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Dayton shooting: Man shields girlfriend from attack as Ohio gunman opens fire in unseen footage (video)

24-year-old Camryn Crowder was one of the heroes of last weekend’s shooting in Dayton which left 9 people dead.   Crowder was seen in the viral video using his own body as a human shield to protect his girlfriend from gunfire after ...

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Beninese cook arrested for stealing politician’s $22,000 (N7.9m) in Abuja

A Beninese cook identified as Samuel Tchiki has been arrested alongside his compatriots for stealing a politician’s $22,000 in Abuja.   The suspects stole the safe the money was in, vandalised it before embarking on a shopping spree with the money. Other suspects ...

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Former bank MD, Adetunji Abudu bags 2-years jail term for N195m Fraud

EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Adetunji Abudu, a former Managing Director, New Prudential Mortgage Bank Limited, to two years imprisonment for N195m fraud before Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.   The convict ...

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Police pick up over 600 people during mass arrest of undocumented foreigners in South Africa

At least 600 foreign nationals were arrested by South African police on Wednesday, August 7th.   In the targeted search operation carried out in the main city, Johannesburg, police also confiscated firearms and a “large consignment” of counterfeit goods in ...

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Buhari’s campaign coordinator and others defect to Zamfara PDP

Alhaji Bature Sambo, the 2019 election campaign coordinator of President Buhari in Zamfara State defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside other top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Thursday August 8. Speaking at the ...

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Under investment in education caused insecurity — Buhari

President Buhari blamed the insecurity menace ravaging the country on under investment in the education and healthcare sector as he received a delegation from Adamawa State led by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri at the State House in Abuja.   The President in his ...

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Update: Nearly half of the 680 immigrants arrested by the US Immigration in Mississipi raids released

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have released nearly half of the 680 immigrants who were arrested in a massive raid in Mississippi on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.   The 680 were initially arrested at several food-processing plants in Mississippi for allegedly ...

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Taraba killings: Your press statement is insensitive, disrespectful and unpatriotic- Nigerian Police knocks Army

The Nigerian Police Force has described as insensitive, unpatriotic and disrespectful, the press statement from the Nigerian Army, explaining the circumstances that led to the killing of three police officers who were in Taraba state to effect the arrest of ...

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Nigerian Army Band’s display at Scotland’s international military event is one of the most beautiful things you will watch on the internet today (video)

The Nigerian Army Band got so many commendations after bringing their A-game to the annual Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, an international military event.   The 2019 edition of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo was held on Wednesday August 7, at the Esplanade ...

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N1.2bn fraud: Court orders EFCC to detain ex-INEC Chairman, Maurice Iwu

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to detain former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Maurice Iwu till Friday August 9th for hearing of his bail application.   ...

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Court grants DSS permission to detain Omoyele Sowore for 45 days

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the DSS permission to detain the convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days.   Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ruling on an ex parte application by the State Security Service, whose operatives arrested Sowore ...

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Non-Fulanis behind kidnappings, killings- Miyetti Allah

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), have accused non-Fulanis of being responsible for the killings and kidnappings that have been recorded in many parts of the country.   The South-East Chairman of MACBAN, Siddiki Gidado, made this known in ...

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If someone hasn’t done anything to you and all you do is criticize them, then look into yourself – Zahra Buhari

Zahra Buhari-Indimi, daughter of President Buhari, has shared a post on her IG page where she addressed unjust hatred and dislike in humans.   In her post, Zahra stated that hating someone unjustly is usually borne from a place of jealousy. ...

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Ex-INEC chairman Prof. Maurice Iwu appear in court for his trial

Prof. Maurice Iwu, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived the Federal High Court in Lagos by 9.30 am today August 8, for the commencement of his trial for allegedly laundering N1.2billion.   The former electoral commission boss accused of ...

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He removed his top and used it to clean my blood- 14 year old girl raped at knifepoint in Ikorodu recounts her experience

A 14 year-old girl residing in Ikorodu, Lagos state, has recounted how she was brutally raped at knife-point by a man simply identified as Dolapo, in a house at Fajemisi Kokoro Abu Street in Sabo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State on ...

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Mysterious animal reappears in Abaji Abuja, kills a Ram (Photos)

An unknown animal killed a Ram in Abaji, the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday night.   According to recent reports of 2019, the same mysterious animal gutted many goats in the area.   The latest incident happened at the residence ...

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Nigerian Queen Mother of prostitutes in Ghana arrested

Ghana Immigration Service has arrested a Nigerian lady identified as Chioma Sabina Abaraonye, for trafficking teenage girls into the country and forcing them into prostitution.   The arrested Nigerian lady joined the human trafficking business 5 years ago and she reportedly lured young ...

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PDP chieftain Buruji Kashamu’s mother dies at 92

Buruji Kashamu, the immediate past lawmaker, representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and a PDP cheiftain has lost his mother, Alhaja Wulemotu Kashamu.   Alhaja Kashamu died at the age of 92 on Wednesday, August 7th 2019 ...

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Two friends arraigned for stealing 700 tubers of yam in Benue State

The Benue State Police command on Thursday, August 8th arraigned two friends in at Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 700 tubers of yam, worth N70,000.   The police charged Emberga Tyokyaa and Boniface Yahemba with four counts of criminal conspiracy, trespass, mischief and ...

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President Buhari orders Army Headquarters to investigate killing of three police officers in Taraba

President Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to commence immediate investigation into the killing of three police officers and a civilian by men of the 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba   The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed ...

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3 doctors charged with terrorism and conspiracy over death of WHO epidemiologist

Three doctors have been arrested in Congo over the murder of a World Health Organisation (WHO) epidemiologist. The arrested doctors had been working to try to stem the epidemic in North Kivu province when a Cameroonian doctor, Richard Kiboung was ...

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Nigerian students protest over xenophobic attacks in South Africa, pickets DSTV, Stanbic Bank, others (Photo)

Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Ogun and Adamawa state have shut down the offices of DSTv and Stanbic Bank in some parts of their state in protest of the increasing rate of Xenophobic attacks against Nigerians ...

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