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Beautiful best friends accused of smuggling $3m worth of drugs into Australia burst into tears as they appeared handcuffed in court

Best friends who allegedly smuggled $3million worth of ice into Australia burst into tears as they appeared handcuffed in court. Israh Chahine and Alexandra Karanfilovska, both 23, appeared at Central Local Court on Tuesday charged with importing commercial quantities of ...

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California couple plead guilty to paying $250K to get their daughter into elite Californian university in admissions fraud case

A couple pleaded guilty to bribing their daughter´s way into the University of Southern California as part of the college admissions cheating scheme. Diane Blake and Todd Blake from Ross, California, appeared before a Boston federal court judge via video ...

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Magu opens up on alleged N4b, N28m to Osinbajo, Falana

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has opened up on the allegations that he gave N4 billion to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Magu described the claim as false and a calculated attempt to tarnish ...

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Fight erupts inside and outside Taiwan parliament

Fighting erupted inside and outside of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over the disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a top government watchdog post. The main opposition party labelled the appointment cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) ...

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Mother, 22-year-old UNIPORT undergraduate and girlfriend arrested for Internet fraud

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office have arrested a 22-year old Computer Science Undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Kenneth Gift, his girl friend, Dandy Spice and mother, Dorah Aninah for suspected internet ...

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Zainab who was wrongly arrested in Saudi for drugs, completes NYSC

Zainab Aliyu, the young Nigerian lady wrongly arrested for drugs in Saudi last year, has moved another notch in her life by completing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps scheme. A beaming Zainab was showcased Thursday by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the ...

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Russian mom, 75, and daughter, 56, fight over man

A bizarre love triangle is making shock headlines in Russia after a 75-year-old woman allegedly stole her daughter’s man. Mum and daughter are said to be engaged in a tug of war for the same bloke after he dumped the ...

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Thiago agrees to join Liverpool

  The Spaniard is eager to call Anfield home Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago has agreed to personal terms over a move to Liverpool, claims Bild. But though the player is ready to make the transfer happen, both Bayern and the Reds are yet ...

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Nigeria records 595 new COVID-19, total now 34,854

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday confirmed 595 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the nation. With the figures, Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload stands at 34,854, with 769 deaths and 14,292 recoveries. According to the NCDC, the ...

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Heavy downpour washes away fish farms worth over N100m

Fish farmers in Niger State have lamented the loss of goods allegedly worth over N100 million after heavy rainfall in Lapai Gwari in Bosso local government area of Niger state washed away their farms. It was gathered that thousands of ...

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Man jailed for stealing church offering, phone in Ebonyi

The son of a visually impaired man, Emmanuel Nwonu, was on Thursday, sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment without an option of fine by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki for stealing church offering. The convict, had penultimate Wednesday, ...

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I won’t accept any disrespect to National Assembly – Buhari warns

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned all his appointees that he would not accept any act of disrespect to the National Assembly. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President handed down ...

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Two Enugu doctors arraigned for forgery, stealing dead colleague’s N1million

The Enugu Police Command on Thursday arraigned two consultant psychiatrists of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, before an Enugu State Magistrates’ Court for forgery and stealing. The accused, McDonald Inechi and Kinsley Ugwuonye, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate S. O. ...

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Boko Haram terrorists demands N20m ransom from 75-year-old visually impaired man to release abducted daughter, niece

Boko Haram terrorists have asked a 75-year-old visually impaired man living in an internally displaced persons camp in Borno State to pay N20m as ransom for his abducted daughter and niece. Jato Ndarfa, who fled from Gwoza in 2014 after ...

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Gabon appoints first female Prime Minister, Rose Christiane

Former Defense Minister of Gabon, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been promoted to Prime Minister, making her the first woman to hold the role in Gabon’s history. The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, appointed the country’s first woman Prime ...

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Squirrel in Colorado tests positive for the bubonic plague

A health warning has been issued in Colorado after a squirrel tested positive for the bubonic plague in what is being described as ‘an increase of reported plague activity.’ The sick squirrel was found in the city of Morrison, southwest ...

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Adekunle Gold releases new song tonite, rolls out new photos

Adekunle Gold has asked his fans to stay up with him tonight as he drops a new song — AG BABY. While sharing the news, he also rolled out new pictures of himself. ”Stay up with me tonight to listen ...

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Man convicted for murdering family of three says “I didn’t do it” as he’s executed by lethal injection

The US government has executed the first federal inmate in almost two decades just hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way overnight with a 5-4 vote. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, died by lethal injection this week ...

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