On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, the media was awash with the news of the death of Smart Ohuzu, an inmate at Ogwashi-Uku prison in Delta. He was remanded in prison custody five months ago while awaiting trial for a murder case. His situation assumed the worst dimension when he fell sick and was suspected to... Read More

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July 28, 2016

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3 men sentenced to death by hanging

An Ogwashi-Uku High Court sitting in Delta state presided over by Justice A.O.Akpovi has sentenced two bus drivers, Okechukwu Mba, Christian Joseph and a conductor, Ekwe Nwomah to death by hanging for armed robbery. According to the NATION, the three accused persons were convicted by the court for the offence of conspiracy in count 1... Read More

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July 2, 2014

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22-year-old student to spend 14 years in jail for kidnapping

by ‘Jola Sotubo Two young men in Delta have been found guilty of the kidnapping of a nurse and sentenced accordingly. 22-year-old Ndudi Ogwu, a Mechanical Engineering student of the Delta State Polytechnic and Chukwudi Ifemeni, also 22, were sentenced to 14 and 10 years imprisonment respectively. The duo were found guilty of kidnapping one Kate Okogu in front... Read More

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January 24, 2014

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Undergraduate, 2 others killed by police for kidnapping in Delta

by Oge Okonkwo Three suspected kidnappers have been shot and killed by the police in Delta state during a shoot-out. The suspected kidnappers, Eze Ogugua, a 21-year-old student of Business Administration in Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, 24-year-old interior decorator, Lucky Onochie and 24-year-old Onyema Biggy, said to be the leader of the gang that has been terrorizing Ogwashi-Uku.... Read More

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May 13, 2013

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“No single actor has called me” – Nollywood actor, Peter Bunor speaks on the stroke that left him “dead”

by Hauwa Gambo You might remember him from several Nollywood movies like Glamour Girls and Sounds of Destiny, and soap operas like Checkmate, Third Eye and the ongoing Treasures where his hoarse voice and stock roles made him a favourite of producers – but now one of the NIgerian movie industry’s pioneers has suffered a... Read More

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December 15, 2012

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Our mother’s ordeal: Okonjo-Iweala’s family’s moving story of her mother’s kidnap, freedom

When Prof. Kanene Okonjo, queen mother of Ogwashi-Uku and mother of the Coordinating Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was released in the early hours of yesterday by the 10-man gang of kidnappers, she could not recognise her immediate environment. In her desperation, she cried to the people she saw moving around her in... Read More

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22-year-old student to spend 14 years in jail for kidnapping

Undergraduate, 2 others killed by police for kidnapping in Delta

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Our mother’s ordeal: Okonjo-Iweala’s family’s moving story of her mother’s kidnap, freedom

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