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Drama As DPO Held Overzealous PUWOV Member In Benin

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November 18, 2021

There was mild drama Wednesday evening at Oba Market, Benin City, as a police officer who Identified himself as Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at the Oba Market Police Division held firm shirt (uniform) of an overzealous member of the Public Safety Works Volunteers Scheme (PUWOV) of the state government.

INFO DAILY gathered that the drama started when the overzealous PUWOV member and others were said to have been seizing and throwing away goods of market women selling at the walkway which attracted the police officer.

According to the DPO who narrated the incident to onlookers including INFO DAILY while he held the PUVOW member, he approached the PUVOW members introduced himself and pleaded to them to be merciful to the market women because it is what they used in taking care of their respectively families.

He further narrated that rather than listening to him as a senior police officer, they rather harassed him while one of them filmed the whole scene as he try to intervene.

“A senior police officer! After introducing myself as DPO in charge of Oba Market division, you still have the audacity to do what you did. I will not leave you. I am taking you to the station. Call whosoever you want to call,” he said.

Some onlookers who were at the scene pleaded to the DPO to pardon the PUVOW member while some particularly those who sell at the market and it environ gave the DPO a go ahead for the PUVOW member’s official arrest, narrating that it’s unbecoming of them.

“That is how they do. Even in the night, they will come and be disturbing these women by seizing their goods. Is night work hour. Was that what they were asked to do as work. These is what these women used in taking care of their family, but they won’t listen because most of them want bribe,” a young man who appears to be lettered said.

As at when INFO DAILY left scene of the incident, the DPO had dragged the said man to the direction of the temporary station of the division as he turned down plead from other members of PUVOW who were mobilised to the scene of incident so to plead on behalf of the overzealous member.

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Indian Court Denies Bail To Nigerian Man Over Drug Charges

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May 28, 2026

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A court in India has denied bail to a 44-year-old Nigerian national, Cristian Soporuchukwu, who is currently facing drug trafficking charges in the country.

Cristian Soporuchukwu initially entered India on a business visa but was later arrested over allegations of involvement in the sale of hard drugs.

Reports indicated that after arriving in India, Soporuchukwu travelled through Goa, Delhi, and Mumbai, where he allegedly established links with suspected drug traffickers.

He was accused of purchasing MDMA crystals and distributing them to college students and information technology workers.

According to reports, operatives of the Beguru Police arrested Cristian Soporuchukwu in April 2025 for allegedly selling MDMA crystals around Begur Lake and the AECS Layout Road area.

The New Indian Express reported that the High Court of Karnataka subsequently dismissed the Nigerian’s bail application.

“The anti-narcotics wing seized about 1 kg of MDMA crystals, a pocket weighing machine, 10 zip-lock covers, a mobile phone and a scooter from him,” the report stated.

Justice V. Srishananda, while ruling on the bail application, reportedly held that errors relating to the grounds of arrest could not automatically justify bail in serious narcotics-related offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, NDPS, Act.

The court further noted that Cristian Soporuchukwu had allegedly overstayed his visa in India, according to the report.

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Strait Of Hormuz: US Announces Sanctions Against Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority.

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement extended the threat of sanctions to anyone paying the fees, saying they may be providing support to and receiving services from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and therefore may be exposed to sanctions risk.

“The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash.

“Treasury has deprived the Iranian regime of revenue for their weapons programs, terrorist proxies, and nuclear ambitions,” Bessent said.

Bessent added that the US has succeeded in disrupting tens of billions of dollars’ worth of revenue from being accessible to Tehran.

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US Launches New Airstrikes On Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States has launched new airstrikes in southern Iran.

The strike shot down four one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and then a ground control site.

A US official revealed that American forces struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone.

The official described the strikes as purely defensive, saying the US intended to maintain the ceasefire.

Report says this is the second time in three days that the US has carried out self-defense strikes against Iranian military targets in southern Iran.

Recall that on Monday the US carried out airstrikes against Iranian missile locations and boats that US Central Command said were preparing to launch mines in the Strait of Hormuz.