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Despite our grief, we’ll celebrate Sylvester’s 12th birthday today – Father of late Dowen College pupil

But for his untimely and gruesome death earlier in the week, the household of the Oromonis was supposed to buzz with excitement as Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), a Junior Secondary School two pupil at Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, would have clocked ...

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Wife arrested for setting ablaze husband’s mistress, victim dies

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old housewife and mother of three, Kehinde Wasiu, for allegedly pouring petrol on her husband’s 24-year-old mistress, Tosin Olugbade, and subsequently setting her ablaze. The Police Public Relations Officer in ...

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It’s illegal to review Lagos #EndSARS panel’s findings – Falana

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has described as illegal the review of the Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi’s #EndSARS panel findings on the incident which occurred at the Lekki Toll Gate in October 2020. He ...

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Youths kill man found with drug in Imo

Youths on Friday reportedly killed a 27 year old man, Darlington Ugboaja, who was allegedly found with a drug, Methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpuru Mmiri at Anara market, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident was said ...

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Sanwo-Olu’s representative booed at Pastor Paul’s Experience 2021 (Video)

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s representative was booed by youths at the 2021 Experience in Lagos all through his goodwill speech. Trending videos showed that the jeering audience downed the rep as he gave his speech at the Rock Cathedral in Lekki ...

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3 suspects arrested with 1,144 ATM cards on their way to Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Turkey

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar ...

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U.S. nabs Nigerians in $4.1 million bank fraud

Oyekanmi Oworu, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Special Agent ...

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FG convenes special meeting of all health sector stakeholders over OMICRON

The Federal Ministry of Health has convened a special National Council on Health meeting. The meeting involves all health commissioners across Nigeria’s 36 states and other stakeholders in the health sector to review the gains and lessons learnt from COVID-19 ...

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Kaduna to sack, prosecute 233 teachers over fake certificates

Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, (KADSUBEB) has said 233 public school teachers will be sacked for presenting fake certificates during a verification exercise conducted earlier this year. At a press conference in Kaduna, Chairman of the Kaduna SUBEB, Tijjani ...

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NUPENG suspends planned strike

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has suspended its planned strike. This followed interventions and engagements with government agencies and institutions, including the NNPC. The union expressed gratitude to NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mr Mele Kyari ...

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Pastor kidnaps Catholic priest, begs God for forgiveness

The operatives of the Imo state police command have arrested one pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects ...

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NCoS releases photos of Jos escaped prisoners

Nigerian Correctional Service has published the photographs of 51 of the 252 prisoners who escaped from the Jos Custodial Centre on Sunday, after an assault by gunmen. The photos have been uploaded on the agency’s Facebook account, with a promise ...

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Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial to January 18, 2022

Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rescheduled the trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from January 19 to 18, 2022.   The shift in the ...

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12 Bayelsa female protesters arraigned for allegedly disrupting road project with juju

The Police in Bayelsa have dragged 12 women from Agobiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state to court over “unlawful assembly and use of juju” to block the ongoing construction of the state government-sponsored Yenagoa-Oporoma Road. ...

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Buhari lands in Dubai for Expo 2020 (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Dubai. The President is in Dubai for the Expo 2020 holding in the city. Buhari is expected to meet prospective investors as well as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander ...

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1,137 people test positive for HIV in Sokoto

Sokoto State recorded 1,137 fresh HIV infections between January 2020 and September 2021. Mr Muhammad Garba, the Acting State Coordinator of Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN), Sokoto State Chapter, disclosed this at a press conference in commemoration of ...

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Cholera killing more Nigerians than Covid-19, NCDC warns

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday disclosed that cholera is killing more Nigerians than covid-19. According to NCDC, Cholera has killed 3,600 Nigerians in 11 months. Director-General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview on ...

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Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient

An Austrian court has fined a surgeon for amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient, a spokesperson for the tribunal in the northern city of Linz said on Wednesday. While the 43-year-old defendant said her actions were due to ...

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EFCC cracks 18 suspected illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 18 suspected illegal oil bunkerers. They were arrested on Monday, November 29, in a location within the new Government Reservation Area, G.R.A, Port ...

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Lagos hoodlums hack NURTW boss at home, shoot him dead in hospital

A leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Kunle Ajibade, has been murdered by suspected hoodlums in Ijeshatedo, in the Surulere area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that the assailants stabbed the 28-year-old at ...

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I gave up jewelry because of God – Folorunso Alakija reveals

Billionaire businesswoman, Folorunso Alakija, has revealed why she gave up jewelry and it is because of God. She narrated on Sunday in church how the journey began and how she is now free. According to Church Times, she said; “I ...

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South African President Ramaphosa is in Nigeria

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa is in Nigeria. He was received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa at about 10 am today, Wednesday, December 1, and was received by the President himself. ...

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