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Buhari reacts as tanker explosion kills 23 in Kogi

                                                    President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of 23 Nigerians in the Kogi State ...

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Popular Italian referee, Daniele De Santis and model girlfriend murdered at home

                                                          Italian referee Daniele De Santis and his girlfriend Eleonora Manta were brutally killed in their home in Lecce on Monday.   Police have launched a murder investigation but it has left the Italian footballing world in utter shock and ...

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Woman dating her cousin posts intimate photos to ‘change stigma of incest’

                                                    A woman who is dating her cousin posted intimate pictures of them in a bid to change stigma of incest.   The couple posed for the camera as they kissed and even stripped down to heir underwear – saying ...

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Sanwo-Olu splashes 51 SUVs, 8 houses on judges

                                                                                      Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday splashed 51 Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, and eight houses on judges of the State High Court.   The governor, after handing over the vehicles, said efforts to build a strong and formidable ...

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Flood kills five, takes over LG secretariat… displaces corps members in Jigawa

                                                                         Floods have killed three persons, taken over a local government secretariat and displaced corps members in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State.   Council Chairman Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar Agufa said hundreds of residents lost their homes while hundreds ...

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28-year-old man caught raping neighbour’s wife in his house

                                                           Residents of Kegogi Village in Marani, Kitutu Chache North Constituency in Kisii County, Kenya on Monday, September 21 set alight a 28-year-old man’s house after he was allegedly caught r*ping a neighbour’s wife.   Patrick Orina on Sunday 5pm ...

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President Buhari condoles with Fayose over sister’s death

                                              President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, over the death of ...

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JUST IN: IPOB declares sit-at-home on October 1

                                                      Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared October 1, 2020 as sit-at-home ...

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Four policemen detained for killing musician in Rivers state

                                                           Four police officers from the anti-kidnapping unit of the Rivers State Police Command and one sergeant attached to a supermarket have been detained for shooting a 20-year-old Chibuike Daniel Dominic, aka Sleek, in Elelewo axis of Obi-Akpor Local Government ...

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Pensioners protest in Ogun, reject Government proposed N500m quarterly defray

Retirees in Ogun State under the aegis of Nigeria Union of pensioners (NUP), on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to register their grievances against what they described as government insensitivity to their plights.   The protesting pensioners were armed with ...

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Russian police arrests cult leader who claims to be Jesus reincarnation (Photos)

                                          A former traffic police officer who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus has been arrested in a special operation staged by Russian security agents.   Sergei Torop, who is known to his followers as Vissarion, was arrested along ...

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Saudi Arabia to allow Umrah pilgrimage to resume from October ― Report

Saudi Arabia will allow the Muslim minor pilgrimage, the Umrah, to gradually resume starting in October, around seven months after it was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.   On Oct. 4, Saudis and foreign residents in the kingdom will ...

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Lover sell ex-girlfriend’s twins for N150,000 in Imo (Photo)

                                                                             The police in Anambra State have arrested a 31-year-old man, Chijioke Chukwulota, for allegedly selling twin babies of his ex-girlfriend.   The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement in Awka, the ...

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Co-travellers shouted me down when I insisted on social distancing – Airline passenger

                                                               A passenger aboard an Abuja-bound aircraft from Lagos has said when he raised the alarm over violation of the Covid-19 social distancing protocol, his fellow travellers shouted him down and asked him to get down if he is not ...

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Navalny discharged, full recovery ‘possible,’ says Berlin hospital

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after just over a month, the Berlin medical facility treating him said Wednesday. “Based on the patient’s progress and ...

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No going back on Water Resources Bill – FG

  The Federal Government has declared it will go ahead with the Water Resources Bill.   Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed told reporters the bill was not designed to cause water wars in the country. He said the ...

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Nigerian suspect wanted by FBI for $6m scam surrenders to EFCC

                    A Nigerian, Felix Osilama Okpoh, who is wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for his alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the United States, has turned ...

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NLC set to shutdown Nigeria with protest over fuel, electricity tariff hike

                              The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday said all is now ready for a nationwide protest over the refusal of the Federal Government to reverse recent increase in prices fuel and electricity tariff.   The Federal Government had recently ...

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