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Another final year student of UNN commits suicide by drinking Sniper

  A final year student of Department of Religion and Culture, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Samuel Elias, 25, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking Sniper. The mother of the deceased, Kate Elias, a staff of the university, told the ...

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White garment church pastor, ‘Woli Arole’ kills housewife lured via Facebook for money ritual

  A Cherubim and Seraphim Church prophet at Ogboja in Igbo-Ora, Oyo State, has been arrested for killing a housewife for money ritual. Oludotun Ogunlade aka ‘Woli Arole Jesu,’ told journalists, on Thursday, that he met the 25-year-old housewife, Bosede ...

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NYSC withdraws Corps members from “war zone areas” in Niger State

  The National Youth Service Corps , NYSC, has said that it would not take the risk of posting new Corps members to Local Government currently being invaded by Bandits where many lives have been confirmed lost. The body has ...

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Nigerian Man Killed On His Visit To Nigeria After 9-Years In Malaysia

  The family and friends of a Nigerian man identified as Arthur Eze have been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of their son and dear friend who was killed on his recent visit to Nigeria.   According to ...

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My Husband Burnt My Clothes, Gave Some To Girlfriend — Woman Tells Court

  A woman, Osaryekeme Odometa, has accused her husband of burning her clothes while gifting his girlfriend some of them. Osaryekeme said this at a hearing at Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday. She alleged that her husband, Jolomi, ...

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EFCC Re-Arraigns American For $1.2m Fraud

  The EFCC on Thursday re-arraigned Marco Ramirez, an American, at an Ikeja special offences court for allegedly defrauding three Nigerians of $1.2 million under the pretext of securing green cards for them. Ramirez was re-arraigned before Mojisola Dada, a ...

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PDP Increases Cost Of Governorship Form From N5m To N20m naira

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed the party’s cost of nomination forms for governorship position from five million naira to twenty million naira. This comes ahead of the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. According ...

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22-year-old domestic staff murders his employer and her mother 24 hours after he was employed in Lagos (Photos)

The Lagos state police command have arrested 22 year old Joseph Ogbu, for the gruesome murder of his employer, Oreoluewa John, 38, and her 89-year-old mother, Adejoke John, at their residence at Number 4 Ogunlana drive in Sururlere, Lagos state. A statement ...

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Rivers University Lecturer murdered in his home

  A Professor at the Rivers State University (RSU), Prof. Emmanuel Amadi, has been murdered in his residence at Rumuorlumeni, Port Harcourt.   According to reports, Amadi who was a lecturer of the Department of Microbiology, was murdered in the early ...

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41-year-old widower weds 13-year-old girl in South Sulawesi 3 months after meeting her on Facebook, family approves, claims she wasn’t forced

  According to reports, a 41-year-old widower named Rustam Ashary last week married a 13-year-old girl, who has been identified by her initials SW, both of whom are from the Sidrap regency of South Sulawesi. Rustam met SW on Facebook, ...

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Ghanaian varsity fires Nigerian prof

  The University of Education (UEW), Ghana, has sacked Augustine Nwagbara, a Nigerian professor, over “unethical and damning” comments he made about the country and its education system. Nwagbara, in a viral video, had accused the Ghanaian government of maltreating Nigerians. The ...

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Three secondary school students drown in Ibeno Beach, Akwa Ibom

  Three secondary school students, two boys and one girl, drowned in Ibeno beach at Mkpanak community, Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday.   The victims said to be from Upenekang community in Ibeno Local Government Area, were ...

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Meet the new Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kolo Kyari

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The appointment takes effect 8 July. He replaces Dr.Maikanti Baru as the 19th Group Managing Director of the ...

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Abike Dabiri frowns at the criminalization of all Nigerians in Ghana

  Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora, Abike Dabiri in a new interview with Joy TV Ghana, slammed the Ghanaian authorities over the criminalization of all Nigerians in Ghana.   Abike Dabiri stated that the sins of few shouldn’t be used to ...

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NAFDAC bans Sniper Insecticide in open markets, supermarkets

  NAFDAC bans the sale of Sniper Insecticides in open market and supermarkets. The National Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper, from open markets and supermarkets, to reduce its use for suicide ...

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Kidnapped ex-minister’s son Dayo Adewole regains freedom

Adedayo Adewole, the son of former Minister of Health, Professor Adewole has secured his freedom from his abductors.   Dayo was kidnapped on Tuesday at about 6:00 p.m., from his farm at Iroko community in Akinyele Local Government Area of ...

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Nigerian Professor Arrested In Ghana (Video)

    A visiting Nigerian lecturer Prof. Austin Nwagbara at the University of Education is being interrogated at the police headquarters in Accra over the contents of a video that has gone viral on social media. Starr News is reliably ...

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