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Police nab 44 at gay traditional marriage

Uganda police in Nansana municipality on Monday apprehended 44 persons for organizing and attending a same sex traditional marriage. Spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, Luke Owoyesigyire, who made the statement, said police received information about a group of suspected homosexuals ...

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Sowore out of hospital, says ‘Police lied, I was shot’

The convener of the #RevolutionNowMovement, Omoyele Sowore, has narrated how he was shot by a policeman during a rally in Abuja on Monday. While speaking after being discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, Sowore said claims made by the police ...

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Israel lifts Covid-19 restrictions

The government of Israel has lifted restrictions imposed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. This comes as new coronavirus infections and severe illnesses dropped sharply recently. The country’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday, announced that regulations under the so-called ...

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Rainstorm renders ex-minister Maku, others homeless in Nasarawa

A Monday rainstorm in the Wakama community of Nasarawa State has destroyed no fewer than 50 buildings including the residence of former information minister Labaran Maku. Confirming the disaster to reporters on Tuesday, Adams Makka-Nangba, the District Head of Wakama, ...

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Daughter of Kenya Vice President marries Nigerian man

June Ruto, the daughter Kenya’s Vice President, William Ruto, has tied the nuptial knot with a Nigerian. The vice-president’s daughter married her Nigerian lover Dr Alexander Ezenegu on Thursday, May 27 after the duo recently got engaged on May 8. ...

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Sanwo-Olu begs FG to fund Lagos-Badagry Expressway

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the construction of the Lagos-Badagry Express way, saying it serves as a trans-West African route. Sanwo-Olu said this while receiving the House of ...

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No celebration, NANS says as it declares June 12 day of protest

The President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, on Tuesday, lamented the worsening insecurity in the country and the ripple effects on students who fell victim to kidnapping and banditry at will. Asefon, who bemoaned the kidnap of over ...

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FUOYE suspends lecturer over alleged sexual harassment

The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr. Jonathan Mbachaga, over alleged sexual harassment. Mbachaga was, until his suspension, an Associate Professor in the institution’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts. A statement signed by the ...

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Those who want to destroy my government will be SHOCKED – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that those who want to destroy his government will suffer the shock of their lives as they will be treated in a language they can understand. The president made this known on Tuesday after ...

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Buhari govt has done so much with little —Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said no administration in the history of Nigeria has done so much with little like the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has been doing since inception in 2015. Mohammed ...

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Police re-arrest fleeing inmate for stealing SIM card in Lagos

The Police Command in Lagos said it had rearrested one Oyemachi Maduabuchi who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo. According to a statement signed by the Police Spokesperson in Lagos, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Maduabuchi, who escaped after a ...

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KASU students block road to Govt house in protest over hike tuition fees

Students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) on Tuesday blocked the main road leading to the Government House in Kaduna, the state capital in protest over an increase in their tuition fees. The state-owned tertiary institution recently announced an increase ...

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Wike’s sacked Commissioner compares him to a thug on live tv

  The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and his former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, John Bazia, traded words on Monday over the recent defections between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in the state. ...

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Ugandan transport minister’s daughter, driver killed in failed assassination attempt

Gen. Katumba Wamal, Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt, the local broadcaster NBS News has reported. The news outlet, however, said that Wamal lost his daughter in the failed assassination attempt. According to the ...

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PSC to deactivate passports of Covid-19 violators

The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19 has announced that it would deactivate the international passports of Nigerians who flouted the 2021 Health Safety Regulations as its concerns travel advisory. The PSC Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the ...

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WHO renames Covid-19 variants with Greek letters to avoid stigma

Coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid misreporting and stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The new system applies to variants of concern – the ...

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Gunmen rob 25 Oyo estate households, steal money with POS machine

Armed robbers numbering about 20 were said to have invaded Alaafia Estate at the Orogun area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, dispossessing residents of their money and other valuables. It was gathered that the hoodlums used Point of Sale ...

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Buhari appoints Kingibe as special envoy

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Babagana Kingibe as his special envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin region. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja. ...

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Sokoto isn’t safe, Sultan warns corps members

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has warned National Youth Service Corps members posted to Sokoto that the northern state is not safe amid the continued deterioration of insecurity across the country. The Muslim spiritual leader also described Nigerians calling ...

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Banditry: Zamfara Governor dissolves cabinet, suspends Emir

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. The Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, announced this in a statement on Monday. He disclosed that the Secretary to the ...

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Breaking: NECO Registrar Godswill Obioma assassinated

Unknown gunmen on Monday night stormed the residence of Professor Godswill Obioma, strangling him in what his wife suspected to be an assassination. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” Elizabeth Obioma told Peoples Gazette ...

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