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Business man fakes own kidnap, demands 10 million naira from family members

  Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested 41-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed, who allegedly faked his own kidnap to defraud his family. Also arrested was his accomplice, Haruna Saidu, 35. The Nation gathered that Mohammed’s brother, Tijanni of Sabon Fegi ...

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Calabar yahoo kingpin pleads guilty to spend jail term, forfeits properties to FG

  A popular yahoo boy in Calabar, Akpojivi Onoriode, has been sentenced to prison by the Federal High court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State after EFCC arraigned him on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime. Onoriode, 29, an undergraduate ...

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More than 10 persons injured as another building collapses in Lagos

  A building has collapsed in Fagba area near Iju, Lagos on Wednesday, exactly after few days after a similar incident in Mafoluku Oshodi. The building, which was allegedly uncompleted, fell around 11.05pm. Twelve persons were reported to be injured ...

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Busola Dakolo ’s rape allegation story rings very false. – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, a bestselling author and former aide to ex-president, Good luck Jonathan has punctured holes into rape allegations by Busola Dakolo again Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. The wife of the musician, Timi Dakolo had taken the news wave by storm ...

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Breaking: Jony Ive, Apple designer behind iPhone and iMac, to exit company after 30 years

Jony Ive, the chief architect of groundbreaking and distinctive designs from the iMac to the iPhone, announced on Thursday that he is leaving Apple after nearly 30 years. Ive’s departure, which was announced in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times, is sure ...

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Corps member returns to his village upon receiving his NYSC discharge certificate to thank his mother who sacrificed all for him (photos)

  A youth corps member who passed out recently, has won the hearts of many with his kind gesture.   Immediately he received his discharge certificate today, Ezeukoh Ebelechukwu, said he traveled home to show his mum as well as appreciate ...

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Quick-thinking father earns praise online after making a ‘Superman jump’ into pool to save his son from drowning (Watch Video)

A quick-thinking Florida dad is being praised online after he made a ‘Superman jump’ into a swimming pool to save his son from drowning.   Albert Passavanti and his family were lounging by the pool in Palm Beach County, Florida on Sunday when ...

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Lai Mohammed to appear in court over N2.5bn NBC fraud case – ICPC

  The Independent Corrupt Practice and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has asked Lai Mohammed, a former minister of information, to appear at a federal high court in Abuja over an alleged N2.5 billion fraud case involving the National Broadcasting Commission ...

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Two car thieves apprehended in Anambra (photos)

  The Anambra state police command has arrested a two-man armed robbery syndicate who specialize in stealing the vehicles of residents in the state. A statement from the command’s spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, says police detectives attached to Central Police Station ...

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Dying woman identifies twin sister as her killer while she bled to death

  A dying New Jersey woman identified her twin sister as her killer after being knifed in the chest during a fight outside their home, a judge revealed in court on Thursday. A witness heard Anna Ramirez, 27, say, “Amanda, ...

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Severely wounded man rescued after one month from animal den where a grizzly bear had dragged him to eat (Graphic Photo)

A severely wounded man identified only has Alexander has been rescued from a bear den where an animal had dragged him to eat.   According to reports, the man, described as a “speaking mummy” was found by hunting dogs roughly one ...

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Governor Okowa gifts N6m to family of 300l DELSU student killed by ritualists

  Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa today presented a N6 million cheque as financial assistance to the family of the murdered 300 level [Mass Communications] Delta State University, Abraka student, Elozino Ogege. Elozino was gruesomely murdered by alleged ritualists on ...

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39 miners killed in Congo mine collapse

  At least 39 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said. The accident occurred in the KOV open-pit mine at the Kamoto ...

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Do not give one inch of Yorubaland to Fulani herdsmen for settlements, it will be a costly mistake if you do- FFK to South West governors

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has warned governors in the South West states as well as the governor of Kwara state in the North Central, not to give any piece of land to Herdsmen for settlement. Posting via his ...

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US Ambassador to Kenya criticized online after posting photo of two students shortly after they were denied visa

  Carter shared this photo of himself posing with these two Kenyan pupils who came to the Embassy for visa applications but were denied. The students were shortlisted for a chess competition in the US. The US envoy shared the photo ...

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American cardiologist and his tour guide murdered while on vacation in Belize

  A Virginia doctor and his tour guide were murdered during a fly-fishing expedition in Belize, authorities said.   Gary Paul Swank, 53, a cardiologist at Carilion Clinic, who was recently promoted to associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of ...

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Nigerian man whose girlfriend of 4-years refused to marry him reportedly demands she pay him back all he spent on her (See list)

  A Nigerian man whose girlfriend of 4-years refused to marry him is said to reportedly be demanding she pay him back all the money he spent on her during their relationship. Twitter user, @elharsh, who shared the story on ...

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Tunisia’s 92-year old President, Beji Caid Essebsi suffers ‘severe health crisis’

  Tunisia‘s 92-year-old president has been taken to a military hospital in a critical condition, after suffering “a serious health crisis”, the presidency said. Beji Caid Essebsi‘s office announced the hospitalisation on Thursday, later saying the president was “undergoing the ...

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Asari Dokubo kicks against FG’s plan to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen in states across the country.

  Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and organisations socio-cultural groups in Benue State have faulted the plan by the Federal Government to establish Ruga settlements for herdsmen in states across the country. The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five ...

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