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One killed, houses burnt as fight erupts over airport land One person was reportedly killed while some houses were burnt on Sunday morning when a fight erupted in Igwo community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River over compensation for land. It was gathered that the fight broke out over alleged nonpayment of compensation for the land that the state government acquired for the Obudu Cargo Airport project. Although the state government said payment of compensation to owners of land and farmlands acquired for the project was ongoing, protests over alleged non-compensation have continued in Okambi and Igwo communities where the project is situated. Last year, some widows and other women took to the streets of Obudu to protest against the acquisition of their lands for the project. Confirming the killing of one person and burning of houses, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, told The PUNCH,”The situation is calm now. We arrested some suspects....

Man to die by hanging for phone theft An Ado Ekiti High Court has sentenced a middle-aged man, Isa Abdulkareem, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Mosunmola Abodunde, while delivering the judgment on Friday, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found the defendant guilty as charged. During the trial, the prosecutor from the state Ministry of Justice, Mr Gbemiga Adaramola, told the court that Abdulkareem, armed with a gun and cutlass, robbed one Taiwo Olomola of N110, 000 and Techno phones. Adaramola said Abdulkareem carried out the robbery on December 19, 2016, at Ureje area in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. He said, “Abdulkareem also robbed one Adeya Olalekan of N74, 000 and an Infinix Note 2 phone. The two-count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery contravened Section 402 (2) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.” Abdulkareem had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The convict was said to hav...

Soldier arrested after killing Policeman with anti-aircraft gun The Borno state commissioner of police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu , has said that a joint investigation is ongoing between the police and the Army to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing of a police officer, Sgt Rowland Tafida with an anti-aircraft gun by yet to be named Army corporal. The unnamed Army corporal extra-judicially killed Sgt Tafida who was among the MOPOL Special Forces Team deployed to Gwoza last August, on counter-insurgency operations. Narrating to LEADERSHIP, the level of investigation into the matter in Maiduguri , CP Aliyu said even though the late Sgt Tafida was on special operation to Borno state from another command, the Borno police command entered into the investigation because the incident occurred within its jurisdiction. CP Aliyu added that some soldiers are already in military detention facility in connection to the murder of sgt Rowland Tafida. He said : “I will not hide anythin...

The Word For Today. Sunday, 01 March 2020. Regeneration. ‘Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.’ 1 John 5:1 NIV. After Adam sinned, we read that he fathered a child ‘in his own likeness.’ (Genesis 5:3 NIV) Ever since, we’ve all been born in the image of fallen men. Sometimes people say, ‘He’s just like his father.’ Or we say, ‘My dad was an angry man—now I’ve got his temper! Dad couldn’t stay with Mum—now I’m going through a divorce. Dad was an alcoholic—now look at my drinking and drugs! Dad was a workaholic—now I work sixteen hours a day! Dad wasn’t affectionate with us kids—now I don’t even know how to hug my children!’ History repeats itself over and over again in our lives. Here’s a fascinating example: ‘Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.’ (Genesis 20:2 ESV) Note, Isaac wasn't even born when his father lied and did this, yet years later, he did exactly the same thing, in exactly...