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Four dead after violent pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol

A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump ...

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NIMC workers in Lagos begin strike

Members of staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State have gone on strike.  The NIMC office located on the premises of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) office in Alausa, this morning were also ...

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Covid vaccine: Tracy Zille floors the whole of Africa

  So her messages attacking the whole of Africa has been going viral… In it, Tracy blasted the continent saying they produce nothing and she wonders why Africans are scared to use the covid-19 vaccine claiming it’s meant to wipe ...

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Atiku Abubakar ”takes covid-19 vaccine” in Dubai

                Former Vice-President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has reported been vaccinated.   He is reported to have received his covid-19 vaccine in Dubai where he is known to be a constant visitor. The ...

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“I’m not on anybody’s level in Nigeria”, Tacha brags after Nicki Minaj followed her on Instagram (video)

BBNaija star, Tacha is super excited after popular American female rapper, Nicki Minaj followed her on Instagram. The reality Tv star’s joy knew no bounds as she took to her  Instagram page to share the good news with her fans. ...

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WHO team investigating Covid origin denied entry to China

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China. Two members were already en route, with the WHO saying the problem was a lack of ...

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Foreigners without COVID-19 certificate will lose visas – NIS

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, has warned that foreign visitors who failed to present their COVID-19 test certificates on arrival in the country will have their visas revoked. Speaking at the weekly briefing of the Presidential ...

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Four customers sue Arik Air for cancelled flight, others

Four intending travellers have sued Arik Air Limited for alleged indiscriminate cancellation of their Abuja-Yola flight without notification on October 22, 2020. The plaintiffs – Sadiq Usman, Luqman Hussain, Muhammad Danazumi, and Zubair Usman – accused the airline of breach ...

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Elvina Ibru tests positive for Covid-19, recounts experience

Nollywood actress Elvina Ibru disclosed on Tuesday that she tested positive for the dreaded novel-coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The actress made the revelation in a video she posted on her Instagram page where she said she has been in isolation and ...

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Kano stops payment of 30k minimum wage, reverts to 18k

  The Kano government has stopped payment of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state and have now reverted to the former N18,000 minimum wage.  Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said they reverted to the former minimum wage ...

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FG to borrow dormant account balances and unclaimed dividends from Nigerians

  The Federal government will be borrowing from Nigerians unclaimed dividends and bank account balances unattended to for at least six years.   This is according to the provisions in the Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President ...

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Lagos Deputy Governor’s brother dies of Covid-19

The Lagos state Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat’s brother, a medical doctor, is dead. He died of Covid-19 complications. Report has it he died Tuesday night. Dr Haroun Hamzat, half brother to the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, ...

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Police to arraign Deeper Life school officials over alleged s3xual abuse

Following the alleged s.e.xual abuse of an 11-year-old student of the school in Uyo, the police in Akwa Ibom State are preparing to arraign some officials of the Deeper Life High School. Some officials of the school were said to ...

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Police decry increase in use of unlicensed firearms in Oyo

The Police Command in Oyo State has decried the rate at which unlicensed firearms are being used by some people in the state. This was disclosed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement ...

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Oyo Govt. workers charged with stealing Covid-19 palliative

Two Oyo State government workers were charged Tuesday with stealing and selling 40 bags of sugar from the state’s Covid-19 palliatives.   Charged were a 50-year-old driver, Adebiyi Azeez, and Sunday Akinleye , a 43-year-old Assistant Protocol Officer in charge ...

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Thugs kill man in Edo community over unpaid loan

The Police in Edo State is currently investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 55-year-old man, Enoragbon Imuetinyan, by unidentified persons in Ehen quarters, Urhonigbe community in Orhionmwon local government area of the state.   The deceased ...

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In 2023, Nigerians will still vote us, reject you… APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said sustained criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari administration by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not earn the opposition party return to power in 2023. National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) APC, Sen. ...

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Queen’s cousin Mary Colman passes on peacefully at home

The Queen’s cousin Lady Mary Colman has died at the age of 88. Lady Mary died at her Norfolk home on Saturday. Her family announced her death in an obituary in the Daily Telegraph, which read: “Lady Mary Cecilia died ...

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Civilians flee homes as boko haram attack village in Borno

Hundreds of civilians are fleeing their homes following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on a community in Askira/Uba local government area of Borno state on Tuesday. It was learnt that the deadly groups are currently setting houses ablaze ...

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Monarch accuses Lagos police of torturing son to death

The traditional ruler of Abule-Okuta, Bariga, Lagos State, Wasiu Jinadu, has accused policemen attached to the Bariga Police Division of allegedly torturing his son, Taiwo, to death. Punch Metro gathered that Taiwo was arrested on Christmas Day after a local ...

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Pregnant woman poisons 3-year-old stepson to death in Osun

          A middle-aged pregnant woman, Musa Mariam is now being quizzed by the Osun State police command for allegedly poisoning a 3-year-old male child, Rokeeb Musa who happens to be a child of her husband’s second ...

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