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Fire outbreak: Sanwo-Olu visits Balogun Market, promises to give support to affected traders

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu this morning visited Balogun Market where fire razed buildings housing several shops, destoying goods worth millions of naira yesterday Tuesday November 5th. The governor during his visit, promised to provide support and relief materials to the ...

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Social media bill: We’ll vigorously challenge this illegality Nationally and Internationally- SERAP tells Senate

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project(SERAP) has vowed to challenge the social media regulation bill that is being reintroduced by the senate. The senate yesterday November 5th reintroduced the bill which according to the sponsor of the bill, Senator ...

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LASTMA responds to claims that an officer slapped a musician for ‘recording an assault’

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says its attention has been drawn to a news story published on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, in a national newspaper where a yet-to-be-identified female LASTMA official was alleged to have assaulted a Lagos-based musician ...

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Taking a document to an ailing man without recourse to you confirms you are now a certified errand boy- FFK to Osinbajo

Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, has continued his attack on the person and office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.   In a new article posted on his Facebook page today, Fani-Kayode shared Osinbajo’s photo and described the Vice ...

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Nigerian lady reacts after someone released her nude video online to spite her

Judicaelle Irakoze, a Nigerian lady, has taken to her Twitter handle to react after someone reportedly leaked a video of her dancing naked on social media.   Judi in her reaction said the person released the video online while attacking her over ...

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Appeal court sacked Senator Dayo Adeyeye of the APC, and declared PDP winner

  An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in the red chamber, Prince Dayo Adeyeye has been sacked by a Court of Appeal which sat in Kaduna on Wednesday November 6.   PDP’s senatorial candidate, Senator Biodun ...

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3 Months Imprisonment For Social Media Offenders – Bill Passes Senate’s First Reading

The Nigerian Senate has reintroduced a bill seeking to regulate social media in the country. This comes days after the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, annnounced plans by the Federal government to sanitize social media.   The bill entitled, ‘’Protection from ...

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US Warns Americans From Traveling To Nigeria’s ‘High Risk’ States

The United States of America has warned its citizens not to travel to some states in Nigeria categorised as “high-risk aeas”.   In a release published by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, 14 Nigerians states were listed with a “do ...

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Suicide Alert: Someone should please reach out to this lady

A Nigerian lady identified as Jennifer Otu took to Facebook in the early hours of today November 6, to share what many have interpreted as a “suicide note”.   Jennifer Otu wrote;   Goodbye Everyone Death is what am left with ...

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Sowore meets bail condition, to be released soon – Falana

Femi Falana says publisher and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and his associate, Olawale Bakare, who are currently facing trial for treasonable felony, have met their bail conditions and are expected to be released later today Wednesday November 6th. ...

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15-year-old secondary school student arrested for raping schoolmate in Delta

A 15-year-old student of Osadenis Mix Secondary School in Asaba, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his 14-year-old schoolmate.   The rape victim was reportedly accosted by the suspect and two other students, after she went to back of ...

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Keyamo tackles Nwabueze over comment on supreme court’s judgment

Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has slammed renowned lawyer Ben Nwabueze for insinuating that Atiku Abubakar’s appeal which was dismissed by the Supreme Court was predetermined.   Ben Nwabueze had stated that the decision to dismiss the appeal which the ...

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Lady Beats Her Younger Sister To Death For Bed Wetting

A 13-year-old girl has died after being beaten by her half-sister for bed-wetting.   Precious Omenka,13, was staying with her older half-sister Nneka and Nneka’s mother Seki Eko in Lekki, Lagos when she was brutally beaten, eventually leading to her death, ...

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Mexico’s president Lopez Obrador rejects Donald Trump’s offer to send the U.S. Army to wage war on Mexican drug cartels

Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has categorically rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to help Mexico ‘wage war’ on the drug cartels using the US Army.   On Tuesday, Trump tweeted that he will be willing to send the ...

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Two brothers jailed for five years over $788 (N238K) scam

Two brothers identified as Otojareri Governor Lucky a.k.a Sam Lewis and Otojareri President Mayor a.k.a John Jacob Carison have been handed a 5 year jail sentence over a $788 scam.     Lucky and Mayor who were arraigned by the EFCC ...

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Governor El-Rufai appoints two more women as advisers

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State as has confirmed the appointment of two more women as Special Advisers.   According to a statement by his media aide, Muyiwa Adekeye, the women are among the 17 aides appointed by the governor ...

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Husband convicted after forcing his wife to have sex with her 11-year-old son

72-year-old convicted murderer, Jerry Gilligan has been convicted of forcing his wife to have sex with her 11-year-old son while he watched.   The Arizona resident who killed his stepdad Walter Bopp in 1980, tortured his wife and son within months of ...

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Policeman dies as burning building collapses in Lagos

a six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday, November 5th in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene.   The six-storey building located at 43 Martins Street, Lagos Island, collapsed around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday as firemen ...

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Opinions differ as Nigerian lady says it’s a taboo for married Ibo women to fart in the presence of their husbands (Video)

There is an ongoing debate on Facebook following a video posted by an Igbo lady. The lady who goes by the name Lisar Kanu, shared a video in which she listed some Taboos for every married Igbo woman.   According ...

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Mob sets two suspected phone thieves ablaze in Warri, Delta (graphic photos)

A mob set ablaze two suspected armed robbers at Ovwian after express junction before Ovwian Secondary School in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.   The suspects had allegedly robbed a woman of her mobile phones and an unspecified ...

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