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Ex-governors Yari, Wamakko visit Tinubu in London

More and more political big guns have continued to visit former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London. President Muhammadu Buhari opened the floodgate of visits, when he visited Tinubu on 13 August. The President was also in London for ...

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Gunmen shoot three policemen dead, set corpse ablaze

Apprehension has gripped Umutu, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, following the killing of three police operatives of the Divisional Police Headquarters based in the town. It was gathered that the felled operatives were killed by unknown gunmen ...

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Court sentences man to 5 years in jail for spreading COVID-19

A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules. Le Van Tri was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases to other people” after he travelled to his home province ...

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Gunmen storm Katsina College, kidnap deputy provost’s children

Gunmen have kidnapped two male children of the Deputy Provost of Isah Kaita College of Education, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Dr. Isma’il Ado Funtua.   An eyewitness told Channels Television on Tuesday that the gunmen, four in number, armed with sophisticated ...

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NDLEA arrests 22-year-old corps member for allegedly importing drugged cookies from UK

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 22-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Arnold Maniru, for allegedly importing four kilogrammes of drugged cookies from the United Kingdom, spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday. ...

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Over 100 security operatives have been killed enforcing Benue Anti-Grazing Law – Ortom speaks

One hundred security operatives have so far lost their lives in the course of enforcing the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranching Establishment Law of 2017. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Tuesday in Makurdi, the state capital, while receiving ...

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Fire at overcrowded Indonesian prison kills 41

A fire tore through an overcrowded Indonesian prison in the early hours of Wednesday when most inmates were asleep, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze – which was mostly contained within ...

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Gumi urges Fulanis to obtain voter cards head of 2023 elections

A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, has called on Fulani ethnic group to ensure they register and obtain voter cards ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. According to him, obtaining voter cards is very important because ...

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PDP Governors to decide Secondus’ fate today

Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party will meet in Abuja on Wednesday (today) to decide the fate of the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus. The meeting will, among other things, consider the report and recommendations of ...

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Police demanding huge money for my late brother’s autopsy – Sowore

Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of trying to frustrate his family after his younger brother was shot dead in Edo state. Sowore raised the alarm in a post via his Facebook account today. ...

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Do your worst, anti-open grazing law stays – Akeredolu blasts Miyetti Allah

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has blasted the Miyetti Allah Kataul Hore over plans to move against the anti-open grazing law in the state and other southern states. Akeredolu who is the Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum ...

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Buhari fires NAPTIP DG, Mohammed 4 Months After His Appointment

The Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Senator Basheer Mohammed has been sacked after four months in office. His abrupt sack was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to ...

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Nnamdi Kanu drags FG to court, demands ₦5bn for alleged violation of his right

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to an Abia State High Court, over what he described as violations of his human rights. The Federal Government, the ...

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Bitcoin crashes on first day El Salvador accepted it as legal tender

Angry protests, technological glitches and a plummet in value marked the first day of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender. The price of Bitcoin on Tuesday crashed to its lowest in nearly a month, falling from $52,000 (£37,730) to ...

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Cholera spreads to Ogun community, 10 feared dead

Anxiety is mounting in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected Cholera outbreak, with about 10 people already feared dead. The suspected outbreak was first reported on Friday, when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died. ...

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17 patients killed as heavy rainfall causes flooding at Mexico hospital

At least 17 patients have been killed after heavy rainfall caused flooding at a hospital in Mexico’s central Hidalgo state, officials say. They say a river burst its banks and water then cut the power supply at the hospital in ...

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Confusion as Armed robbers hijack DSS case file on Igboho’s aides

Barrister I. Awo, the counsel for the Department of State Service, DSS, has told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that the case file containing the fundamental human rights enforcement application filed by aides to the embattled Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, ...

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Adeboye, wife celebrate 54th wedding anniversary

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, marked their 54th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Their last child, Leke Adeboye, took to his verified Instagram page to announce the ...

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Federal Agency Director reportedly commits suicide after EFCC invitation

An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. Orji’s lifeless body was reportedly found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing ...

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Autopsy report shows how police tortured UNIUYO graduate to death – Lawyer

  Inibehe Effiong, the lawyer representing the family of late Kubiat Isaac Akpan, the prospective National Youths Service Corps member who died in Police cell in Akwa Ibom State, said that autopsy report revealed that the deceased was tortured to ...

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Find tactics to solve Nigeria’s security challenges, Buhari tells service chiefs

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on service chiefs to find methods to deal with the country’s security challenges. This directive was issued on Tuesday by President Buhari after meeting with the service chiefs at the presidential villa, Abuja. Usman Alkali ...

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Uber driver dies while conveying reverend sister in Lagos

A Uber driver, Anthony Okafor, has died while conveying a passenger, said to be a reverend sister, to a destination in Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Okafor picked the woman from the Ikeja airport and started coughing and gasping ...

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64-year-old man arrested for ‘defiling two-year-old girl’ in Ogun

A 64-year-old man, Ayotunde Taiwo, is currently cooling his heels in police cell for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl at Agbado area of Ogun State. Confirming the incident to newsmen on Tuesday, the state police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the ...

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