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Samuel Ortom Immediate past governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Torwua Suswam, has decried the rate at which his successor, Samuel Ortom obtain loans “without anything to show for it”. Suswam stated this at Lessel community in Benue State on Sunday where he and his wife, Yemisi Dooshima were hosted to a Thanksgiving Service and Grand Reception by the Benue Zone ‘A’ Women Progressive Forum to mark their first year out of office as the First Family of the state.

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said that Operation `Tsare Teku` had reduced piracy and hostage taking in the country’s water ways close to zero per cent. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, made the disclosure during a familiarisation visit to NAN headquarters in Abuja.

The Kidney Surgery Team at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has successfully carried out its second kidney transplant on a 38-year-old unnamed male patient. The Chief Medical Director, Adewale Oke, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. He said the transplant was borne out of the hospital’s determination to sustain innovation in healthcare delivery in the country.

Large number of customers of Cash Flow Abi Limited, whose monies are trapped in Diamond Bank stormed various branches of the bank Tuesday in Minna, Kafanchan, Jos and Lafia, based on text message.

The police on Tuesday paraded a three-man gang of notorious fraudsters specializing in defrauding highly placed personalities in Abuja through threat to their lives and intimidation.

A 28-year-old man, Modiu Diallo, was on Monday arraigned at a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl in a mosque.

President Barack Obama has said Republican nominee Donald Trump is unfit to be president, and questioned why his party still supports the New York billionaire's candidacy. "There has to come a point at which you say: 'Enough'," Mr Obama said. Mr Trump has been sharply criticised for attacking the parents of a fallen US soldier who spoke out against him.

No hiding place for the pipeline vandals and kidnappers terrorising Lagos and Ogun revering areas, as the anti-pipeline vandalism Joint Task Force (JTF) has identified four more camps where the bad guys are hiding, and has now been scheduled for air strike by fighter jets of Nigerians Air Force.