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3 crushed to death as container falls on commercial bus in Ibadan

No fewer than three persons lost their lives, while four others sustained injuries on Tuesday, as a container fell on an 18-seater bus at Celica area on Ibadan-Ife expressway, Ibadan. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo ...

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36-year-old man rapes, impregnates own daughter in Ondo

Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ore, Ondo State has remanded 36-year-old Peter Moses in a correctional centre for raping and impregnating his teenage daughter. According to police prosecutor, Inspector Jimoh Amuda, Moses committed the offence between November 2020 and January ...

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Suspected cultists kill, cut off victim’s hand in Ogun

Some suspected Eiye cultists have reportedly killed a member of Aiye confraternity, Michael Jayeola in Ogun State.The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, informed that the Aiye and Eiye confraternities had been terrorising Ijebu-Ode and its environs, as they ...

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Bartender jailed for stealing N1m from employer’s account

A bartender, Godwin Job, was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally withdrawing the sum of N1,079,290 from a bank account belonging to his boss, Olufemi Joseph Odusanya. Job, 35, was convicted by Justice Bayo Taiwo of ...

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Uganda ‘shut down’ social media ahead of election

Uganda’s communications regulator has ordered internet service providers to shut down social media and messaging services, just two days before a tense presidential election.   In a letter seen by news agencies on Tuesday, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director ...

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Governor Diri bows to pressure.. replaces Nengi with Blessing Eradiri as Face of Bayelsa Girl Child

After weeks of criticism, Bayelsa state Governor, Douye Diri has finally bowed to pressure. The Governor has now removed BBN’s Nengi whom he had earlier named Face of Bayelsa Girl Child and announced Ebizi Blessing Eradiri as the New Face of ...

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Covid-19: Ogun State opens oxygen therapy centre

Ogun State government on Monday said it has opened an Oxygen Therapy Center to avoid a situation of scarcity of the life-saving consumable. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, who made this known in Abeokuta, said that the ...

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Former Edo Commissioner Didi Adodo, dies of Covid-19

A former Edo State Commissioner for Establishment, Labour and Special Duties, Comrade Didi Adodo, is dead.   Adodo died on Tuesday morning after battling with COVID-19 complications for days. Until his death, he was the General Secretary of the The ...

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Murder: Court Martial sentences soldier to death by firing squad

The court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi. Trooper Maduabuchi was arraigned for murder after shooting Lieutenant Ngorgi in ...

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Hospitals won’t be able to handle serious Covid-19 cases soon’

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country is now reaching a critical level, adding that the hospital capacity will no longer be able to cope with more serious Covid-19 cases. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, ...

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Ex-AGF, Adoke stranded in Dubai after contracting covid-19

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, is stranded in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), after he tested positive for Covid-19, Mr Kanu Agabi, SAN, told a Federal High Court in Abuja. Agabi, a ...

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Navy, Rivers community in face-off over arrest of chiefs, elders

Nigeria Navy Ship, Pathfinder, Iwofe, Port Harcourt, Rivers State is in a deep face off with its host, Iwofe Community, over the alleged arrest of chiefs and elders of the area.   It was gathered that selected leaders of the ...

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Terrorism has been checkmated — Defence Headquarters

The Coordinator of the Nigeria Defence headquarters (DHQ) media operation, John Enenche, says the armed forces have ”checkmated” the activities and operations of Boko Haram in the North-East. Enenche said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ...

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US Capitol: Twitter goes ahead to also suspend 70,000 Trump supporters’ accounts

Twitter announced Monday it has suspended “more than 70,000 accounts” linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory following the attack on the US Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters. The social network began its purge Friday, shortly after ...

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ECOWAS mediator, Goodluck Jonathan arrives Bamako, Mali

The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, as the head of a high-level delegation, arrived in Bamako on Monday afternoon, official sources told PANA. The two-day visit is a ...

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18-year-old girl dies during sex romp in Yobe govt lodge

The Yobe State Police Command said it had detained a man who claimed to be an employee of the Ministry of Police Affairs and four others over the death of an 18-year-old girl, whose corpse was found in a government ...

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Longyearbyen town in Norway where you can’t die or give birth

The little gems hidden in our world are plentiful and interesting. However, there is one place on Earth that beats them all. In the small settlement named Longyearbyen in the center of Svalbard, in Norway, there are some very peculiar ...

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Young Cameroonian lady dies in motor accident 5 days to her wedding

Petra Nji,a Cameroonian nursing student has died in a car accident five days to her wedding.   According to reports, Petra and her husband-to-be, Isbias Forsack were returning from Douala after their pre-wedding shopping when they got involved in a ...

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Lagos raises alarm as many civil servants test positive for Covid-19

The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over increasing rate at which civil servants test positive for COVID-19. Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a statement said the government was concerned at the increasing rate of COVID-19 positivity among ...

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Kidnapper pays N1.5 ransom to regain freedom after abduction by another kidnapper

A Suspected kidnapper, who was abducted by another kidnapper, has secured his freedom with a N1.5 million ransom. Mohammed Amodu paid N1.555 million before his captor Buba Babu set him free. Force spokesman CP Frank Mba, who paraded the suspects ...

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Nigeria records 1,244 new cases of Covid-19, total now 101,331

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,244 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.   The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. “1244 new cases ...

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