twitter handle @OfficialPDPNig. The party wondered why the APC-led government would arrest, harass and detain victims of the bandits but chose to negotiate, hobnob with and even pay money to the assailants. This arrest further raises demands for the APC and its governors, particularly, those who openly confessed to have had contacts, negotiations and financial dealing with the bandits, to come clean on their alleged links with insurgents and marauders. Such actions by the APC administration, in addition to utterances of its leaders, have …

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