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Twitter shares dive 7% after Trump account suspension

Shares of Twitter Inc slumped 7% on Monday, on course to knock off about $2.5 billion from the market value of the social media company after it permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump.   The slide came ...

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Police arrest 43 clubbers, strippers in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 43 clubbers including strippers.   They were nabbed at Eclipse Night Club, Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island. Police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Monday Police operatives attached to ...

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Prepare To Move To Sambisa – Army Chief, Buratai Tells Recruits

The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, allegedly told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and ...

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#EndSARS: Adamu Garba withdraws case against Twitter CEO

Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has withdrawn his case against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for allegedly supporting last year’s #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. Dorsey and many celebrities, sports stars and politicians spoke in support of the protests, which trended on ...

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FG might extend January 18 resumption date for schools

The Nigerian government through its Ministry of Education has said the January 18 date for schools to resume is not sacrosanct. The government said a new date might be announced depending on the nation’s Covid-19 indicators. The Minister of Education, ...

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Police, NYSC speak on female corps member who allegedly murdered man

The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed the arrest of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who reportedly killed a man she spent a night with. Recall how a mob almost lynched the woman, identified as Odume ...

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Facebook suspends Ugandan government-linked accounts ahead of Thursday elections

Social media giant, Facebook, said it has closed several accounts linked to Uganda’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology ahead of the country’s presidential election on Thursday. In a statement on Monday, the company said it took the action because ...

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Africa records over 3million covid-19 cases as second wave sweeps fast

The second wave of the coronavirus is spreading swiftly in Africa, a continent once perceived as one of the relatively safest places when speaking of the deadly virus. Africa passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases Covid-19 on Sunday, ...

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Nigeria police did not rescue us, we paid N2m to secure our freedom from our abductors – Kidnapped couple

A couple abducted at Uso, along Akure-Owo expressway in Ondo State, last week, have denied that they were rescued by security agencies. They said they paid a ransom to secure their freedom. Gbenga Ibikunle and his wife were returning from ...

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Melania Trump breaks silence on US Capitol riot

First lady Melania Trump made her first comments Monday, 11 January, about the violence at the Capitol when pro-Trump rioters stormed the building last week. In a lengthy written statement posted to the white house website, she said that her ...

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10 internet fraud suspects arrested in Lagos

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspects are: Jonathan Daniel Adebayo, Lawal Waidi Seun, Adeosun Joseph, Taiwo Gbemileke, Oseni Omotayo, Emmanuel Fakiyesi, ...

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#EndSARS: Widow of youth allegedly killed by police gives birth in Oyo

Wife of Taiwo Adeoye, one of the youths allegedly shot dead by the police during the #EndSARS protest in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has given birth to a baby boy. It was gathered that the young widow, Semiat, was delivered of ...

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Health center in Lagos shut down after workers tested positive for Covid-19

The Meiran Primary Health Centre at Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos state has been shut down.   This is coming after some health workers at the primary health center tested positive for COVID-19. David Famuyiwa, Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo ...

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Angry mob roasts three suspected thieves to death in Cross River

Angry mob has roasted three suspected thieves to death at different locations in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incidents, which took place in the early hours of Monday, occurred at different locations in Calabar South ...

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‘NIN registration may be suspended to avoid Covid-19’

Doctor Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, Monday said that the ongoing registration and National Identification Number enrolment may be suspended due to the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country. As at yesterday, 100,087 cases ...

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Temporary mortuary holding 170 bodies as Covid-hit hospitals run out of space

Bodies are being stored at a temporary facility in Surrey after the county’s hospital mortuaries reached capacity amid rising Covid-19 case rates. Around 170 bodies are being kept at the site in Leatherhead, which first opened in April to alleviate ...

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Malaysia-returnee slaughters Alaba trader brother at their village as they go home for Christmas celebration

Tragedy occurred at the Odunna family in Ochii village, Ogwa in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday as a 36-year-old man, Ekene Odunna, was allegedly killed by his younger brother, Matthew. The incident, it was gathered, ...

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14-year-old gang-raped and fatally stabbed in South Africa

            Five men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl was gang-r.a.p.e.d and fatally stabbed in Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu said all the suspects have gang affiliations. Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen ...

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Court grants Omoyele Sowore N20million bail

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million ...

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ASUP, NASU disrupt resumption at Ibadan polytechnic today

The workers’ unions of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Monday, locked all the entrances leading into the institution thereby disrupting the resumption of the institution for academic activities after the Christmas break. The workers’ unions comprise the Academic Staff Union of ...

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