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LG Election: Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje orders compulsory drug test for contestants

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed all cleared contestants in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled to hold January 16 to be subjected to a compulsory drug test.   The state commissioner for information, Muhammad Garba, disclosed this ...

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Drama, confusion as ‘dead’ man regains consciousness

Drama, confusion and disbelief engulfed the atmosphere when a patient who had been declared dead and taken to the Kapkatet sub-county hospital mortuary, Kenya suddenly ‘resurrected.’   A morgue attendant is said to have realised the man was still alive ...

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Judicial Panel throws out slain musician’s petition

An attempt by the family of the budding songwriter, Daniel Chibuike Ikeagwuchi, who was shot dead by a policeman in Port Harcourt to seek justice at the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry was thrown out at today’s sitting.   ...

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Ex-BBC journalist and partner found dead had no injuries

A former BBC journalist and his partner were both found dead in the same room at home, an inquest has heard.   John Stevenson, 68, was found on the floor near his bed in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 12 ...

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Court okays suit seeking N523m school feeding details

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to a civil society group to commence a suit seeking detailed information on N523m which the Federal Government claimed to have spent on feeding of school children during the Covid-19 lockdown ...

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Sudan’s former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of COVID-19

Sudan’s former prime minister and top opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi is dead. He died from a coronavirus infection on Thursday, his party said. The 84-year-old was the country’s last democratically elected prime minister before he was toppled in 1989 by ...

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Four suspected robbers busted in Lagos

The police in Lagos have arrested four suspected armed robbers terrorizing Alakuko area of the State and its environs. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said the police operatives attached to Alakuko Station, with the help ...

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Finally, China congratulates U.S President-elect, Joe Biden

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received congratulations for his election victory from China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Biden is prepared to give a speech highlighting the challenges Americans face as Covid-19 cases surge on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday. ...

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Scotland set to be first country in the world to give women free sanitary products

Millions of women will get free tampons after Scotland’s Parliament unanimously passed a landmark vote.   It means Scotland will become the first country to make period products freely available. The law introduces a legal right of free access to ...

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EndSARS: Nigerian govt reaches out to UK over sanction threat

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, revealed that it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the UK Parliament, to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials over their roles in the EndSARS protests.   The Minister of Foreign ...

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Two robbers to die by hanging in Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Adekunle Osho, 31, and Chinedu Ugwu, 34, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Adekunle Adeleye said Osho and Ugwu were actively involved in robbery and were linked with ...

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Mother and son arrested with 49 parcels of Indian hemp

The police in Kano has arrested a 21-year-old, Kabiru Mahmud, with 49 parcels of Indian hemp.   The police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa said that Mr Mahmud was arrested at Danbire village while transporting the substance from his family ...

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Nigerian media to start projecting election results soon –INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed its commitment to deploying more technology and innovation to further enhance the transparency of the electoral process.   INEC said the use of its public viewing portal during the governorship elections in Edo ...

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Hisbah officials arrest police constable for sexually abusing underage girls in Kano

A constabulary, Basiru has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Shariah police popularly known as Hisbah in Rumawa area, Ungogo Local government area for alleged s.e.x.ual exploitation.   It was also gathered that Basiru’s accomplice, one Jamilu has ...

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2-year-old girl repeatedly raped and beaten to death by her mother’s 30-year-old boyfriend in South Africa

A two-year-old child from Diepkloof, Soweto, was allegedly repeatedly beaten and r.a.p.e.d by her teen mother’s boyfriend before she succumbed to her injuries last week. A thing that has caused anger in their neighbourhood. The mother, 17, who is heavily ...

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DJ Switch breaks her silence to come for Lai Mohammed

DJ Switch has slammed the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, questioning how he can be so ”misinformed”. This comes after the Minister held a press conference claiming the CNN reports are fake news and the station ought to ...

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Sex shop assault Senator, Elisha Abbo defects to APC

Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo, who represents Adamawa North, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senate President, Ahmad Lawan made the announcement on the floor of the Senate. Abbo, a first- term lawmaker, was elected in 2019 to the ...

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Former head of Rwanda’s president security unit jailed (Photo)

A court in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, has sentenced a former head of President Paul Kagame’s security unit to three years in prison “for stealing a mobile phone”. Tom Byabagamba, who has been stripped of the rank of colonel, was already ...

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UNIOSUN student allegedly commits suicide hours after sharing how tough life is on whatsApp status

A 100-level Theatre Art student of the University of Osun, UNIOSUN, Ikire campus, Juba Babtunde Phillips is dead. This is coming hours after he shared two messages on his whatsapp status. The first message talked about what he has survived and ...

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