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A young man was crushed to death by a truck belonging to Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Nsukka, Enugu State on Monday, November 21. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said that the deceased was riding on a motorcycle when he was crushed. Irate youths who were enraged by the tragic incident immediately set the truck fully loaded with Coca-Cola products ablaze. The youths equally pelted stones at fire service men, who arrived to prevent further spread of fire. The mangled body of the deceased has been deposited in an undisclosed morgue within Nsukka metropolis while the truck driver narrowly escaped being lynched by the youths. A combined team of Mobile police and Nigerian soldiers were dispatched to the scene to restore order and forestall further break down of law. 

The acronym MMM is no longer a new thing to many Nigerians as over 2 million Nigerians are already in the system which they refer to as God sent in this time of economic hardship in the country. Some would say if not for MMM, how would they cope with the present economic hardship. Tropage went round to get people’s views on what MMM has done in the country. Here are some of the views collated by tropage : Reduction in Crime: People believe that MMM has reduced crime drastically in the society. In the past few months when MMM became popular in Nigeria, youths across the country see MMM as a platform for making more money as such their minds are occupied on what to do with the money generated through MMM. It is evident that the rate of crime such as stealing, kidnapping, internet fraud, 419 etc have reduced in Nigeria since MMM became popular among the young population of the country Business Expansion: Despite the economic recession been fa...

*Photo used for illustrative purpose* The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Security Service (DSS) have restricted the movement of not less than 13 judges to the country. The judges have been banned from traveling abroad pending the conclusion of their cases in court. Also, some of the judges banned who are being watch-listed can only go abroad if permitted by a court. In all, about 15 judges are undergoing probe by the EFCC and the DSS. As investigation of some of the indicted judges gets more serious, security agents have started screening the Petty Cash Book of the Supreme Court and payment vouchers to contractors. The Petty Cash Book which emanated from draw down from Secret/Operation Account was said to have revealed a lot on how about N2.2billion was spent on miscellaneous expenses. The interim report indicated that the “discoveries were messy and least expected in such a scared place.” Those u...

Nsukka- Anxiety and confusion has enveloped Abbi Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, following the invasion of the area by Fulani herdsmen who unleashed mayhem on the people, killing a brother and sister apart from razing down about seven houses and several motorcycles. Altogether, 19 persons were declared missing in the community even as several others were also wounded with machetes by the invaders. It was gathered that the Fulani herdsmen numbering over 30 emerged from the bush, and began to attack the people in the community last Thursday, killing their victims and maiming others with machetes before fleeing into the bush unharmed. The two relations who were killed were identified as Fidelis Okeja, 45, and his sister Mercy, 50. Fidelis and Mercy were sitting outside their compound around 6.30pm discussing when suddenly, about 30 masked Fulani herdsmen emerged from nowhere and them instantly.  They later went ahead and ...

  Press statement from the presidency  All is now set for the deployment of 200,000 unemployed graduates selected in the first batch of the Buhari administration's plan to hire half a million Nigerians.While the 200,000 have been selected about two weeks ago, their names have now been sent to state governments and the FCT who would deploy them to their specific programme assignments.  The names would also be published this week on the N-Power internet portal, while the participants would start receiving SMS messages informing them of their selection as from Monday November 21, 2016. State governments and the FCT are also encouraged to post the names of the successful first batch applicants in their local government areas while there would be further public announcements. Between now and the end of the month, the states and the FCT would be engaged in deploying the graduates who would formally start working and earning their stipends ...

Peter of P-Square hosted Aliko Dangote at the private party of his new crib, which took place on Saturday, November 19. The singer also took the richest man in Africa on a tour to check out his well furnished crib. See more photos below...

Billionaire businessman, Chief Emeka Offor reportedly buried his late father in a N15 million gold casket, according to Gabriel Omonhinmin. The burial ceremony, which took place on Friday, November 18th at the All Saints Anglican Church, Oraifite, Anambra State witnessed a turnout of dignitaries from all walks of life, including Deputy Senate President, Ekwerenmadu. More pics below