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Several feared dead in Delta gas plant explosion

Yet to be ascertained number of persons were feared dead with many others injured from the explosion at a gas plant in Agbor, the headquarters of Ika South local government area of Delta state late Friday.   The tragic incident ...

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Woman arrested after boyfriend dies in lodging while with her

A middle-aged man from Mwanza in Tanzania died on Monday, January 18 while spending time with his longtime lover in a lodging facility, Mwanza Regional Police Commander Jumanne Muliro says. The incident happened at Fimbo Lodge in Ilemela in Mwanza ...

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Man ties girlfriend to bed, sets her body on fire in gruesome murder

Police in Nairobi have launched a hunt for a middle-aged man who on Thursday morning killed his girlfriend and set her body on fire. Margaret Muchemi, a resident of Njiru in Kasarani Sub-County, Kenya had invited her estranged boyfriend to ...

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Trump breaks silence as impeachment trial delayed

Former U.S. President President Donald Trump has spoken 48 hours after he left office, hinting that he’ll be back on the political scene soon. In a brief interview with the conservative Washington Examiner, Trump said ” ‘We’ll do something, but ...

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NCDC confirms 1,483 new Covid-19 infections, total now 118,138

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,964 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 118,138. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. “On the 22nd of ...

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Osun courts suspend trials over COVID-19

  Courts in Osun state have suspended trials over increased COVID-19 cases in the second wave of the pandemic.   This was conveyed in a public notice signed and released by the Senior Registrar Osun State Judiciary, Mrs R. T Adesola ...

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Nigerian footballer Chikelu Ofoedu confronts military man who slapped him during a road rage incident (video)

  Footballer Chikelu Ofoedu was filmed confronting a soldier who slapped him on the road.   The footballer, who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv, explained in the video shared online that the soldier, identified simply as Nasiru, had taken “one-way” ...

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Arrest me if you can, Sunday Igboho dares Makinde

  Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has challenged Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde to arrest him if he can over the eviction order he issued to Fulani herdsmen.   Governor Makinde had countered Igboho’s seven-day ultimatum to Fulanis in ...

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Kaduna government sacks 65 ‘illegally recruited teachers’

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Friday confirmed the sack of 65 primary school teachers, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. They were allegedly recruited illegally in Sanga Local Government Area of the state. SUBEB’s Auditor, ...

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Man commits suicide in Kaduna state

A 22-year-old man, Abdullahi Musa resident in Aboro, Sanga local government of Kaduna state has allegedly committed suicide. His lifeless body was discovered dangling on high tension electric pole by passersby in the early hours of Friday. He was believed ...

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Mysterious fire raze down 18 houses in Otukpo community

No fewer than 18 buildings and property worth millions of Naira were on Friday razed in a mysterious fire outbreak at Akwete community in Alan Akpa ward of Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The disaster which also ...

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Don’t be offended when people you know don’t support your business – Kiki Osinbajo

Vice President’s daughter and beauty entreprenuer, Kiki Osinbajo has advised people not to take offence when friends don’t support their business.   “Don’t be offended when people you know don’t support your business. The success is sweeter because you converted ...

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Kano Assembly shut for Covid-19

The Kano State House of Assembly has postponed its resumption indefinitely, in compliance with the stay-at-home directive by the state government. Speaker Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari, made the announcement in a statement issued on Friday in Kano by the Director Press of ...

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EFCC arrests 11 internet fraudsters with 12 cars in Osun

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, arrested eleven suspected fraudsters. They were apprehended by operatives of the Commission who, acting on intelligence, swooped on their hideouts in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The Commission ...

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20-year-old man arrested and imprisoned for leaking ‘s.e.x tape’ of President Buhari’s appointee, Chief Willie Amadi

An Imo State Magistrate Court, sitting at Umundugba, Isu local government area of the state, has convicted a 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke, for being the mastermind of a simulated group s.e.x video that recently went viral, allegedly involving the ...

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Man allegedly kills girlfriend ‘for texting another man’ in Delta

A commercial motorcyclist identified as Mr. Happyman has been arrested in Oghara, Delta State over the murder of his girlfriend, Orie Evusi, who was declared missing four days ago. According to OgharaVoice, a local tabloid in the state, Happyman allegedly ...

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Herdsmen quit notice in Igangan: Sunday Igboho storms town

Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has arrived in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.Residents told punch correspondent that Igboho came to the town and was received by hundreds of youths at the ...

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Bill Gates takes covid-19 vaccine, ”says I feel great”

Bill Gates has gotten his first dose of covid-19 vaccine. He made a photo fo him taking the vaccine public saying ”I feel great”, while also thanking everyone that got us to where we are, without mentioning himself. Masked up ...

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Makinde orders arrest of Sunday Igboho, others over Fulani quit notice

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the Police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others over their quit notice to fulanis. On Friday, Igboho went to Igangan to retstae his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave. Igangan is a community in ...

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