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One Nigerian dead as rival cult groups Black Axe and Vikings clash in Malaysia (Graphic Video)

One Nigerian has reportedly died as rival cult groups Black Axe and Vikings clash in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   There’s been repeated cases of cult clashes in Malaysia since 2017 and police have arrested countless cultists from Nigeria, Ghana and ...

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Graphic: PDP member assassinated in Delta state

A staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Delta state, Solomon Ukueberuwa Akumagba, has been assassinated.   Akumagba was shot dead at close range by masked men along Odion road off Cemetrery road in Warri South local government area ...

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Mexican tycoon arrested and charged with manslaughter after getting drunk and running over his 11-year old son

Javier Burillo, a member of one of Mexico’s wealthiest families has been arrested on manslaughter charges after his 11-year-old son died on a family boating trip in the San Francisco Bay.   Burillo, 58, was arrested Sunday at his multimillion-dollar home in ...

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Two arrested over murder of young girls in Port Harcourt hotel

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects linked the murder of two young girls at a hotel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.   The state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura who gave an update ...

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CBN begins charges on deposits, withdrawals above N500,000

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that the nationwide implementation of the cashless policy will begin by March 2020. In a circular released on Tuesday September 17th, the apex bank said this in a circular to all Deposit Money ...

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IPOB can’t attack me outside Nigeria, says Ngige

Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has said members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB cannot attack him outside Nigeria. The Minister said this while reacting to the attack members of the secessionist group meted on former ...

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Soldiers, Police, barricade Sahara Reporters office in Lagos

The office of SaharaReporters, an online platform, in Lagos state has been barricaded by men of the Nigeria Police Force as well as soldiers.   Members of staff of the media outlet arrived for work this morning but were denied ...

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Golden Heart! Femi Otedola takes up Majek Fashek’s medical bills in London

Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola has taken up the medical expenses of legendary reggae icon, Majek Fashek who is terribly sick and stranded at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London. Otedola’s intervention came after Majek Fashek’s manager, Uzoma Day Omenka, painted a pathetic ...

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Photo: Notorious car snatchers arrested in Lagos

Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested two suspects,  Gideon Amuzie, 25, and God’spower Imafidion, 25, of Satellite town Lagos and recovered one black Honda accord 2007 which they hid at jemilugba street ilogbo Lagos.   According to police sources, the ...

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Accountant electrocuted to death after phone she was charging fell into bath

A 26-year-old accountant identified as Evgenia Shulyatyeva, was confirmed dead minutes after a phone she was charging fell into the bath she was in.   She was found dead by her 53-year-old mother, Vera who rushed to her apartment when she ...

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Son arrested for stabbing 80-year-old father to death in Kano

The Kano state police command has arrested a 35-year-old man identified as Habibu Ibrahim of Asada Village in Doguwa Local Government Area for reportedly stabbing his 80-year-old father, Mallam Ibrahim Salihu.   The murder suspect who ran away into hiding after the sad ...

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Abayomi Shogunle educates young ladies on how to avoid being killed by a serial killer in a hotel

Following the recent cases of serial killing in different hotels in Rivers state, former head of the Nigeria Police Complaint Response Unit, Abayomi Shogunle, took to his Twitter handle to educate girls on how avoid being killed by a serial killer ...

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18-year-old woman arrested after she bought an AK-47 and threatened to shoot 400 people ‘for fun’ at her former high school

An 18-year-old Oklahoma woman has been arrested for making terroristic threats against her former high school.   According to a Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Alexis Wilson purchased a new AK-47 and took photos and videos of herself with ...

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Angry youths protest against ‘yahoo yahoo’ in Delta State

Youths under the aegis of “Save Sapele Group” embarked on a peaceful protest in Delta State on Tuesday, September 17th to condemn cybercrime and Internet fraud in the country.   Speaking during the peaceful protest, one of the leaders said, “the protest ...

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President Buhari dissolves Obono-Obla-led probe panel

President Buhari has dissolved the Okoi Obono-Obla-led Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP).   The President in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, directed the Attorney-General of the Federation ...

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Veteran journalist, Cokie Roberts dies at the age of 75

Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, winner of three Emmys and a legend and trailblazer in broadcasting, has died at the age of 75.   Roberts worked in television, public radio and publishing for over 40 years. She began her tenure at ...

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Photo: Ogun police arrest 3 Islamic clerics for fraud, rape

Three self-acclaimed Islamic clerics (pictured above) who specialize in swindling unsuspecting members of the public of their hard earned money as well as having unlawful carnal knowledge of their female clients have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police ...

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26-year-old Youth Corps member appointed commissioner in Kwara

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq pictured above, has appointed a serving 26-year-old female Youth Corps member, Miss Joana Nnazua Kolo as a commissioner in the state.   Kolo’s name was among the four female commissioner-nominees forwarded to the Kwara State House ...

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Again, South Africa frustrates evacuation of 320 Nigerians

Evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa due to the ongoing xenophobic attacks has suffered an interruption on Tuesday, September 17th following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace.   The airline has volunteered to ...

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Woman stabs her husband to death for refusing to release money for their daughter’s birthday party in Lagos

The Lagos state police command has arrested 23-year-old Stella Peters for stabbing her husband, Haruna Bala, to death today Tuesday September 17th.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the police command, Bala Elkana, says the couple who were ...

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Atiku’s cousin pays kidnappers $15,000 in bitcoin to secure daughter’s release

Dr Umar Ardo, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and the cousin of the party’s 2019 Presidential election candidate, Atiku Abubakar has revealed that he paid $15,000 in bitcoin to secure the release of his daughter, Miss Ai’shat Umar Ardo (Ummi). The ...

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We are working to make our economy grow as fast as that of China – Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed

Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National planning, says the Buhari-led administration is working hard to ensure that the economy grows as fast as that of China and that of other world powers.   Ahmed made this known on ...

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