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36 feared killed, houses razed as gunmen attack Plateau community again

Gunmen have killed no fewer than 36 persons while several others were injured in a fresh attack which occurred in Ahwol Ward, Naraguta community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed ...

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TikTok says Crate Challenge will no longer be tolerated on their platform

  TikTok has responded to the viral, bone-breaking Milk Crate Challenge, saying they will “remove” such videos from their platform. The low-cost, high-impact stunt involves stacking a bunch of plastic milk crates into stairs, then climbing up to the top ...

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FG Knows Sponsors Of Boko Haram – Ex- Naval Officer, Kunle Olawunmi Alleges

Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi on Wednesday hinted that the Nigerian government knows those behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the country. He made the comment during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “They [government] know. Of course, ...

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Bandits kill over 35 in Jos community

  Suspected bandits have killed over 35 persons during an attack at Yelwa zangam community behind the University of Jos (UNIJOS). Eyewitnesses told The Nation the gunmen invaded the community around 9pm on Tuesday, burning houses and shooting anyone on ...

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Burial photos of seven wedding guests who died in Delta road accident

Here are burial photos of the seven wedding guests who died in Delta road accident while returning from a relative’s wedding ceremony last Saturday. All seven have now been buried in Bomadi, Delta State. More photos below…      

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DHQ denies personnel monitoring CCTV were asleep during NDA attack

The Defence Headquarters has denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain ...

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Dignitaries continue to storm London for Tinubu (Photo)

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi are the latest dignitaries to storm London for Tinubu. The former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...

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Gunmen abduct Secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission

Muhammed Okpu, secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, has been abducted by gunmen. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Ramhan Nansel, police spokesperson, in Lafia, on Wednesday. Nansel said about five gunmen invaded the house of the ...

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EFCC orders banks to probe income sources of customers

  Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has directed banks to investigate sources of income of their customers before account opening. He gave the order yesterday when the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks ...

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Doctors’ recruitment for Saudi Arabia records large turnout in Abuja

Nigerian doctors in their hundreds, on Tuesday, stormed the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, as a consultancy firm, Meeds Consultancy, commenced interviews for those willing to work in Saudi Arabia. The firm organised the interview on behalf ...

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Attack on defence academy a national embarrassment – ACF

The pan-Northern socio-political organizstion, Arewa Consultative Forum expressed shock over bandits’ raid on the Nigerian Defence Academy where two officers were killed and one other kidnapped on Tuesday. The ACF lamented that the incident was a slap and embarrassment to ...

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Woman banned from zoo after 4-year ‘affair’ with chimpanzee

A Belgian zoo banned a local woman from visiting the park’s chimpanzee exhibit due to her “affair” with one of the primates. A chimpanzee named Chita arrived at the Antwerp Zoo 30 years ago. Over the past four years, Adie ...

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Delta community buries wedding party victims of ghastly auto crash

Bomadi, in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, mourns as seven women from the community, who died in a ghastly auto crash last Saturday while returning from a relative’s wedding ceremony, are billed for burial on Wednesday [today]. A ...

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Afghan refugees arrive in Uganda

A flight carrying Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country touched down early Wednesday in Uganda where they will be given temporary refuge, government and diplomatic officials said. “The Government of the Republic of Uganda this morning received ...

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Donald Trump slams Joe Biden for ‘evacuating thousands of terrorists’ from Afghanistan

  Former President Donald Trump continued criticizing his successor Joe Biden on his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal by claiming that terrorists are being evacuated from the airport in Kabul. Meanwhile, thousands of Americans will be left behind, Trump predicted. ...

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Nigeria records 655 new cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the nation’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as of Aug. 24, 2021. These were the reported cases since the ...

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Afghanistan women’s national football team are successfully evacuated from Kabul

  Players from the Afghanistan women’s national football team had an ‘important victory’ on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul. Global football players’ union FIFPRO thanked the Australian ...

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25-year-old man kills his 60-year-old mother over land in Kenya

  Police in Kericho, Kenya have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his 60-year-old mother. His mother had allegedly stopped him from leasing out a portion of family land. According to area residents, the suspect is known ...

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Truck kills Abia final-year student on motorcycle

  A final-year student of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Blessing Kalu, has been killed by a truck in Umudike Oboro in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. A source said Kalu, who was from Nkporo, in ...

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NiMet predicts flash flood in 34 states

The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of the likelihoods of flash floods across 34 States in the next three days. The moderate to heavy rainfall, which could lead to flash floods are expected to commence from Tuesday, 24th through ...

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Afghanistan’s women’s football stars risk being turned into ‘sex slaves’ and tortured to death

Afghanistan’s women’s football players say they are at risk of becoming s.e.x slaves to the Taliban and being tortured to death. Football is highly popular in Afghanistan with national stars enjoying a large profile thanks to both men and women’s ...

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Father allegedly beats seven-year-old son to death over fish in Magodo

The artisan, Saviour Aniefok, allegedly tortured his seven-year-old son, Nathaniel, to death at his residence at Amen Compound, in the Shangisha area of Magodo Phase 2, Lagos State. Saviour, who is said to be on the run, reportedly tortured the ...

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Former Nigerian Senator, Biyi Durojaiye, is dead

  A Senator in the Fourth Republic, Biyi Durojaiye, has died. Mr Durojaiye, 88, died on Monday in Lagos after a brief illness associated with coronavirus complications, a family member said. Born in 1933, the late senator represented Ogun East ...

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