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Abia state taskforce nabs vehicle conveying suspected cannabis (photo)

The Abia State taskforce on COVID-19 has arrested a Toyota Siena bus conveying bags of substance suspected to be cannabis at the Ogbudiukwu community, in the Umuahia South council area. Confirming the incident, Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Chris ...

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11 year-old boy commits suicide after losing fight over TV remote control to sister

An 11-year-old boy from Mulalio Village in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Kenya allegedly committed suicide after he lost a fight over TV remote control early Wednesday, April 29. Canton Litiku, a Class Five pupil at Kakamega Hill School, is ...

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We are not in a hurry to reopen airports – FG

The Federal Government says it is not in a hurry to re-open airports in the country. Minister of Environment, Mahmood Abubakar, made this known on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said ...

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Why I did not marry Tanasha despite being ‘1 million per cent’ sure she was the one – Diamond Plantnumz

Tanzanian heavy-hitter, Diamond Platnumz, has said he could not marry Kenya’s Tanasha Oketch because they differed sharply on how to raise their family. Speaking on Tanzania’s Wasafi FM on Monday, April 27, the Jeje hit-maker said his 15-month relationship with ...

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US goverment analysis fingers Wuhan laboratory as most likely source of COVID-19

A Wuhan laboratory is the “most likely” source of the COVID-19 outbreak now ravaging the globe, according to a U.S. government analysis that catalogues the evidence and concludes that other explanations for the origin of the coronavirus are less credible. ...

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Biden under pressure to address sexual assault allegation

US presidential hopeful Joe Biden said Wednesday he has a proud history of campaigning against s.e.x.u.a.l violence, as he faces mounting pressure to respond to an assault allegation made by a former aide. The presumptive Democratic nominee has been accused ...

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CMD of Yaba Infectious Disease Hospital reportedly tests positive for coronavirus

The Chief Medical Director of Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Bowale Abimbola, has tested positive for Coronavirus. SaharaReporters gathered that Abimbola is presently being treated in one of the wards in the hospital. “Yes, he is positive, that’s why ...

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2-year-old girl rescued from uncompleted building in Abia

Officials of the gender-based violence response team of the Vicar Hope Foundation, Umuahia, have rescued a two-year-old child suspected to have been locked up for several days in an uncompleted building at the Zone 5 Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia, Abia ...

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25-year-old man dies of COVID-19 in Lagos

A 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The state’s Commissioner for Health made this known via his Twitter handle on Thursday. He said, “87 new #COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 29, 2020. The ...

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South African anti-apartheid veteran, Denis Goldberg is dead

Denis Goldberg, a veteran anti-apartheid activist in South Africa who was imprisoned for 22 years, has died at the age of 87. “His was a life well-lived in the struggle for freedom in SA. We will miss him,” the BusinessLIVE ...

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NURTW chairman, MC Oluomo loses mother

Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has lost his mother, Alhaja Zinat Abebi Omotowo. According to Mc Oluomo, she passed on around 7am today. Her ...

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How Dayo Amusa’s friend defrauded her

Nollywood actress, Dayi Amusa has revealed how her own friend defrauded her. According to the actress, the lady had called her saying she needed N2000, but she felt it was small and decided to send her N5000. She mistakenly sent ...

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Kano contniues to record death of high profile personalities

Kano State has again lost three high profile personalities to death. Their deaths on Wednesday came after about 12 high profile personalities died in the state last week. On Wednesday morning, a former Director of Finance, National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala, ...

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Court remands policaman who allegedly shot dead Rivers policewoman (photo)

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, remanded a police sergeant, Bitrus Hosea, who allegedly shot dead a policewoman on duty in a correctional facility. The policewoman, Lovender Elekwechi, also a sergeant, was allegedly shot in ...

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Drama as Customs rejects 1,800 bags of rice returned by Oyo

A drama played out between the officials of the Oyo State Government and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Ibadan, on Wednesday as the Customs rejected the 1,800 bags of rice donated to the state by the ...

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Former Borno state Governor, Muhammed Goni is dead

A former governor of Borno State, Muhammed Goni, is dead. Mr Goni, who was the first democratically elected governor of Borno State, died in his 80s. A close family source who confirmed the passing of the elder statesman said he ...

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Bollywood’s romantic hero, Rishi Kapoor dies at 67

Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, famed for his romantic roles, has died of cancer aged 67. He was part of the Kapoor acting dynasty which has long dominated Bollywood, the Hindi film industry. The actor made a huge splash in 1973 ...

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