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There’s One Vice-Presidential Candidate That Scares Me – Toolz

  Media personality, Toolz has said that there is one of the Vice Presidential candidates contesting for the 2023 presidency that scares her. She tweeted; There’s one vice-presidential candidate that scares me. His body language says ‘I can’t wait to ...

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Rats Eat 200kg Cannabis Stash Seized From Drug Dealers In India

  Police in India have blamed rats for destroying nearly 200kg of cannabis seized from criminals and kept in police stations. A court in the country heard how the rodents had in some cases eaten the marijuana being kept as ...

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Naira Wasn’t Redesigned For Beauty – Reno Omokri Defends CBN

  Socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has said the newly unveiled Naira notes were redesigned for economic and security reasons and not for beauty. He also said that the Dollar is powerful because of its value and not beauty. Recall that ...

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Okowa Extols Atiku Abubakar At 76

  Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has praised Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on his 76th birthday. The PDP vice presidential candidate hailed Atiku for his commitment to the unity and progress of Nigeria through his economic and ...

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Fake EFCC Operatives Arrested In Delta

The police in Delta State have arrested five persons claiming to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which they have been using to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The suspects who are based in Asaba, ...

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Female Students Who Assaulted Teacher At Edo All-Girls School Are Arrested

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two female students of Adesuwa Secondary School, Benin, for allegedly assaulting a teacher. SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday in Benin City. ...

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Bandits Kill 15 Locals, Wound Several Others In Kaduna Communities

Bandits on Thursday killed 15 locals and wounded several others in Kaduna communities. Resident in Giwa LGA of the state, Alhaji Musa Bawa said about 11 locals were killed while several others sustained gunshot injuries. Confirming the attack in a ...

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Abuja Hospital Denies Harvesting Kidney Of 17-Year Old Boy After Brother Cries Out On Social Media

A popular Abuja health centre, Alliance Hospital, has denied harvesting the kidney of a 17-year-old boy whose elder brother accused the hospital of alleged organ harvesting. An official of the health centre who identified herself as Nafisat spoke to Punch ...

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EFCC Arraigns Indian For Alleged N816.3m Fraud In Lagos

  The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 24, 2022 , arraigned one Chandra Singh before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a 19-count ...

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Malawi Vice President Arrested Over Corruption

  Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation over his conduct. In a national address in June, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera stripped ...

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Two, Including A Teenager Arraigned Over Snapchat Fraud

Two persons identified as Daniel Atekojo James, who claimed to be a Black American female on Snapchat and Atadoga Samuel from Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, have been convicted over offences bordering on internet fraud by the Federal ...

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Suspected Ritualist Murders 7-Year-Old Girl In Ogun

A seven-year-old girl was, yesterday, murdered by a suspected ritualist in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident happened around 7am at Kilani Street, Iyana Iyesi area of Ota. It was gathered that the victim was sent ...

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Appeal Court Upholds Conviction Of Maina’s Son

  The Appellate Court in Abuja has upheld the conviction of Faisal, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, for conspiracy and money laundering. Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, is serving an eight-year jail term at ...

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Court Sacks Tonye Cole As APC Governorship Candidate In Rivers

  A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, over dual citizenship. Tonye Cole is said to be a citizen of the United Kingdom. ...

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Twitter User Rejoices As Brother-In-Law Beats Husband Up

A twitter user has rejoiced after his friend stormed his brother-in-law’s house with hoodlums to beat him up, for assaulting his sister. The user, who goes by the name @Waspapping_ on twitter, said his friend’s sister was beaten mercilessly by ...

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Pure Water Price Is Increased Again, Now N300 Per Bag

The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has raised the price of sachet (‘pure’) water to N300 per bag. National President, Clementina Ativie made the announcement in a statement. The decision was unanimously reached during the ATWAP national convention in ...

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Kanye West Asks Donald Trump To Be His Running Mate In 2024 Presidential Bid

  Kanye West has asked Donald Trump to be his running mate after confirming his plans to launch a 2024 presidential bid. The 45-year-old rapper divided the internet when he announced his political plans in a video posted to Twitter ...

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Police Beat Protesting Workers At iPhone Factory

Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple’s iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases. Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones ...

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Friends Torture Dental Student To Death Over Stolen Phone

A 200-level Dental student of the Sultan Abdurrahman College of Health Technology, Gwadabawa, Sokoto State, has been reportedly killed by his friends over alleged phone theft. It was learnt that the deceased and his murderers who also were students of ...

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Obasanjo, Emefiele, Nnaji, Others Bag Nigeria Power Sector Award

  The Nigeria Power Sector Awards has announced nominees for 2022 edition of the award with former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, and former Minister of Power Barth Nnaji bagging some of the ...

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Dr Femi Olaleye Breaks Silence On Alleged R.a.p.e Of Minor

A cancer care advocate Dr Femi Olaleye, who is being accused of defiling a minor, has said he is innocent. He said the allegations against him are false, malicious and looks like a set-up. In a statement, the medical practitioner ...

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Meta DENIES Report Mark Zuckerberg Plans ‘To Resign As CEO In 2023’

Meta officials have denied rumors that billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is planning to step down as CEO of the company he has built from the ground up. Insiders had told The Leak that the 38-year-old has decided to step down as ...

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Man Who Dresses As A Woman To Get Money From Men Is Arraigned In Adamawa

A man in Adamawa State, Muhammed Abubakar has owned up to dressing as a woman and making money from unsuspecting men. Muhammed, a holder of Diploma in Business Management from the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, said he dresses like a ...

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NSCDC Officer Bags 7-Year Jail Term For N100k Employment Fraud

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for defrauding a citizen of N100,000 to help her to secure a fake ...

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