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Tejuosho market razed by fire in Lagos (video)

A fire outbreak occurred today November 14, at Tejuosho market in Yaba area of Lagos.   Though what led to the fire and loss recorded is still unclear at the time of filing this report, it was however gathered that only ...

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Nigerian man bags 3 life sentences plus 76 years in jail for raping and sodomizing girl, 13, in the US

  A Nigerian man has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus an additional 76 years for raping and sodomizing a 13-year-old girl in the United States of America.   Adedoja Olaniyi Bah, 32, was convicted on 12 charges including rape, aggravated sodomy, ...

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You can’t mock God” Tonto Dikeh, Wale Jana react as court dismisses Busola Dakolo’s rape case against Biodun Fatoyinbo

  Tonto Dikeh and businessman Wale Jana, rejoiced as the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Court 12, sitting at Bwari, Abuja, dismissed the rape case Busola Dakolo, wife of singer Timi Dakolo, filed against Senior Pastor of the ...

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APC has no governorship candidate in Bayelsa- Federal High court declares

  Justice Jane Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for the November 16th governorship election in the state.   She gave the ruling in a ...

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Outrage as court throws out Busola Dakolo’s case against Biodun Fatoyinbo and fines her 1 Million Naira

  The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Court 12, sitting at Bwari, Abuja has dismissed the case filed by Busola Dakolo against Biodun Fatoyinbo, the pastor/founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA).   Earlier this year, Busola Dakolo ...

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Unizik staff Engr Emeka Chiaghana declared missing three weeks after he was forcefully taken away from his residence by unknown men

  A staff of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Engr. Emeka Chiaghana, has been declared missing.   It was gathered that Mr Chiaghana from Nibo, Awka-South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was taken away from his Nibo ...

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Kogi Governorship Election: Police DIG reverses the deployment of Governor Yahaya Bello’s ex-ADC to coordinate the protection of election materials

  The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Abdulmajid Ali has announced that the deployment of Usman Shugaba, a former Aide de Camp (ADC) to Governor Yahaya Bello to supervise the Governorship election has been reversed after the Nigerian police was petitioned by ...

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Nigerian footballer, two women arrested in Cambodia for smuggling drugs from Vietnam in a speaker (photos)

A 26-year-old Nigerian footballer and two women have been arrested in Cambodia after a speaker was seized by police on Monday 11 November.   The Department of anti-drug collaborated with the Dan Dan express bus company in a bust coordinated ...

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Governorship election: 3 killed in shootout between alleged APC and PDP hoodlums in Bayelsa (photos)

Three people were reportedly killed on Wednesday November 13, following a shootout between thugs allegedly working for the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress.     The bloody clash occurred at the People’s Democratic Party rally at Okolomabiri in Nembe Local ...

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Saggy Boobs Matter founder Chidera Eggerue reveals she’s stopped having sex, says men will have to ‘jump through hoops’ to bed her in future

Feminist blogger and founder of Saggy Boobs Matter, Chidera Eggerue has revealed that she’s stopped having sex and for her potential suitors they will have to ‘jump through hoops’ if they want to bed her in the future.   The ...

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PDP raises alarm over alleged deployment of Yahaya Bello’s former ADC to INEC ahead of Saturday’s governorship election

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm over the deployment of Governor Yahaya Bello’s former ADC, Usman Musa Shigaba to monitor Saturday’s Governorship election in Kogi State.   In a statement released by the Party’s Deputy Director of Public ...

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Buhari VS Atiku: Supreme court to deliver full verdict tomorrow

  The Supreme Court will give a detailed explanation on Friday, November 15th why it dismissed on 30 October the appeal by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the PDP against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives ...

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Landlord destroys tenant’s properties over non-payment of rent before getting to know his daughter has been withdrawing the money

A landlord who invited auctioneers to raid the apartment of his tenant he thought had refused to pay rent for the past 5 months, has ended up in the offender spot after finding out that his daughter has been the ...

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“If the death by hanging hate speech law was in place during Jonathan’s administration, do you think Lai Mohammed would be alive today?”- Senator Abaribe asks

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has joined other Nigerians to reject the death by hanging Hate Speech bill that has passed first reading in the Senate.   Speaking on Channels TV, Senator Abaribe wondered if the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, would ...

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Lagos State to shutdown Yaba, Jibowu roads for construction of rail tracks

Lagos State Government says it will be closing down Yaba and Jibowu/Ogunmorin axis on the 16th and 23rd of November respectively from 8:00pm to 6:00am for the Level Cross construction of the rail tracks.   It said this was in ...

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NDLEA confirms the arrest of notorious drug dealer ‘Agbakwuru’ in Imo state

The Imo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of Uzochi Agbakwuru, an alleged notorious drug dealer in the state.   A statement issued in Owerri on Wednesday, November 13th by the command’s Public ...

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”No one made me governor, I became governor by God’s grace” Edo state governor Godwin Obaseki says

As the crisis within the APC in Edo state deepens, Governor Godwin Obaseki, the state governor, yesterday denied claims made by supporters of his predecessor and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole, that the latter facilitated his emergence as governor of ...

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EFCC’s witness contradicts himself on giving money to Obasanjo in court

Bashir Mohammed, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness who made claims of giving former President Olusegun Obasanjo the naira equivalent of $140,000 allegedly contradicted himself in court on Wednesday November 13.   In the statement which was admitted by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, ...

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Your life is in hands of the court – Judge tells Agba Jalingo, journalist arrested over social media post about Governor Ben Ayade

  Judge of the federal high court in Cross River state’s capital Calabar, Simon Amobeda has revealed that he told Agba Jalingo, the journalist arrested on charges of disturbance of public peace and treason over his publication and social media posts about Governor ...

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Father and son arrested by EFCC for alleged $108k fraud (photos)

The EFCC, Lagos office, on Wedsnesday  November 13, 2019, arraigned one John Isang and his son, Martins John Isang before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on an amended two-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain ...

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