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Gov’s aide threatens suicide over non-payment of salary

It was a sensational dramatic piece with Mr Freeman Godwin, an appointee of Cross River governor, Ben Ayade who has threatened to commit suicide over non -payment of salary after his appointment. Godwin, whose designation is not known as at  ...

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Trump begs Facebook to restore suspended accounts

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed his suspension by social media giant Facebook, both on Facebook and Instagram. Trump lodged the appeal with Facebook Oversight Board, co-chaired by former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. But, his appeal will not ...

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Abuja lawyer debunks his colleague’s claim that over 4000 couples have applied for divorce in Abuja in 2020

  Abuja-based lawyer, Firsts Baba Isa has debunked claims by his learned colleague that 4000 divorce applications have already been filed in 2020 in Abuja Recall that a lawyer, Annebrefa, made the claim on Twitter last Friday, adding that some ...

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Nigeria records 571 new Covid-19 cases, total now 153,187

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153,187. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Nigeria also recorded 12 ...

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Malawi police issue new warrant of arrest for Prophet Bushiri

Malawi authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for controversial millionaire Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Prophetess Mary Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering.   This comes after Prophet’s children Raphaela and Israella, cousin Esther Bushiri and mother-in-law Magdalena ...

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Surety remanded over failure to produce suspect

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, arraigned Gajah Omayulele Lovely before Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. Lovely was arraigned on a two-count ...

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Masturbation: Addicted man pleads for help

  A 25-year-old man, who claims to have been masturbating for 11 years now, wants to quit the act. The young man, who made a passionate appeal on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Tuesday, said while in Senior High School he ...

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Igboho speaks for 99% of Yoruba people – Fani-Kayode

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, speaks for 99 per cent of the Yoruba people of the South-West region. He stated this on Tuesday while featuring on a ...

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Lagos Panel On #EndSARS Orders IG of Police, Adamu to Appear Before It

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State government to investigate the October 2020 Lekki shooting and other cases of police brutality by the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed ...

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Police beg, appeal to Ebonyi sex worker to keep 4 months old baby, but she insists on selling him to start a business

Police in Ebonyi on Tuesday detained a commercial s.e.x worker on allegations she intended to sell her son for N40,000. The baby is four months old and breastfeeding. The mother said she needed to raise money to start a beer ...

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Man arrested for stabbing neighbor to death in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested one Sunday Amaefula, 53, for allegedly stabbing Chibuike Nwanne, 43 to death. The tragedy occurred on Monday at about 12:30am at No 8 Akpaku lane, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos State. ...

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Covid-19: ‘Why Nigerian children won’t be vaccinated’

The Federal Government has explained why Nigerian children are not been considered for the coming Covid-19 vaccines. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said that the vaccines have not been proven to be ...

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JUST IN: Heavy explosions, gunshots in parts of Maiduguri

Heavy explosions and the sound of gunshots have engulfed some parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The explosions which started at about 5:45 pm up to the time of filing in this report were heard around Fori general area ...

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Woman confesses to sleeping with snakes and eating human flesh on live radio show

A Nairobi resident has left listeners of Radio Maisha’s morning show gobsmacked after claiming to have bedded snakes and eaten corpses. In an interview with Emmanuel Mwashumbe and Shuga Boy, Cecilia Wambui, who resides in Umoja Estate, narrated how she ...

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PDP WARNS Rochas Okorocha, Uzodinma… don’t turn Imo into a theatre of war

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has condemned the clash between supporters of Senator Rochas Okorocha and the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, urging the duo not to turn the state into a theatre of war. The supporters of ...

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23-year old Nigerian lady Oyindamola Akinrinola convicted in US for online fraud

Oyindamola Akinrinola, 23, a Nigerian resident of Lawrence, Kansas, has pleaded guilty in federal court for her role in online fraud schemes that targeted victims in the United States. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced her conviction Monday night, saying she ...

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Senate confirms Buratai, other ex-Service Chiefs as Ambassadors-Designate

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Service Chiefs as Ambassadors-Designate after their names were forwarded to the upper chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. The confirmation of the nominees followed consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ...

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Security guard jailed for confronting his boss to demand his salary

A 28-year-old security guard has been charged with causing a disturbance after daring his employer to shoot him with his pistol while demanding his two-month salary arrears amounting to Sh18,000. Isaiah Mugane, who was arraigned and charged at Milimani Law ...

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Fulani treated unfairly in Nigeria — Ex-Bauchi Governor

A former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, has stated that Nigeria has treated Fulani people unfairly, stating that for the herdsmen crisis across the country to be addressed, justice must be given to them. He stated this in an interview ...

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Nigeria might soon exit second wave of Covid-19- Minister

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has hinted that Nigeria might soon exit the second wave of the coronavirus disease. Speaking during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 on Monday, the Minister said the country has ...

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