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Hoodlums burn police station, kill Inspector, loot armoury in Abia

The Abia Police Command says it is hunting for hoodlums who attacked a police station in Umuoba community in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state and killed a police inspector. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonna ...

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Man’s skin turns yellow after years of drinking and smoking

A man grew a giant tumour that caused his skin to turn bright yellow – after decades of heavy drinking and smoking.The 60-year-old man, identified only by his surname Du, was rushed to hospital in the central Chinese city of ...

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Hisbah confiscates 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs as part of effort to enforce Sharia Islamic code

The Bauchi State Hisbah Board has confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs as part of its effort to enforce Sharia Islamic code. Malam Aminu Balarabe the permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation ...

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Protest in Ogun as Customs shoot suspected smuggler dead

Smugglers in Ogun stormed the road leading to the governor’s office in Abeokuta on Tuesday to protest the killing of one of their members by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS. The customs were said to have shot and ...

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Dubai shuts all bars and clubs over Covid spike after Brit influencers who flocked there mocked travel ban

Dubai shuts all bars and clubs over Covid spike after Brit influencers who flocked there mocked travel ban Dubai is closing all its bars and pubs in February following a Covid spike after British influencers mocked a travel ban. It ...

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MC Oluomo set to launch his book? [Book Cover]

If a book cover currently making the round son twitter is anything to believe then Lagos NURTW boss, MC Oluomo who is currently in a hot romance with Interior designer Ehi Ogbebor is set to become an author.   The ...

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Ile Arugbo: Kwara govt floors Saraki in court, takes over land

Kwara State Government on Tuesday got a legal green light to proceed with building on the controversial Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin, with the court striking out former Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s case challenging government’s take over of the land. ...

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Fire razes Bishop Fearon’s Kaduna duplex

The Kaduna home of Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon has been gutted with fire. Fearon, the Secretary-General of Anglican Communion Worldwide with headquarters in London, is also Chairman of the Kaduna Peace Commission. His four-bedroom duplex also houses the centre for Christianity ...

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Stop tarnishing my image – Mompha reacts to fresh N157m fraud allegation

Ha! Instagram big boy, Mompha has reacted to the fresh N157 million fraud allegation leveled against him by he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.   It will be recalled that Mompha was linked in the charges against 606 Autos ...

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Police summon hotelier over CCTV cameras in rooms

The Ogun State Police Command said it had commenced investigation into the alleged invasion of privacy of guests at the Pavillion Hotel, Ayepe, in the Odogbolu area of the state. The development followed public outcry against the hotel after an ...

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Tricycle rider commits suicide on Lagos football pitch

A Lagosian. Nike Adekola, is yet to recover from the shock of losing her husband, Suleman, who reportedly committed suicide by drinking a local insecticide in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Suleman, a tricycle operator, ...

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Police arraign 17-year-old for threatening to kill mother

On Monday, a 17-year-old boy, Quadri Taiwo, appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for threatening his mother’s life. The police charged Taiwo for breach of peace and threat to life, punishable under sections 168 and 56 of the Criminal ...

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US Rapper, Silento charged with murdering his cousin

Rapper Silento has been charged for murdering his cousin. The rapper was arrested on Monday for allegedly shooting his older cousin to death in a suburb of Atlanta. The rapper, whose real name is Richard Lamar Hawk, 23, was charged ...

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West Ham’s Oladapo Afolayan joins Bolton Wanderers on loan

Bolton have signed West Ham forward Oladapo Afolayan and Burnley goalkeeper Lukas Jensen on loan until the end of the season. Afolayan made a goalscoring debut for the Hammers in their recent FA Cup win over Doncaster. The 23-year-old joined ...

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BREAKING: FG extends NIN-SIM linkage by eight weeks

  Good news!!! The deadline for the NIN – Sim linkage has been extended by eight weeks by the federal government of Nigeria.   we can all leave panic mode now… The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module ...

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Save us from herdsmen, another Oyo community begs Igboho

  Resident of Kajola village via Ayete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State have called on Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho to come to their rescue from a group of ...

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Andrew Brooks, who led development of the first FDA-approved Covid-19 saliva test, dies at 51

Andrew Brooks, a research professor at Rutgers University who led the development of the first FDA-approved Covid-19 saliva test, died suddenly on January 23, according to a Rutgers statement. His sister, Janet Green, confirmed to CNN on Sunday that the ...

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Trump’s son-in-law Kushner nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The son-in-law of Donald Trump and his deputy Avi Berkowitz were nominated by one of the former US president’s lawyers for their ...

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Presidency speaks on appointment of new IGP

As the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, reached retirement on Monday, the Presidency has said no date has been fixed for announcement of his successor. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said on a programme on Channels Television that he ...

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