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Court Bars Journalists From Covering Sylvester Oromoni’s Inquest

A coroner sitting in the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has barred journalists and the public from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester ...

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Many Injured As Explosion Hits Senate President’s Home Town, Gashu’a

Residents of Gashu’a town, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State were, on Sunday, thrown into pandemonium following a loud explosion that rocked the town. Gashu’a is about 188 kilometers north of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital ...

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Sisters Want Justice After Their Brother Who Is An NSCDC Official Brutalised Them For Having Boyfriends

An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, identified as Ezekiel, has been accused of brutalising his sisters for having boyfriends. Ezekiel was said to have visited his siblings, Amarachi and Chidinma, at their house in the Kuje ...

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2023 Presidency: Goodluck Jonathan Not Contesting – Ex- Aide, Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has debunked reports that his former boss would soon declare to run for the 2023 presidential elections. Reports had earlier emerged that Jonathan, whose poster surfaced in some parts of ...

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Fire Guts CBN Office In Benue

  There was a fire incident at the Makurdi branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Benue State. A portion of the bank went in flames in the early hours of Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that they noticed the fire ...

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30-Year-Old Man R*pes 20-Year-Old Woman In Church

  A 30-years-old man, Ajibola Akindele was on Monday arrested by men of Ogun State Police command, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old girl (name withheld) inside a church. The Ogun State command Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola ...

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PDP Chairman Knocks APC Over N100m Nomination Forms

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday in Abuja, faulted the N100 million nomination forms by the All Progressives Congress for aspirants contesting the 2023 presidential election, saying any person who spends that money ...

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Suspension Of Strike ‘Depends On ASUU’, Ngige Says

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, believes the suspension of the strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is dependent on the union. Ngige made the comment when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics ...

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2023 Elections Must Hold Despite Insecurity – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday maintained that the 2023 general election will hold despite the security challenges in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja at a public presentation of the 2022-2026 strategic ...

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131 Road Crashes Claimed 84 Lives In This Easter Alone – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Friday, said 84 persons were killed in 131 road traffic crashes nationwide during this year’s Easter celebration. Bisi Kazeem, FRSC spokesman, in a statement, said 857 persons were involved in those crashes involving 213 ...

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Ethiopians Rush To Fight For Russia Over Rumours Of $2000 Reward

Drawn by rumours on social media, Ethiopian young men and old, many with their military records in hand, are queuing up at the Russian embassy with hopes of fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The queues formed early each morning outside ...

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Driver Crushes LASTMA Official To Death In Lagos

A yet-to-be-identified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of the state. A statement by the spokesperson for the agency, Olumide Filade, confirmed the development to Punch ...

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Ukraine Offers To Negotiate With Russia ‘Without Any Conditions’

A top Ukrainian negotiator offered on Wednesday to negotiate with Russia “without any conditions” to allow for the evacuation of troops and civilians in besieged Mariupol. “Without any conditions. We’re ready to hold a ‘special round of negotiations’ right in ...

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Five Feared Killed As Yorubas, Akwa Ibom Indigenes Clash

About five persons have been reportedly killed in a communal clash between Yoruba residents and the indigenes of Ibeno in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The incident, which happened on Wednesday, had property estimated at several millions ...

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Ondo Suspends Civil Servant Over Facebook Post On Governor

  A yet-to-be-identified worker in the Ondo State Civil Service has been suspended for allegedly circulating reports that the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, died. The state Head of Service, Mr John Adeyemo, disclosed the suspension of the worker while speaking ...

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Assistant Police Commissioner Slumps, Dies In Office

An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Bayelsa State Police Command, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, slumped and died while performing official duty on Tuesday. ACP Asufi was said to have collapsed and died at the Police ...

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Gunmen Abduct Popular Pastor In Akwa Ibom

Gunmen have abducted a popular pastor, Apostle John Okoriko, the founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church in Akwa Ibom State. Police authorities in the state confirmed the abduction of the clergyman to Channels Television on Wednesday in Uyo, the state ...

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22-Year-Old Lady Crushed To Death By Mixing Machine At Bread Factory

  A woman has been crushed to death in an “unthinkable tragedy” inside a bread factory. Bibiana Arellano Delabra never returned home from a shift at Automatic Rolls of North Carolina (Northeast Foods) in Clayton, US on Saturday. The 22-year-old ...

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