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Buhari not welcome in Imo, IPOB says as they declare emergency sit-at-home Thursday

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is not welcomed to the Southeast. IPOB Director of Socials, Chika Edoziem, made the remark while ordering a sit-at-home in protest of Buhari’s visit to Imo State on ...

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Guardiola wasn’t happy when I started dating Shakira – Gérard Pique

Barcelona defender, Gérard Pique has revealed that his relationship with Colombian music star, Shakira, had caused problems between him and former manager, Pep Guardiola. Guardiola left Pique behind at Barcelona to join Bayern Munich and is now the Manager at ...

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NFF admits Ahmed Musa’s 100 caps record error

The Nigeria Football Federation has admitted error in its earlier counting of Super Eagles’ captain Ahmed Musa’s record. The Federation said FIFA was right in its counting, in a statement titled, ‘NFF defers to FIFA on Ahmed Musa’s record’. While ...

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Buhari fires NAPTIP DG, Mohammed 4 Months After His Appointment

The Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Senator Basheer Mohammed has been sacked after four months in office. His abrupt sack was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to ...

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Police invite comedian Nedu’s ex-wife Uzoamaka Ohiri

The Lagos State Police command has invited Uzoamaka Ohiri, the former wife of comedian, Chinedu Ani, a.k.a Nedu. Punch correspondent learnt that policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, visited her home in the Ajah area of Lagos ...

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Nnamdi Kanu drags FG to court, demands ₦5bn for alleged violation of his right

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to an Abia State High Court, over what he described as violations of his human rights. The Federal Government, the ...

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Kylie Jenner confirms she and Travis Scott are expecting second child

Kylie Jenner has confirmed she is expecting her second child with rapper Travis Scott following weeks of speculation. The reality TV star and make-up mogul announced the news with a 90-second Instagram video featuring the moment she discovered she was ...

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Bitcoin crashes on first day El Salvador accepted it as legal tender

Angry protests, technological glitches and a plummet in value marked the first day of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender. The price of Bitcoin on Tuesday crashed to its lowest in nearly a month, falling from $52,000 (£37,730) to ...

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I will make sure I kiss you before leaving Nollywood, RMD tells Sola Sobowale

Veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo aka RMD has told his colleague, Sola Sobowale that he will make sure he kisses her before quitting Nollywood. He says for over three decades that they have portrayed the roles of married couples, he ...

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Cholera spreads to Ogun community, 10 feared dead

Anxiety is mounting in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected Cholera outbreak, with about 10 people already feared dead. The suspected outbreak was first reported on Friday, when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died. ...

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17 patients killed as heavy rainfall causes flooding at Mexico hospital

At least 17 patients have been killed after heavy rainfall caused flooding at a hospital in Mexico’s central Hidalgo state, officials say. They say a river burst its banks and water then cut the power supply at the hospital in ...

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Confusion as Armed robbers hijack DSS case file on Igboho’s aides

Barrister I. Awo, the counsel for the Department of State Service, DSS, has told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the case file containing the fundamental human rights enforcement application filed by aides to the embattled Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, ...

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Adeboye, wife celebrate 54th wedding anniversary

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, marked their 54th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Their last child, Leke Adeboye, took to his verified Instagram page to announce the ...

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Federal Agency Director reportedly commits suicide after EFCC invitation

An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. Orji’s lifeless body was reportedly found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing ...

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Autopsy report shows how police tortured UNIUYO graduate to death – Lawyer

  Inibehe Effiong, the lawyer representing the family of late Kubiat Isaac Akpan, the prospective National Youths Service Corps member who died in Police cell in Akwa Ibom State, said that autopsy report revealed that the deceased was tortured to ...

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Find tactics to solve Nigeria’s security challenges, Buhari tells service chiefs

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on service chiefs to find methods to deal with the country’s security challenges. This directive was issued on Tuesday by President Buhari after meeting with the service chiefs at the presidential villa, Abuja. Usman Alkali ...

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Uber driver dies while conveying reverend sister in Lagos

A Uber driver, Anthony Okafor, has died while conveying a passenger, said to be a reverend sister, to a destination in Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Okafor picked the woman from the Ikeja airport and started coughing and gasping ...

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64-year-old man arrested for ‘defiling two-year-old girl’ in Ogun

A 64-year-old man, Ayotunde Taiwo, is currently cooling his heels in police cell for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl at Agbado area of Ogun State. Confirming the incident to newsmen on Tuesday, the state police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the ...

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Buhari’s visit to Imo: Ohanaeze trashes IPOB’s sit-at-home order, says Buhari friend of Igbos

The apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on Imo State citizens to ignore the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’a visit on Thursday, September 9. Rcall that IPOB had ...

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Omokri tells Igbo not to welcome Buhari to Imo

Former presidential media aide and social media commentator, Reno Omokri has called on Imo indigenes, not to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Thursday. According to him, any Igbo who turns up to welcome Buhari to Imo State ...

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Woman gives birth to triplets after 15 years of marriage (Photos)

It was a great joy in Onitsha, Anambra State as a Deeper Life Bible Church woman, Ruth Nnanwuno Nzejiofor gave birth to a set of triplets. The Nzejiofor had been married for 15 years and have been waiting for the ...

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