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Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 including 25 soldiers

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital. Dozens of ...

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Nigeria’s renowned Security Expert, Ona Ekhomu is dead

One of Nigeria’s foremost security experts, and Chairman of Transworld Security Systems Chief, Dr Ona Ekhomu, is dead. Ekhomu died on Monday in Lagos after a brief illness. He was a global leader in industrial security and a founding member ...

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Police arrest ‘chief priest who fortifies IPOB, ESN members’ in Imo

The Imo state police command says it has arrested one Ikechukeu Umaefulem, a suspected spiritual leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The police said he was arrested after a suspect alleged that ...

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Delta final year dental nursing student dies in auto crash

  A final year student of the Delta State College of Health Technology (DELSCOTECH), Ofuoma, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, Miss Victory Idjai, has died in an auto rash. The tragedy, which occurred on Sunday, has since ...

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Adamawa: APC chairman suspended for wishing President Buhari dead

The Adamawa State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the Yola South Local Government Caretaker Chairman of the party, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, for allegedly attacking President Muhammadu Buhari on social media. An audio was posted Monday in which ...

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TikTok overtakes Facebook as world’s most downloaded app

A global survey of downloads in 2020 shows TikTok, a video-sharing app developed in China, on top of the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was first conducted in 2018.   As concern for ...

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We are dying – Ogun workers cry to Abiodun over 17 months unpaid deductions

Workers in Ogun State have cried out to Governor Dapo Abiodun to pay their salary deductions, saying “we are dying.” The Ogun State Salary Earners’ Co-operative Thrift and Credit Union Limited alleged that Governor Abiodun had refused to pay their ...

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Saudi Arabia arrests 207 officials, foreigners on corruption charges

  Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the arrest of 207 citizens and foreigners on corruption charges. They include government employees, according to the kingdom’s anti-corruption body, Nazaha. The agency carried out the raid over the just-concluded month of the Islamic ...

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Buhari Govt approves over N4bn for fuelling police vehicles

  The Federal Government has approved over N4 billion in the 2021 budget for fueling of police vehicles across the states in Nigeria. The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi, made this known on Tuesday in a statement issued ...

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‘Bigger Animals’ Like Bandits, Kidnappers Now Our Target – Nigerian Hunters

The Nigerian Hunters Council says bandits and kidnappers are the “bigger animals” they are currently targeting in the forests across the country. Speaking with NAN on Tuesday in Abuja, Joshua Osatimehin, commander-general of the council, appealed to the national assembly ...

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Benin Republic stopped plane FG sent to pick Igboho – Falana

Femi Falana has disclosed that the Benin Republic government refused to put freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, on a waiting plane after his arrest in the French-speaking country in July. Falana said the Nigerian government told their Benin Republic counterpart to ...

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Wildfires: Buhari offers to help Turkey

President Muhammadu Buhari has made a telephone call to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan, offering to help as the European country grapples with ravaging wildfires. Buhari also expressed his sympathy over the destruction wrought by the wildfires. The wildfires ravaged vast ...

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No Visa-free entry to UAE by Ghanaians yet – Embassy

The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in the United Emirates (UAE) has clarified viral news reports that Ghanaian passport holders can enter the country without visa. In a statement on Monday, the embassy said although there is an agreement ...

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Bill Gates drops in billionaire ranking after stock transfers to ex-wife

The co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, has dropped in Forbes’ real time billionaire ranking. Gates who was the fourth-richest man in the world dropped to the fifth position. According to Forbes, he’s now worth $129.6 billion, slightly less than ...

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Gunmen overpower policemen in Nnewi, steal weapons

Gunmen in seven vehicles stormed the Nnewi Police Area Command, in Anambra state on Monday afternoon. Witnesses said the gunmen overpowered the policemen in a shootout and carried away some arms. The station is located on the Okigwe Road area ...

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“My Mother Is Yet To Be Divorced From My Dad” – Son Of Pastor Who Allegedly Married Church Member’s Wife Also Cries Out

The son of the Pastor a Nigerian man called out today on Facebook, [see post here], has called out his Pastor father — Moses Adeeyo saying the divorce matter between him and his mother is still very much in court.   ...

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‘NO LONGER WORTHY!’ OGUN MONARCH WITHDRAWS OKOROCHA’S CHIEFTAINCY APPOINTMENT, CANCELS INSTALLATION

The Eselu of Iselu, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi, has withdrawn the appointment of Senator Rochas Okorocha, as Otunba Asoludero of Iselu, in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Oba Akinyemi in a copy of a letter addressed to the ...

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My Pastor Married My Wife – Man Cries Out On Social Media

A topic is currently the trending news on social media, It’s about Bright Ben and his wife of 12 years. According to the man who just cried out on social media, his Pastor married his wife of 12 years. Bright ...

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