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Angry Ijaw youths shut down 10 telecom masts in Bayelsa State

Today, a Task Force of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone raided and shut down facilities belonging to telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State following unresolved disputes on awards of quick-win contracts.   The task force, which was set up ...

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Shocking photos show the effects of heroin and cocaine addictions on a frail 53-year-old woman

Authorities in Humberside, UK have revealed the effects class A drugs can have, by releasing a picture of a frail 53-year-old woman addicted to heroin and cocaine.   The custody picture of Lynley Graham was released by Humberside Police on Sunday, July ...

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Photos: Woman gives birth to conjoined twins in Benue

A woman in Genyi Yandev, Gboko local government of Benue State, has given birth to conjoined twins.   The pastor in charge of N.k.S.T Genyi Yandev, Rev Teryange Nyaghve introduced the mother to the congregation during service on Sunday, July ...

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Boko Haram: Death toll in Borno funeral attack rises to 65

The number of victims killed in an attack launched by Boko Haram insurgents at a funeral in Maiduguri the capital of Borno State on Saturday July 27, has risen to 65.   We reported earlier that the leader of the local ...

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Businessman arrested for defiling two underaged boys in Lagos

The police in Lagos state have arrested a 35-year-old businessman, Friday Okeke, for defiling two underaged boys aged 9 and 12, inside his shop at Kose street in Lagos Island.   Spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Bala Elkana, ...

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Nigerian youngster Xavier Amaechi, 18, signs for Hamburg in £2.25m deal from Arsenal

  British-born Nigerian footballer, Xavier Amaechi has secured a four-year deal to German club, Hamburgfrom Arsenal. The 18-year-old winger who was born in Bath, United Kingdom passed a medical on Saturday and became the German club’s 11th summer signing.   According to the transfer ...

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Tight security in Kaduna as court rules on El-Zakzaky’s bail application today

Security has been beefed up in Zaria, the Kaduna state capital, as the Kaduna State High Court will today Monday July 29th, rule on the bail application filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) aka Shi’ites, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. ...

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Continuous attack on me and my family will lead to a total break down of law and order – Rochas Okorocha warns

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has said that the life of his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, and other members of his family, are being threatened by close aides of his sucessor, Governor Emeka Ihedioha.   In a statement released ...

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Actor Yomi Black supports Twitter user who said Leah Sharibu should have denounced Jesus to save her life

Days after Leah Sharibu’s alleged death was debunked from different quarters, a Twitter user blurted out how Leah Sharibu brought her sad ordeal in the hands of Boko Haram on herself and Nollywood actor Yomi Black seems to support.   ...

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Governor Sonko tells men to learn to balance their love for their wives and side chicks. Says its key to a successful marriage

Governor Mike Sonko advised men to learn to balance their love for their wives and side chicks in his nugget for a successful marriage.   The Nairobi Governor who has been married for 21 years added that men should refrain from ...

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Air strike on Libya hospital kills five doctors

An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of Libya’s capital Tripoli.   According to an official from the UN-backed government, a warplane belonging to Khalifa Hafta, the rogue general who commands the Libyan National ...

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Yemi Osinbajo pays condolence visit to parents of NYSC member, Precious Owolabi, killed in bloody Shi’ites protest (Photos/Video)

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo this evening paid a condolence visit to the family of slain youth corps member, Precious Owolabi, at his family house in Zaria, Kaduna state.   21 year old Precious who was observing his mandatory one year service ...

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Governor Ferdinand Waititu arrested after surrendering to EACC

Governor Ferdinand Waititu of Kiambu presented himself at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) headquarters on Sunday July 28, after being “out of town since Friday July 26” when news broke out that he was wanted for prosecution.   A manhunt was launched on ...

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How we merged to defeat PDP in 2015 – President Buhari speaks in new book

President Buhari talked about some ‘behind the scene’ incidents that led to defeat of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2015  election, in a book written by the Director-General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Comrade Salihu Mohammed Lukman.   Buhari revealed that ...

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Dead body found in Arsenal star Mohamed Elneny’s home in Egypt

A dead body was reportedly found in Arsenal star Mohamed Elneny‘s home in Egypt.   According to Gazetta, the midfielder’s father found the corpse at the house in the city of Mahalla Al-Kubra. The shocking discovery was made on Friday, July 26, ...

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Mentally challenged lady gives birth to baby by roadside after being helped by Good Samaritan nurse

A yet-to-be identified mentally challenged woman, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, July 26th after being helped by a Good Samaritan nurse identified as Beauty.   Eyewitnesses revealed that the nurse ensured the safe delivery of the baby after ...

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Cannibal killer stabs ex-girlfriend to death, saws her open to eat her brain, heart and lung

38-year-old Joseph Oberhansley, accused of killing his 46-year-old ex-girlfriend Tammy Jo Blanton, and also using an electric saw to open her skull and gobble part of her brain, lungs and heart in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is now denying the murder act he confessed ...

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Nigerian government sues South African Police over assault on ex-Big Brother housemate, Tayo Faniran

Abike Dabiri, chairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission has said the South African Police is being sued over the assault on a Nigerian resident in the country.   Recall that ex-Big Brother Africa housemate and Nigerian model, Tayo ...

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The proscription of Shiites movement is illegal and unconstitutional ― Mike Ozekhome

Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome has kicked against the proscription by the Federal government of the Shiites religious group under the umbrella of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, describing it as “highly discriminatory, unconstitutional, as was the ...

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Two killed after nightclub balcony collapsed in Korea

Tragedy struck at a South Korean nightclub, as two died while 16 others were injured after the facility’s balcony collapsed.   Hundreds were at the nightclub in the southern city of Gwangju when the collapse occurred next to the athletes’ village where ...

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