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New Moon Sighted, Eid-el-Kabir Is Tuesday, July 20

  The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has announced that Sunday, July 11, will be the first day of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH. This was contained in a statement on Sunday ...

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Prophet Abiara Attends Thanksgiving Service Of TB Joshua

Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara has attended the Thanksgiving Service in honour of the late Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN), held on Sunday. TB Joshua who died on 5 June 2021, was ...

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Richard Branson Goes To Space (Photos)

UK businessman Sir Richard Branson has gone to space! He just fulfilled his lifetime’s ambition: flying to the edge of space. His Virgin Galactic rocket plane took off for a 1.5-hour mission which will see it reach an altitude where ...

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Wife of Slain Super TV CEO, Brenda Ataga Demands N1bn Over Libelous Report

  Brenda Ataga, wife of the slain Super TV CEO, Mr. Usifo Ataga has asked the management of Naijaloaded Blog for a sum of N1 billion as compensation for the publication of alleged libelous and malicious reports against her person. Brenda, also, ...

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Gov. El-Rufai Declares Public Holiday To Mourn Ex-Deputy Governor, Bantex

The Kaduna State Government led by Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai has declared Monday, July 12 as public holiday to honor a former Deputy Governor of the state, Arch Barnabas Bantex, who died on Sunday Bantex who was Deputy to the ...

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Covid-19 Third Wave: Lagos Orders Religious, Event Centres To Cut Capacity

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says COVID-19 third wave has hit the state. In an address on Sunday, he directed that religious, event centres and other encloses places are to henceforth operate at 50 percent capacity. He said since ...

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Lady goes missing after home service to fix client’s nail in Lagos

The family members of a beauty make-up artist, Anu Agbalaya, are currently troubled after the lady went to render home service to a client in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State and never returned home. SaharaReporters learnt that Anu, 23, ...

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Emir of Kajuru Alhassan Adamu kidnapped by bandits

The Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, and 12 members of his family have been abducted in Kaduna, the latest outrageous act by bandits The emir was whisked away at about 0030 Hours today from his palace,, according multiple reports. ...

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Five die on their way from club in rivers state

Five people have died on their way back from a club in rivers state just less than 78 hours after Governor Nyesom Wike lifted the curfew imposed on Rivers State. The five persons were returning from a club. They were ...

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Military must crush bandits in language they understand – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday ordered the military to crush bandits operating in Zamfara and Kaduna in the language they understand. The president condemned repeated bandit killings in Zamfara and Kaduna States, urging the nation’s military to respond to the ...

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Police arrest man over ‘blasphemous comment’ against Prophet Muhammad

Pandemonium broke out in Sokoto on Thursday when youths in a large number stormed the palace of the Sultan, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar asking him to arrest one Isma’ila Sani Isah for allegedly posting a blasphemous comment against the Holy Prophet ...

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FIRS seals NDDC headquarters

This is certainly not the best of times for the Niger Delta Development Commission, as its corporate headquarters in Port Harcourt, was sealed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service. Although the reason behind the sealing could not be immediately ascertained ...

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European Commision fines Volkwagen and BMW $1Billion for running emissions cartel

The European Commission has fined Volkswagen Group and BMW $1 billion for colluding with Daimler to hold back the development of technology that could have reduced harmful emissions from their vehicles. In a statement on Thursday, the Commission said the ...

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Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo dies of Covid-19

Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has died of complications after contracting COVID-19, the provincial government has announced, as South Africa’s economic hub continues to be hit by a severe third wave of the pandemic. “Makhubo passed on on Friday, 9 July, ...

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NURTW chieftain shot dead in Lagos

A Popular member of National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) who doubled as a council Vice Chairman of the ruling APC, Samuel Kayode, popularly known as Epo Kinkin, has been shot dead at Agboju area of Lagos. Epo kinkin, ...

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Prophet TB Joshua laid to rest in SCOAN church

The founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Prophet Temitope Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua has been buried. He was buried at the church’s premises after an internment service that had dignitaries from around the world. TB Joshua’s ...

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Nigeria Air to come on board 2022

Minister of aviation Hadi Sirika said the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, would come on board in 2022. “Nigerians should trust that we will be able to deliver a very robust carrier that will be for the size of our ...

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90-year-old man arrested for selling drugs to youths in Katsina

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir for selling drugs to the youths in his Yarkadir village in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina state. Full of regrets under interrogation, the ...

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Again, 3 storey building collapses in Lagos, kills 5 year-old boy

Tragedy struck on Thursday, when a 5-year-old boy died and scores narrowly escaped death following the partial collapse of a distressed three-storey building in Adeniji Adele axis of Lagos State. It was learnt that the building sited at 19, Church ...

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Drivers’ license: FRSC begins CBT for new applicants

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the commencement of computer-based tests for fresh applicants of the national driver’s license. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday titled, ‘Creating a safer road use ...

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Kidnappers release Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic students, staff

The six students and two staffers of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria Kaduna State, who were kidnapped on 11 June have been released. They were released on Thursday night, Channels TV reported. The Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Abdullahi ...

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Preliminary report on ex-COAS crash to be ready next week

The Accident Investigation Bureau,has said the preliminary report on the crash of a military aircraft in which the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others died in Kaduna in May this year would be ready by ...

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