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DSS finally bows to pressure, allows Nnamdi Kanu meet family

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday granted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, access to his family. Kanu met with his brother, Emmanuel Kanu who was in the company of his legal team at ...

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Hit-and-run driver crushes woman to death in Osogbo

A woman was on Monday, knock down by a car in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The woman was hit by the car around Arura side, opposite WORLDIF event centre, 3KM from LAMECO roundabout in Osogbo at about 4:20 ...

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Jailed former South African President Zuma undergoes surgery

  Jailed former South African President Jacob Zuma has undergone unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned, prison authorities said.   Zuma, serving a 15-month sentence in Estcourt prison for contempt of court, was sent to a ...

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Kayvee leaves BBNaija over health issues

Kayvee a contestant in the ongoing Big Brother reality show has left the Big Brother Naija house due to health challenges. Big Brother on Monday told housemates that Kayvee was unwell and has withdrawn from the show. In a brief ...

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Governor Abiodun announces dates for father’s burial arrangements

The family of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced the burial activities of their late patriarch, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya Abiodun, which will hold between September 6 and 9, 2021 in Iperu-Remo. The family, in a statement issued on ...

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Odumosu orders 24-hour police stop-and-search in Lekki

The Lagos State commissioner of police, Hakeem Odumosu has ordered a 24-hour stop-and-search operation and vehicular patrol in the Lekki-Ajah axis of the state. CP Odumosu’s order follows the report that armed robbers disguise as beggars to harm innocent citizens ...

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Afghanistan: Saudi Arabia sends message to Taliban

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has urged the Taliban, who seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, to preserve lives, property and security as stipulated by “Islamic principles.” The kingdom said on Monday it stands with the choices that the Afghan people make ...

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UI to resume virtual classes after 3 professors die of covid-19

Following the loss of three of the institution’s professors to the rampaging coronavirus pandemic within days, authorities at the University of Ibadan (UI) have announced the adoption of a blended mode of teaching on the campus for the rest of ...

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Buhari signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law. In statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari assented to the bill on Monday in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty. The passage of the ...

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Apostolic Church REJECTS same-sex marriage, says it is satanic and inhuman

The United Apostolic Church of Christ (UACC) Worldwide has rejected same-sex marriage, saying it is un-African. UACC’s General Overseer, James Bayo-Owoyemi, described same-sex marriage as satanic and inhuman. He added saying any Western culture creeping into Africa should be subjected ...

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Man allegedly trafficked girlfriend to Mali for prostitution

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it has arrested one Emmanuel Stephen for allegedly trafficking his 21-year-old girlfriend to Mali for prostitution. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Vincent Adekoya, confirmed the arrest in a statement ...

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At least 28 killed, 79 injured in Lebanon fuel tank explosion

At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health ministry said. Military and security sources said that the army had seized a fuel storage tank hidden by ...

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Taliban: Buhari writes U.S., others; seeks support against insurgency

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has once again solicited for support from the United States and other countries in the fight against insurgency within the country’s border. In an opinion piece published on Financial Times, Mr Buhari recognised the expanding grip ...

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FBI arrests Nigerian Doctor, Patrick Nwaokwu for multimillion-dollar fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has nabbed Nigerian medical doctor, Patrick Nwaokwu, for his involvement in multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud. Mr Nwaokwu, 50, was arrested on July 9, barely 24 hours after the U.S. issued a warrant of arrest on ...

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Ondo Lawmaker, Adedayo Omolafe aka Expensive is dead

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr Adedayo Omolafe is dead. Omolafe, popularly called “Expensive” died in Akure, the capital city of Ondo state in early hours of Monday, ...

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‘They’re coming to kill us’ – Popular Afghan filmmaker, Sahraa Karimi cries for help as Taliban moves in

A prominent Afghan filmmaker recorded her dramatic flight from Kabul as Taliban forces moved in on Sunday — and begged for help on social media, saying the militants were “coming to kill us.” “The Taliban entered Kabul, unfortunately, and we ...

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Nearly 1,300 people died in Haiti Saturday’s earthquake

The death toll from Saturday’s earthquake in Haiti soared to at least 1,297 on Sunday — as the struggling nation prepared to get hammered yet again by Mother Nature with Tropical Storm Grace. The country, still also reeling from the ...

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